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Department of Livestock HELENA - Montana Department of Livestock announced April 8 the confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in two domestic flocks in Montana. These are the first cases of HPAI reported in domestic poultry in Montana since 2015. Montana is the 25th state to report cases of HPAI in domestic poultry in 2022. Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease of birds that can cause high mortality rates in domestic flocks. Migratory waterfowl are the...
from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Montana’s spring male turkey season opens April 15. Turkey hunters can purchase a turkey license for a general area at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks offices or license providers or online. The 2022 turkey regulations are included in the 2022 Upland Game Bird Regulations Booklet. Regulations are available where licenses are sold and online at http://fwp.mt.gov . Turkey hunting in Region 4 has changed to a general license spring opportunity When transporting a spring turkey in...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday evening to adopt a more traditional calendar for the coming school year in response to concerns voiced by community members and district staff. HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller told the board he’s visited all 5 schools in the district and spoken with a number of community members who have expressed their concerns with the calendar adopted by the board in a 5-to-3 vote last month, one that would have had the school year starting Aug. 15 with the first semeste...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused plenty of changes through the past two years. The ramifications of it have even been seen on a smaller scale such as the absence of the Sunnyside Intermediate School's trade fair in 2020. The fair was then delayed from the fall of 2021. But Tuesday night, at the Sunnyside Gymnasium, the trade fair finally made its return. "We're just really excited to have it this year," Sunnyside Principal Pax Haslem said. "It's nice to have it back and it's...
Press release Hill County 4-H has been granted permission by the Great Northern Fair Board Commission to install nine power boxes around the Bigger Better Barn. The Kremlin Hawks 4-H Club is taking the lead on logistics and implementation of the power boxes and hope to have this project completed by the 2022 Great Northern Fair in July. The club is seeking donations to fund the project that will benefit not only 4-H’ers during fair time but the community when rodeos, concerts and other events are held at the Great Northern F...
Rachel Rawn Havre-Hill County Library A collection of local oral histories is now available on the Montana Memory Project website. The histories were provided to the Havre-Hill County Library by Jim Magera, from the local history class he taught for many years at Havre High School. Magera’s students interviewed community members on tape, and many of the tapes made their way to the library. A selection of 290 of the tapes have been digitized, thanks to many volunteers from the community. These can easily be accessed by g...
Press release Havre Elks Lodge #1201 installed the members who will lead the lodge in the 2022-23 year Monday, April 11. The members who were installed and their offices are Exalted Ruler Mike Rappold; Leading Knight John Winegar; Lecturing Knight Dale Herd; Loyal Knight Robert Kurtz; Secretary Brandy Kurtz; Esquire Kyle Leeds; Chaplain Debra Herd; Tiler Greg Tilleman; Inner Guard Linda Hoover. The lodge trustees for the 2022-23 year are Arnold Shulund, William Patera and Donna Tilleman. “We look forward to working with t...
HDN staff and wire North Central Pachyderm Club announced that Montana Supreme Court candidate Jim Brown, the chair of the Montana Public Service Commission, will speak at its Wednesday, April 20, meeting at noon in the Duck Inn Vineyard Room. A no-host menu is available for people who want lunch, and Pachyderm always is open to the public, so people are invited to bring a friend, the announcement said....
Havre Police Department Police department dispatch log listed no arrests, summonses or investigations in the 24-hour reporting period. Hill County Sheriff's Office A Gildford caller asked Tuesday at 7:59 a.m. to speak with a deputy about a juvenile status offense. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical technicians responded to two calls Tuesday, and firefighters responded to a report of a stove top fire at 12:34 p.m. on the 1200 Block of 11th Street West. Residents were able...
from Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Pulse Crop Committee is inviting proposals to fund an executive director to address pulse industry needs and improve return on investment for Montana’s producers. “The executive director position will take our pulse crop committee’s mission to the next level,” Montana Pulse Crop Committee member Jill Streit said. “We are looking forward to having a representative here in Montana to work together with producers to expand markets and trade opportunities for our sup...
from Montana Farm Service Agency BOZEMAN — Due to the persistent drought conditions in the Great Plains and West, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering additional relief through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program, called ELAP, to help ranchers cover above-normal costs of hauling livestock to forage or other grazing acres. The policy enhancement complements previously announced ELAP compensation for hauling feed to livestock. ELAP livestock and feed hauling assistance is r...
With most of the displays already in its new location in the former Griggs Printing Building on the 10 Block of Fifth Avenue, the board of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum talked at their monthly meeting Monday evening about a major move of large displays set for April 23. Museum Manager Emily Mayer said almost everything from the museum in Holiday Village Mall already is in the new location with a major operation last Saturday. “It was quite the operation,” she said. She said the displays are so large they will have to be...
Candidates for two seats on the Havre Public School Board of Trustees spoke at a Havre Education Association forum Monday night about their backgrounds and candidacy for two open seats, talking about the issues they see at the school system and what needs to be done to fix them. Candidates were asked the same series of questions, but some went into much more detail than other. Ballots for the election will go out Wednesday and election will take place May 3. Among the...
Staff and wire People have a chance Wednesday to see the replica of a historic bell that will be aboard the first U.S. Navy ship commissioned as the USS Montana since 1908 and to learn about the new USS Montana attack submarine and its crew. The USS Montana presentation will be at Montana State University-Northern's Student Union Building Wednesday starting at 6 p.m., a release from Havre's American Legion Post #11 said. The presentations are by the USS Montana Commissioning...
A public hearing will be held for the Housing Trust Fund environmental review for Highland Manor in Havre Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the District 4 Human Resources Development Council Activity Room at at 2229 Fifth Ave. To read the full environmental review, people can visit https://hrdc4.org/related-links/document-library ....
The board of Rural Fire District 1 will meet Thursday, April 14, at 11 a.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is: Discussion/Adoption of the Minutes of the March 10 meeting Legal notice for sale of vehicles Review of draft for contract for mutual aid with outlying fire districts Policy discussion for mutual aid contract requests....
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs County department credit cards Quit claim deeds....
Havre Police Department A Third Street caller reported Monday at 8:20 a.m. that their apartment had been broken into. -- Two summonses were issued after a caller at a Third Avenue business reported Monday at 10:22 a.m. that two rugs had been stolen. No details on charges were provided. -- Monday at 11 a.m., tires were reported vandalized on Ninth Avenue. -- A shoplifting theft was reported by a caller at First Street business Monday at 3:26 p.m. -- Officers investigated a...
Press release Havre-Hill County Library has announced two new programs starting this month. Yarn Circle will run from 4-6 p.m. at Havre-Hill County Library every third Friday of the month with the first event this week, April 15. The program is free and open to the public. All crafts are welcomed. Refreshments will be provided. And Coloring and Cookies will be from 3-5 p.m. at the library every third Tuesday of the month. The first is April 19. The program is free and open to the public. Supplies will be provided. Cookies...
The Havre area may see quite a few infrastructure projects coming its way in the next few years, in part because of recent federal legislation and programs meant to shore up the U.S. infrastructure, a subject of disscussion at the city’s most recent town hall. Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said in the city’s latest town hall last month that his department has been in contact with three engineering firms they’re hoping to have work on a number of local projects, including one that will pave the way for Havre to im...
Don’t put the hat and gloves away, or even the shovels. Winter is back, and not just for one day, either. After last week’s wind, a huge Pacific winter storm is about to hit much of Montana. What does that mean for Havre? It’s looking less likely Havre will receive a significant amount of snow with this latest spring storm. According to the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Havre is expected to receive no more than one inch of snow over the next three days. The NWS has...
Five local residents have been invited to Missoula to receive a top award for their work improving the welfare of animals. Bobbi Jo Favel, Chris Wolf Chief and Tim "Junior" Rosette Jr. of The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and Havre Animal Control Officer Pete Federspiel and his wife, Kim, of Friends of the Havre Animal Shelter, are receiving the 2022 Ken Shugart Humanitarian Award from Humane Society of Western Montana, the society said in a press...
Havre Daily News received multiple reports Friday of trash being piled and left on the Amtrak station platform Thursday and Friday, and that the station wasn't even open part of the time, a report an Amtrak spokesperson said was due to illness leaving the station unstaffed. Marc Magliari of Amtrak said one of the part-time station attendants was ill and unable to get to work, but the personnel on the Empire Builder Thursday did not know that and unloaded the trash as usual....
The Havre Education Association is holding a forum tonight for the candidates for the Havre School Board with people invited to attend in person or via Zoom. Two seats are open in this year’s election. The candidates are incumbent Garrit Ophus and Jason Castillion, Tyler Gibson, Shanetrice Allen, Erin Jensen, Myranda Hencz and Christin Hileman. The forum starts at 7 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in Montana State University-Northern’s Applied Technology Center. A release from Havre Education Association said all of the can...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross has asked people to remember that they are required by law to properly secure loads of trash being hauled to prevent littering. A press release said people may be hauling more trash with spring weather in the area and spring cleaning and yard work occurring. “We have noticed large amounts of trash on roads and in ditches leading to the landfill and to dumpsters in Hill County,” Ross said in the release. “Please help keep our community clean, do not overload the bed of yo...
