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In a Wednesday press conference U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $1 billion in investments into the country's rural economy through a number of programs, many of which will help Montanans. All told, Vilsack said, the U.S. Department of agriculture is investing more than $1.4 billion in rural communities through 752 individual contributions to a number of programs. The announced investments include $200,000 in rural cooperative development grants for...
Saturday will see the return of Havre's annual Norwegian Lutefisk and Swedish Meatball Dinner from noon to 5 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, after a year without due to COVID-19. The event, now in its 88th year, is held by Havre's First Lutheran Church with assistance from Messiah Lutheran Church and has been a mainstay event in the community for decades, bringing people in the community together for a meal of Lutefisk, Swedish meatballs, boiled potatoes, lefsa, cranberry...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,058 new cases, 14,187 active cases, 338 hospitalizations and 3,029 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 245,606 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that 33 new cases were reported and 21 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 197 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,483 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that it w...
Havre Police Department A Fourth Street caller reported a hit and run crash Wednesday at 7:56 a.m. -- Wednesday at 9:40 a.m., a caller at a First Street business reported a theft. -- A summons was issued after a caller on Second Street Northeast reported Wednesday at 12:35 p.m. that an aggressive black lab attacked a pit bull. No details on charges were provided. -- Nelson Travis Alexander of Box Elder, 56, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and a state District...
Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. announced the addition of two new employees to their roster of economic and community development practitioners. Joining the organization are Julea Robbins as regional disaster economic recovery coordinator and Wyatt Anderson as director of Bear Paw's Food and Agriculture Development Center. "We are exceedingly fortunate to have the opportunity to add two individuals to our team who will hit the ground running and will have an...
by Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Applications for speakers are now being accepted for Montana State University’s first TEDxMSU event to be held in February. A TEDx event is a local gathering where live talks under 18 minutes are shared with the community. People who would like to share a story or present on their research or passion are invited to apply at http://bit.ly/3o43Ie2 . The application requires an approximately five-minute video explaining the proposed talk. The event is open to everyone, and stu...
District 4 Human Resources Development Council has a new director of Victims Services in Rose DeBerry, who is looking to build the program back up amid ongoing staffing shortages. The Victims Services program's goal is to empower victims of domestic abuse to live violence-free lives by providing services like crisis intervention, safety planning, emergency services, legal accompaniment and general advocacy, but, like many organizations locally and countrywide, HRDC is faced...
Press release HAVRE — The Hill County Democrats Central Committee has elected a new, but familiar, face to chair the political group. Lindsey Ratliff, a teacher and member of the Havre City Council, was elected during the group’s special convention Jan. 30. Ratliff has been involved with the local Democrats for several years and said she’s excited to take on the new responsibility of being chair. “I’m honored to be able to serve the party and am very excited to work with local members to win back House District 28,” Ratl...
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...
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...
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....
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 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
