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Montana Actors’ Theatre is bringing a children’s classic to the stage this week and next with its youth production of “The Velveteen Rabbit.” The Margery Williams story asks children — and adults — what it means to be “real.” A child’s new toy, a velveteen rabbit stuffed full of sawdust with ears lined with sateen, is sad that his owner wants to play more with his modern, mechanical toys, and asks the oldest and wisest toy in the nursery, what it means to be real. He is told that when a child loves a toy for a long time,...
Press release The East Butte TV Club is pleased to announce that PBS TV and the two Canadian TV channels have resumed broadcasting from Mount Royal in the Sweetgrass Hills. The transmitting antennas were damaged in a severe winter storm last October and repairs were completed over the weekend. Viewers will likely need to perform a re-scan on their TVs to receive the broadcast. Here is the current channel line-up: Channel 3 — KRTV Great Falls CBS Channel 5 — KFBB Great Falls ABC-Fox Channel 7 — CISA Lethbridge Global Chann...
Havre Police Department Tyler Roy Lawrence of Rocky Boy, 30, was arrested on charges of burglary and obstructing a peace officer of other public servant after a caller at a Fourth Avenue business reported Monday at 6:20 a.m. that a man had ransacked the business and was on the floor. -- A Monday 6:55 a.m. caller reported three cows in the Wilson Avenue alley. -- A caller reported Monday ta 9:11 a.m. that a men's yellow mountain bike appeared to have been ditched on Seventh...
Press release BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting offers for nearly 2.7 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program Grassland sign-up. This program allows producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and further CRP conservation efforts. Grassland CRP is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s broader effort to address climate change and conserve natural resources. This year’s sign-up...
Press release HIGHWOOD — Youth members of Farmers Union from around the country participated in the 85th National Farmers Union All-States Leadership Retreat, held this year at Montana Farmers Union’s Arrowpeak Lodge in Highwood. Participants in the retreat ranged from ages 18 to 22 and heard from speakers including Montana Farmers Union Membership Services and Government Affairs Director Rachel Prevost, Montana Farmers Union member Paul Neubauer, and Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer. “I enjoyed getti...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — An Indigenous-led education and research program at Montana State University and its partner institution have been awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a project to support Indigenous food sovereignty. MSU’s Buffalo Nations Food System Initiative, in collaboration with Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town, North Dakota, received the grant from the USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture, or NIFA. The grant is part of a NIFA program calle...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program — ODMAP — to Aug. 11, 2023. This extension gives organic dairy producers more than two additional weeks to apply for the program. ODMAP helps producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. This assistance will help keep organic dairy operations susta...
Garrett Spicher, Kremlin Hawks 4-H Club 4-H Beef Show Overall Beef Breeding Project No photo available...
Amtrak had a minor derailment on the tracks west of Havre Monday afternoon, but no one was seriously injured and the track has already been reopened. A release from Amtrak said Empire Builder Train 8, traveling eastbound from Seattle and Portland to Chicago, was delayed by three-and-a-half hours after one set of wheels on one of its 10 cars lost contact with the track as it approached the station in Havre. An ambulance and fire engine responded to the derailment treating two people with minor injuries, who decided to stay on...
With dry heat following a wet winter and spring, burn bans are going into effect and this region is in a Red Flag fire warning today until 9 p.m. At 12:01 a.m. today Hill County implemented a burn ban, prohibiting people in Hill County from open burning until the ban is rescinded, and the City of Havre is implementing water restrictions. Under the burn ban no campfires will be allowed and no burn permits will be issued, but barbecuing is allowed provided all safety...
Staff and wire report People have a chance this week to meet face-to-face with two new leaders in the Havre public schools system. A community meet and greet is set Thursday for Havre Public Schools’ new superintendent, Brian Gum, and the newly appointed executive director of the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation, Krystal Steinmetz. The event is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School foyer Thursday. “(Havre Public Schools) is dedicated to providing exceptional education opportunities and cultivating an...
A prominent Havre businessman was arrested on felony charges Friday at a derailment site where his own company had equipment. An incident report from Hill County Sheriff’s Office said Tom Patrick, 70, was taken into custody without incident. Patrick’s company, Patrick Construction, was at the site working on the 11-car derailment that happened about 8 miles east of Havre Friday afternoon. Havre Daily News employees did not see Patrick Construction equipment at the site Saturday afternoon. BNSF had not responded by pri...
Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits should bring a copy of your their discharge paperwork DD214 with them. Tuesday, Aug. 1 Babb, 1-3 p.m., Babb Fire Hall Wednesday Aug. 2 Cut Bank, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Glacier County Courthouse Annex RM 19 Shelby, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Shelby Court House Lower Level Tuesday Aug. 8 Glasgow, 1-4 p.m., Glasgow VA Clinic Wednesday Au...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News received this after printing deadline for Monday’s edition. Hill County Board of Health will hold its quarterly meeting Wednesday, July 26, 2023, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Hill County Courthouse Annex meeting room 302 Fourth Ave. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Roll call Approval of minutes from April 26, 2023, meeting Agenda corrections, additions or deletions Items of old business: • Status update: Interlocal Agreement with City of Havre and Hill County. Restructure of Hill County Healt...
Editor’s note: Hill County Commission sent an updated business meeting agenda after printing deadline for Monday’s paper. 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 and payroll Employment Hill County deputy clerk and recorder appointment Budgets Abatements Journal and vouchers Ordinance Resolutions Contracts RDT Services LLC contract approval Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Sub...
Havre Police Department A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller on First Street reported a man was urinating on a building Friday at 10:02 a.m. -- Michael Steven Schoening of Havre, 38, was issued a summons on a theft charge after a theft was reported by compliance monitoring 2:08 p.m. Friday on Fifth Avenue. -- Neal Wayne Anderson of Havre, 64, was arrested on charges of violation of a protective order, possession of drug paraphernalia, disorderly conduct and...
A freight train derailed outside of Havre Friday afternoon, about six miles east of Havre, but there were no injuries or fatalities, and the cause is still under investigation. BNSF General Director of Public Affairs Lena Kent said the derailment occurred at 4:39 p.m. Friday with 11 cars derailing. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel said 25 cars were involved, all of them freight. Frickel said one car contained paint thinner, a hazardous...
Another Great Northern Fair has wrapped up in Havre after five days of rides, food, shows, music and tons of 4-H events. The fair ran from Wednesday of last week to this Sunday with the last big events, the 4-H Market Sale and Jaycees Demolition Derby wrapping up Sunday. 2023's fair got pretty good reviews despite the heat of its closing days with many fairgoers commenting on the wealth of rides this year, particularly for children. "It seems like they have quite a few more...
Hill County Council on Aging Director Bill Lanier has announced his resignation in a letter to the Hill County Commission which was read at their weekly business meeting Thursday. Lanier’s letter said there is no one thing that has led to his resignation and he does so with mixed emotions, but he’s been given an opportunity to take back his old position at the Havre Job Center as a workforce consultant. “I appreciate the opportunity you have given me as director of the Hill County Council on Aging,” his letter read. “I wish...
The children at a Havre-Hill County Library Story Time last week had a special guest reader, when First Lady Susan Gianforte read "Sleep Train" by Jonathan London. Gianforte is traveling the state talking to and working with local libraries to promote the statewide access to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. She said she has now been to 33 counties out of Montana's 56, and it has been going well, "The affiliates have been really receptive, and they've been interested in...
