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  • USDA awards grants to strengthen local and regional ag markets

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    from U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a $90.2 million investment in 203 projects to strengthen and explore new market opportunities for local and regional food businesses. The funding is made possible through grant programs administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service as part of the Local Agriculture Marketing Program - LAMP: the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Programs, or FMLFPP, and the Regional Food...

  • Montana FSA program dates/deadlines listed

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    From https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Montana Nov. 1 was last day of 2021 CRP Summer/Fall Non-Emergency Grazing Period — prior approval required Early November: 2021 county committee election ballots to be mailed to voters. Nov. 15 was the deadline for 2022 acreage reporting deadline for apiculture, fall wheat — hard red winter, and all other fall-seeded small grains. Please note that this is the final date that FSA can accept late-filed 2021 reports for these crops. Dec. 6: Voted FSA county committee election ballots d...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Nov. 24, 2021

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 497 new cases, 5,655 active cases, 258 hospitalizations and 2,612 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 189,678 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 2 new cases were reported and 6 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 16 active cases in the county and 4 active hospitalizations. The county has had 69 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that it was notified of 1 new case a...

  • Knights speech and drama does well in Malta

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    Press release The North Star Knights competed at the Malta speech and drama meet Nov. 20, and did an amazing job. In drama, the duo of Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel took second in dramatic theatre and Emily Conner powered into first in dramatic solo acting. In speech, it was Collin Welch with the win in humorous interpretation of literature while Ecko Fraser placed first in original oratory. Madelyn Nyers had a strong seocnd-place finish in spontaneous interpretation of literature, and rounding the team out, Brodie Jackson...

  • OLLI at MSU to host Dec. 10 panel discussion on impact, value of nonprofits in Gallatin Valley

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University will host “Impacts of Nonprofits in our Community” for a Friday Forum Dec. 10. The panel event will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. virtually. It is free and open to the public. Bridget Wilkinson, executive director of the One Valley Community Foundation, and Liz Moore, executive director of the Montana Nonprofit Association, will discuss the impact and value of nonprofits in the Gallatin Valley. They will also address the role...

  • VA service officers to conduct outreach

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    Press release Veteran Service Officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits need to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214, with them. Wednesday, Dec. 1 Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — Glacier County Courthouse Annex, Room 19, 1:30-4 p.m. Browning — Due to COVID-19 restrictions, veterans can meet in Cut Bank, or call the Veterans Affairs Offic...

  • Climate Solutions sets Momentum Event online fundraiser

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    Press release Climate Solutions is inviting people to get involved in a fundraiser it is holding Dec. 8 to continue its stated mission “to accelerate the solutions to the climate crisis, and with your help and support, we can, we must, and we will transition our region to a clean and just future.” “We are in a highly energized and historic time for local, regional, and national action on climate,” a release on the fundraiser said. “The clean energy transition feels more real than ever — solutions like 100% clean electricity...

  • For the Record, Nov. 24, 2021

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. to report a Paypal scam. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported on Seventh Avenue Tuesday at 3:33 p.m. -- Jordan James Normandy of Havre, 27, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, and Amelia Rose Story of Havre, 34, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and on a Justice or City court warrant after a...

  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated Nov 24, 2021

    Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...

  • Four more deaths in Hill County

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 23, 2021

    Hill County has had four more COVID-19-related deaths reported over the weekend, Hill County Health Department said in an update Monday, bringing the death toll in the county to 69 since the start of the pandemic. Blaine County Health Department also reported another confirmed death, but that was found in the state Department of Public Health and Human Services' reconciliation of records and was not a recent death, the department reported. The actual time of the death was not...

  • Landgraf sentenced to 25 years with none suspended for vehicular homicide

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 23, 2021

    A woman who killed another woman Jan. 18 when she drove into the oncoming traffic lane and caused a head-on collision was sentenced to prison for 25 years Monday in state District Court in Havre. Jolee Landgraf, 29 at the time she was charged, was sentenced to 25 years with none suspended by District Judge Olivia Regier Monday after Landgraf pleaded guilty in a plea agreement Sept. 28 to an amended charge of vehicular homicide while under the influence. She originally was...

  • Tester: St. Mary Diversion funding 'massive'

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 23, 2021

    Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in an interview with Havre Daily News that getting $100 million in funding that likely will go to the St. Mary Diversion is a really big deal. "It will be massive," he said. "... It's a big deal. The most important part, really, is the predictability it provides for agriculture and municipalities." Tester, one of the senators who crafted the bipartisan infrastructure bill that has passed Congress and been signed into law by President Joe Biden,...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Nov. 23, 2021

    Updated Nov 23, 2021

    Hill County Health Department said in its update Monday that four new COVID-19-related deaths were reported from Saturday through Monday. The department said 9 new cases were reported Friday and 7 met the criteria to be considered recovered, with three new cases reported from Saturday through Monday with 16 meeting the criteria to be considered recovered and 20 active cases in the county. The county had 3 cases discharged from the hospital and 4 active hospitalizations. Hill County has had 69 deaths and 3,387 confirmed cases....

  • Aquino receives service award from AARP Montana

    Updated Nov 23, 2021

    From AARP Montana Peggy Aquino from Stone Child College on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has been named AARP Montana’s 2021 American Indian Partner Award recipient. Aquino has been our partner from Stone Child College on the Rocky Boy Reservation since about 2004. She was the first Grandparent Raising Grandchildren support group leader at Stone Child College. We worked with her in that capacity for several years and she was always a touchstone for our other efforts at Rocky Boy. We were working with the Social Security Adm...

  • For the Record, Nov. 23, 2021

    Updated Nov 23, 2021

    Havre Police Department Monday at 9:21 a.m., officers investigated a Buttrey Drive vehicle crash in which one driver backed into a second vehicle. -- Ryan Michael Greenough of Havre, 37, was arrested on a pick and hold order after someone with Probation and Parole reported Monday at 9:28 a.m. that he might be at a First Street business. -- Jordan Nash Windyboy of Rocky Boy, 39, was arrested on a partner or family member assault charge after a domestic disturbance was reported...

  • Artitudes in Atrium closing in December

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 22, 2021

    After nearly two decades of giving artists a place to show and sell their work, Artitudes in The Atrium Mall is closing. Kris Shaw, who spearheaded the creation of the artist's cooperative gallery with Mary Nault in 2004, said it will close toward the end of December. "It's sad, but we're down to too few artists to pay the rent," she said. Ginny Streeper, one of the founding members, said it first opened in the former U.S. post office and federal courthouse on the 300 Block...

  • Crash kills woman on Rocky Boy's reservation

    Pam Burke|Updated Nov 22, 2021

    Saturday morning a law enforcement officer discovered a wreck on Duck Creek Road in Chouteau County, and the driver was declared dead at the scene. The Montana Highway Patrol report did not name the law enforcement officer’s department, but the crash occurred on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, and Rocky Boy Police had not released the woman’s name by print deadline this morning. MHP got the report of a crash at 8:23 a.m. Evidence at the scene showed that a woman from Box E...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Nov. 22, 2021

    Updated Nov 22, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 511 new cases, 5,911 active cases, 266 hospitalizations and 2,567 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 188,505 cases. Hill County, reported on the state tracking map update this morning, had 11 new cases, 23 active, 65 deaths. The state update total for the county did not match numbers from the Hill County Health Department, which reported Thursday was 3,464 at that time. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was noti...

  • Havre speech takes third at East Helena

    Updated Nov 22, 2021

    Press release Havre High School saw success over the weekend when it took a young team to Helena Saturday for the first-ever tournament hosted by new Class A East Helena High School, the Vigilante Invitational, with a third-place finish in the Class A sweepstakes. “This was a great showing for our team,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “To have two first-year entries break into the top eight and to score enough team points to win third in a meet of this size was pretty impressive of our students. “All but three of our competi...

  • Friday saw two injury crashes in Havre area

    Pam Burke|Updated Nov 22, 2021

    Montana Highway Patrol investigated two injury vehicle crashes in the Havre area Friday. Two callers reported at 9:30 p.m. a rollover on U.S. Highway 2 East just outside of the city limits, and Montana Highway Patrol was notified of the crash at 9:32 p.m. Trooper Matt Erickson said the driver of a vehicle swerved and entered a broadside skid causing the vehicle to roll in the ditch. The driver, the only occupant of the vehicle, was ejected from the vehicle during the roll and...

  • For the Record, Nov. 22, 2021

    Updated Nov 22, 2021

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a juvenile status offense reported 7:50 a.m. Friday in the Havre area. -- A Fourth Street caller reported Friday at 10:39 a.m. that a phone, hat and prescriptions were stolen. -- Diallo Raymond Redd of Tacoma, Washington, 51, was arrested on charges of conspiracy, possession with intent to sell and use of property subject to criminal forfeiture after officers were called Friday at 11:06 a.m. to assist another agency. -- Friday at...

  • Salvation Army Red Kettle fundraiser begins today

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Nov 19, 2021

    Salvation Army Havre is launching its Red Kettle campaign today, which will be the organization's primary fundraiser for the coming year and effectively determine how much they are able to do. Salvation Army Havre Director Trina Crawford said the title of this year's campaign is "Hope Marches On," and this year the event is especially important. "It's going to be extremely vital," Crawford said. "I mean we spend the money we make every year." Last year, she said, her...

  • Attorney general speaks to North Central Pachyderms

    Updated Nov 19, 2021

    Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen spoke at a meeting of North Central Pachyderms Thursday where he talked about his efforts to push back on the Biden administration's efforts to introduce vaccine requirements, gave credence to voter fraud conspiracy theories, and affirmed his support for a federal lawsuit challenging federal protections for transgender people against discrimination. After being introduced to the crowd of more than 70 people by Havre City Councilperson...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Nov. 19, 2021

    Updated Nov 19, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 500 new cases, 6,669 active cases, 271 hospitalizations and 2,547 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 188,013 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Thursday that 8 new cases were reported and 4 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 34 active cases in the county. The county had 10 active hospitalizations and has had 65 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Thursday that it was notified of 1 n...

  • Havre Middle School announces honor roll

    Updated Nov 19, 2021

    Correction: The Havre Middle School Honor Roll was incorrect on Wednesday’s Honor Roll Pages. Below is the correct honor roll for the first quarter at HMS. Sixth Grade Adams, Alison K * Albertson, Makena N Amato, Brooklyn B Anderson, Addison E * Anderson, Wyatt C * Bitz, Ava I * Chase, Will A Davison, Ean J * Denogean, Gwendolen Fangmeier, Onika R Fisher, Cooper D Gandenberger, Hailey T * Garcia, Kelcee T Harwood, Kenzi M Heitzenroder, Karah R Hencz, Hallee T Henry, Beau H Huseby, Travis P Iverson, John R * Joy, Roslyn L K...

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