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Editor's note: This version corrects misreporting that Ursula Brese is president of Friends of Beaver Creek Park. Brese no longer holds that position. In a contentious meeting Monday, the Hill County Park Board again heard discussion on a request from Debbie and Ray Kallenberger that they be given access to grazing land they allege was improperly given to area grazers when they were given no chance to apply to use it. In a meeting last month, Debbie Kallenberger said that,...
from Montana Farmers Union Nearly 70 women connected over topics ranging from mental health to entrepreneurship to fitness to the rural brain gain to social media marketing during the ninth-annual Montana Farmers Union Women’s Conference. The conference, held Feb. 4-6 at Fairmont Hot Springs, provided opportunities for professional development and networking through panels and speakers tackling hot topics in agriculture and rural communities, organizer Rachel Prevost said. “Women are the strongholds of our rural com...
Press release GREAT FALLS — The Montana Grain Growers Association and the Montana Grains Foundation will each offer scholarships to be used for the 2022-2023 school year. MGGA will award two $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing an agricultural related degree at the college of their choice. Applicants or their parent, grandparent or legal guardian must be a current producer member of MGGA. MGF will award two $2,500 scholarships to Montana State University juniors or seniors pursuing a degree in Ag Business, Ag E...
Editor's note: This version adds comment from the director of District 4 Human Resources Development Council. After their monthly meeting Monday Havre City Council held a hearing on a request by Havre resident Jim Treperinas to change the zoning designation of a city block on Fifth Avenue between 14th and 16th streets to allow for a new location for the Havre Food Bank. Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said the Zoning Board of Adjustments have looked at the issue and provided their recommendations to the council,...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,284 new cases, 8,417 active cases, 303 hospitalizations and 3,043 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 253,204 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Monday that 20 new cases were reported Saturday through Monday and 36 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 155 active cases in the county, 2 active hospitalizations, 4,560 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its u...
Press release Montana Campus Compact recently announced that Montana State Univerisity-Northern Community Leadership student Susan Brurud is one of the 13 recipients of the 2021-22 George M. Dennison Scholarship Award. "My vision is to see all youth educated in community organization, policy work and civic engagement that will help shape them into future leaders who are engaged, confident and informed," Brurud said. "I would like to see a school curriculum that starts in...
Staff and wire Triangle Communications is inviting youth clubs in its service area to apply for grants. The deadline for applications is Feb 15. Eligible groups include 4-H, FFA, BPA, FCCLA, DECA, Boys & Girls Clubs and more. Funds can be used for science-, technology-, engineering- or math-related projects. Local chapters of clubs or organizations must have majority of their members within in Triangle’s service area. Grants of up to $500 are available. People can learn more and apply online at https://its...
Information from Montana State University-Northern Montana State University-Northern’s Fall semester Dean’s List contains 342 students, including the local students listed below, organized alphabetically by hometown. Many students give a Havre address instead of a hometown address, and thus are listed in the Havre listing. To be included in the Dean’s List, students must carry a minimum of 12 credits and earn a grade point average of 3.25 or better. Students that received an incomplete or “F” during this semester are not i...
Havre Police Department A caller at a First Street West business reported Monday at 10:50 a.m. that a pole had been hit in the parking lot, and it was determined to be a phone utility. -- A caller at Havre High School reported a three-vehicle crash Monday at 12:02 p.m. and said that the involved parties left. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller at a Box Elder establishment reported a theft, forgery or fraud Monday at 10:57 p.m. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical...
In addition to the federal elections for Montana’s now-two seats to the U.S. House of Representatives and for state legislative races, some contested primaries and general elections are coming up in Blaine, Chouteau and Hill counties. As of this mornning, Liberty County has no contested elections. In Hill County, incumbent Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean, a Republican, is facing a challenge in her bid for re-election by another member of the commissioners’ office staff. Sheri Williams, the executive assistant to the...
Fort Belknap Indian Community reported on its Facebook page Saturday another COVID-19-related death, bringing the total at Fort Belknap to 14,while the state tracking map has increased the number in Chouteau County to 14. The post said Fort Belknap Indian Community reported the news with tremendous sadness, asking, “Please continue to wear masks, wash hands and social distance. Keep you and your loved ones safe.” Data from Fort Belknap is included in the reports for either Phillips County or Blaine County, depending whe...
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality released a final environmental assessment last week requiring additional analysis in an environmental impact statement for a proposed exploration project near the former Zortman Mine, which has been aggressively opposed by the nearby Fort Belknap. The new exploration project, proposed by Luke Ployhar, would be to look for mining opportunities in the Little Rockies, a sacred place to the people of Fort Belknap who almost...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,833 new cases, 10,256 active cases, 310 hospitalizations and 3,037 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 251,920cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 33 new cases were reported and 42 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 171 active cases, 1 active hospitalization, 4,540 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was notified of 31 new...
from AARP Montana HELENA — AARP Montana has invited local organizations and governments across the state to apply for the 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant program, now through March 22. Grants fund quick-action projects that help communities become more livable in the long-term by improving public spaces, transportation, housing, civic engagement, coronavirus recovery, diversity and inclusion, and more. Now in its sixth year, the grant program is part of AARP’s nationwide Livable Communities initiative, which supports the...
February 14, 2022 My dearest Rodney, We have been married now for 46 years. In some ways it seems like a long time and in many other ways it seems like yesterday. We've had some pretty rough times. But by far the good times we have shared during these 46 years have far out-weighed the bad. It was an amazing thing when God brought us together in the early fall of 1974. I was visiting friends at the Bible College I had graduated from in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Your sister...
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 Resolution No. 22-2687 Health Department ARPA Funding for wages Contracts Hill County Council On Aging commodity distribution contract Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Highway 2 Association dues Quit claim deeds...
Havre Police Department A written or verbal warning was issued to an Eighth Street resident after an officer noticed Friday at 11:46 a.m. that chickens were being kept at the residence. -- A Third Street caller asked Friday at 3:51 p.m. to speak with an officer because she thought she might have been involved in a Medicare scam. -- Brandon Ray Eagleman Sr. of Great Falls, 32, was arrested on six Justice or City court warrants after an officer investigated suspicious activity...
Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press call Thursday where he discussed a number of bills he's working on, as well as ongoing conflicts in Washington around new budgets and the results of the infrastructure bill's recent passage. Tester said it's already shaping up to be a busy year in Washington, and, right now, his attention is fixed on his Agriculture Right to Repair Bill, which will require agriculture equipment manufacturers to make the parts, tools and software necessary to...
The Great Northern Fair Board met with Acting State Fire Marshal Dirk Johnson and local representatives from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry to discuss fire codes and concluded that all typical events held on the Great Northern Fairgrounds, with the exception of indoor haunted houses, can proceed as normal, with a few caveats. The issue of fire code compliance on the fairgrounds became a local controversy when a number of Halloween events, including an escape...
AJ Etherington Billings Gazette Two sisters of a Rocky Boy man shot to death by police in Billings are unsatisfied with the findings of an inquest into their brother’s shooting. Following a daylong coroner’s inquest, a Yellowstone County jury found Billings police were justified in shooting Cole Stump to death in 2020. Stump was killed by police Oct. 12, 2020, after a confrontation in an apartment parking lot near the 2200 Block of Avenue C in central Billings. Despite the findings of the inquest, Stump’s sisters Tonya Stump...
Hill County Health Department said in its update Thursday that 24 new cases were reported and 41 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 180 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,256 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Thursday that it was notified of 14 new cases and 28 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 119 active cases in the county, 1 person was discharged from the hospital with 29 active hospitalizations, 2,093 total...
Rayna Johnson is a Havre High School Student of the Month for January 2022. She is the daughter of Jeff and Jennifer Johnson and has one sibling, Aaron, who is 13. Rayna is a junior who is active in cheerleading, tennis, Key Club, Pep Club and AP chemistry. She works part time at a local pharmacy when her schedule allows. She also babysits and volunteers in the community. Lindsey Ratliff, who nominated Rayna, said she is, "both an exceptional student as well as a wonderful...
Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. will be hosting its annual meeting Thursday, Feb. 17, at noon on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre in the SUB Ballroom and announced that Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel will keynote the event. The topic of his address will be “The State of the University: The Role of MSU-Northern in Economic Development.” “We are very pleased that Chancellor Kegel will be joining us to discuss the important role that MSUN plays in a healthy economy for the Hi-Line and all of Mo...
