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  • State and local COVID-19 update, Feb. 2, 2022

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 41 new cases were reported and 24 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 185 active cases in the county, 2 active hospitalizations, 4,450 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that it was notified of 13 new cases and 21 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 140 active cases in the county, 1 person was hospitalized with 5 active hospitalizations, 2,065 total cases and the county...

  • For the Record, Feb. 2, 2022

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    Havre Police Department A Second Street caller asked Tuesday at 10:12 a.m. to surrender a dog that had bitten her child. -- A 14-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of underage tobacco possession or consumption after a caller at Havre Middle School reported a tobacco violation Tuesday at 1:05 p.m. -- A summons was issued after a caller at Havre Middle School reported a tobacco violation Tuesday at 3:19 p.m. but details on the charges were not provided. -- A caller at a...

  • Correction - Sleeter memorial scholarship

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    The name of the MSU-Northern Foundation was misreported in a story that ran on Page A3 in Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News about Tom Sleeter starting a memorial scholarship to honor his father....

  • Brewfest fundraiser set Saturday in Chinook

    Pam Burke|Updated Feb 2, 2022

    The Third Annual Brewfest fundraiser for Blaine County Fair Foundation will be held at the Commercial Building on the Blaine County Fairgrounds Saturday, starting at 4 p.m. Cost is $15 at the door and includes a glass and two drink chips, additional chips are $2 each or six for $10. Breweries from Wibaux, Lewistown and Havre, another 18 brews on tap from other breweries, and more offerings are expected. People can buy traveling tacos and super nachos and bid on silent auction...

  • North Star seniors fundraising for trip to East Coast

    Pam Burke|Updated Feb 2, 2022

    North Star School students are raising money for this year’s senior trip to the East Coast, and an enterprising senior at the School is holding a raffle for more than $2,300 of large items, merchandise and gift certificates to help pay for her expenses. Senior Makaila Horinek, who is an honors student on track to be valedictorian of the Class of 2022, has been working along with other North Star seniors to raise money as a group to help pay for the weeklong trip, said her m...

  • Ice fishing derby at Dry Fork Reservoir Saturday

    Pam Burke|Updated Feb 2, 2022

    Chinook Rod and Gun Club is hosting its third annual Ice Fishing Derby on Dry Fork Reservoir Saturday. Anglers will be competing at the reservoir north of Chinook for the largest fish by length of walleye, northern pike, bass and perch. The tournament, which is limited to the first 50 anglers, begins 7 a.m. Saturday with registration, but preregistration and the $25 entry fee can be taken care of Friday 6 - 8 p.m. at either the Shanty Bar in Havre or the Chinook Eagles....

  • Sleeter returns to birthplace; gifts $10,000 to Northern for new scholarship

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    Editor’s note: This version corrects the name of MSU-Northern Foundation Press release Montana State University Northern is the recipient of a $10,000 gift for a new scholarship. The Sleeter Family Scholarship was created and is supported by Tom H. Sleeter, who resides in Downers Grove, Illinois. Sleeter's father, Howard Sleeter, had been a professor of economics at what was then Northern Montana College from 1946-1950. With that connection, the new scholarship will support N...

  • Golden Triangle Barley Conference set for Feb. 22 in Conrad

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The Golden Triangle Barley Conference, a triennial event featuring updates about the barley industry, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Conrad. The event is hosted by Montana State University Extension and its partners and will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pondera Shooting Sports Complex, 972 Granite Road. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. Speakers from MSU will include Pat Carr from the Central Agricultural Research Center in Moccasin, barley breeder Jamie Sherman with the D...

  • 2022 Montana state hemp license applications available

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    from Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2022 hemp growing season after receiving federal approval from the United States Department of Agriculture for its state hemp production plan which took effect Jan. 1. “Montana’s hemp industry continues to advance and present opportunities for growers, especially with regard to fiber and grain,” Montana Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark said. “Our department is proud to operate a hemp pr...

  • USDA announces Conservation Reserve Program signups for 2022

    Updated Feb 2, 2022

    from U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural producers and landowners can sign up soon for the Conservation Reserve Program, a cornerstone conservation program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a key tool in the Biden-Harris Administration effort to address climate change and achieve other natural resource benefits. The General CRP signup will run from Jan. 31 to March 11, and the Grassland CRP signup will run from April 4 to May 13. Producers and landowners enrolled 4.6 million acres into CRP signups in...

  • County changes COVID tracking, test givewaway next week

    Updated Feb 1, 2022

    As new cases of COVID-19 continue to be confirmed in the state and this region, a COVID protest across the border is closing a port of entry into Canada, free tests are being offered and the Hill County Health Department is changing how it is doing contact tracing. The new case numbers have dropped a bit Monday, although they are still high — Montana reported 978 new cases in its update Monday — but hospitalizations continue to climb, as do deaths. The state broke the 3,0...

  • Amtrak service reduction draws criticism

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 1, 2022

    Amtrak is once again scaling back services across the U.S. as the omicron-driven surge of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues, and this reduction in services has drawn some criticism. Amtrak announced that, starting last week, Empire Builder trains will no longer be departing Chicago, Seattle and Portland on Thursdays and Fridays, meaning there will be no service in Montana Fridays or Saturdays, including to popular destinations like the Big Mountain ski hill. Calls to Whitefish...

  • Quick pics: A blip of snow in the warm

    Updated Feb 1, 2022

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Feb. 1, 2022

    Updated Feb 1, 2022

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 978 new cases, 17,327 active cases, 329 hospitalizations and 3,016 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 243,133 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Monday that 56 new cases were reported and 80 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 168 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,409 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Monday that it was n...

  • Canadian port north of Shelby closed due to COVID protest

    Staff and wire report|Updated Feb 1, 2022

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations has advised people that while the Port of Sweetgrass remains open, Canadian Border Services Agency has closed the Coutts, Alberta, Port of Entry north of Shelby to inbound traffic. The closure is due to truckers protesting Canadian measures on COVID-19, which is blocking the highway north of Coutts. Customs and Border Protection has advised that people need to be aware that travel north into Canada via the Coutts Port of Entry is currently unavailable. Its release...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Feb 1, 2022

    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 Hill County Council on Aging Commodity Distribution Contract Board appointments Wildhorse Rural Fire District Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Highway 2 Association dues Procurement policy discussion Quit claim deeds...

  • For the Record, Feb. 1, 2022

    Updated Feb 1, 2022

    Havre Police Department Delbert Duane Skidmore of Helena, 43, was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting and "attempt" after a caller at a First Street business reported a male shoplifter Monday at 8:24 a.m. Skidmore was later arrested on shoplifting charges after a caller at a different First Street business reported Monday at 4:19 p.m. that a man caught by surveillance cameras shoplifting Sunday had just walked into the store. -- A caller at a Havre elder care facility...

  • Snow and cold expected to return to area temporarily

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jan 31, 2022

    After a couple of weeks of balmy weather, forecasters predict more snow to fall today and cold weather to return this week with a high wind warning also in effect, but warmer temperatures are expected to hit again by the weekend. The forecast calls for up to half an inch of snow today in Liberty, Blaine, Hill and northern Chouteau counties, with a chance of snow again Tuesday morning in Liberty and northern Chouteau counties and more snow possible in the Big Sandy area Tuesday night. A high wind warning is in effect till 2 p....

  • For the Record, Jan. 31, 2022

    Updated Jan 31, 2022

    Havre Police Department Aleisha Morningstar The Boy of Havre, 30, was arrested on a pick up and hold order served Friday at 10:55 a.m. on Second Street Northeast. -- A business caller on Montana Avenue reported Friday at 10:57 a.m. seeing video of someone stealing a watch from the store on Jan. 26. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 4:32 p.m. asking for assistance in a domestic dispute. -- A Saddle Butte Drive caller reported a pistol was missing from a vehicle...

  • Amtrak's Empire Builder down to five days a week

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jan 31, 2022

    Amtrak’s Empire Builder, along with other routes, is back to a short schedule due to COVID-19. After long-distance routes were cut early in the pandemic as the national passenger rail service cited declining passenger numbers due to COVID-19, seven-day-a-week service resumed in May after Congress appropriated funds specifically to restore service and directed Amtrak to return furloughed workers to their jobs. That ended on the Empire Builder again this weekend, with trains not departing Chicago, Seattle and Portland T...

  • Eagles holding fundraiser for family that lost home to fire

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 31, 2022

    The Havre Eagles Club will be holding a bingo and Indian taco sale fundraiser Friday to raise money for the Jensen family, who lost their home to a fire in December. Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess said the event will start a 6 p.m. at the Eagles Club, and they’re hoping to raise as much money as they can for the family, who is still looking for a home. “They’ve been totally displaced,” Dess said. “... They pretty much lost everything.” She said Eagles Club Member Dixie Geer came to her recently wanting to do somet...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Jan. 31, 2022

    Updated Jan 31, 2022

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 3,426 new cases, 18,607 active cases, 310 hospitalizations and 300 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 242,180 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 25 new cases were reported and 82 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 192 active cases in the county, no active hospitalizations, 4,353 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was noti...

  • Donoven Scholarship for Northern continues a legacy of generosity

    Updated Jan 31, 2022

    Press release In mid-January, the MSU-Northern Foundation had a visit from Kyle Donoven of Havre who, along with his three sisters, created a scholarship to Northern in memory of their parents. Named the Barry and Diane Memorial Ag Scholarship, the fund will support Northern students who are seeking a degree in agriculture. Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel was appreciative, saying, "Agriculture is the backbone of our region and this gift will definitely make an impact to our ag...

  • North Star speakers sees success at state

    Updated Jan 31, 2022

    Press release The North Star High School speech and drama team headed to the state tournament in Huntley Project Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, to compete. The Knights had three make it to finals and earn medals, with Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel taking seventh dramatic theatre, and, in original oratory, Ecko Fraser placed fifth. Brodie Jackson broke into semifinals in informative speaking, as did Madelyn Myers and Collin Welch, both in humorous interpretation of literature. In dramatic solo acting, Emily Conner fought...

  • Havre High speakers compete at state in Corvallis

    Updated Jan 31, 2022

    Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team didn’t bring any medals back from the state Class A tournament in Corvallis, but the head coach praised his team’s efforts. “This is the toughest Class A meet of the year, and I hoped we would have more success, but our speakers did their all and had some success,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “We had the talent to bring home some medals, but this is a young team and they still did well.” The tournament saw teams from 23 Class A schools compete Friday and Saturday at...

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