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Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of Great Northern Fair Board member Kaleb Fisher. The Hill County Commission appointed Ken Erickson and Kaleb Fisher to the Great Northern Fair Board at its weekly business meeting Thursday, allowing the board to have a quorum for the first time since August. The commission has been searching for new board members to form a quorum since the resignation of then-board chair Josh Heitzenroder and the removal of then-board member Bob Sivertsen earlier this year. The board still h...
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. People who are interested in applying for benefits need to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork — DD214 — with them. Wednesday, Jan. 5 Shelby — Courthouse — 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — Glacier County Courthouse Annex RM 19– 1:30-4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 Browning — Blackfeet Manpower Center– 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12 Glasgow...
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. 21-2684 Dissolution of Meadowlark Estates Sewer and Water District Contracts Great West Engineering — Task Order 19 Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Cremation for Melvin Sherman Notice of public hearing establishing the hours for the t...
Havre Police Department A caller reported a vehicle crash on Saddle Butte Drive Monday at 7:58 a.m. -- Officers investigated a 10:30 a.m. Monday report of suspicious activity at Havre High School. -- A report of slashed tires was reported at 10:53 a.m. Monday on Fifth Avenue. -- A two-vehicle crash was reported on 10th Avenue Monday at 12:16 p.m. -- A two-vehicle crash was reported at Seventh Avenue and 15th Street at 12:48 p.m. Monday. -- Officers assisted a someone who...
Cold and snow has hit the region, and while warmer temperatures are expected for a few days, cold is expected to hit again by Christmas Eve and stay through Christmas Day, with a chance of a bit more snow. Cold and snow hit the area more than a week ago, and it stayed chilly and snowy over the weekend except for a short chinook that hit parts of the region Saturday and moved through Sunday. The high in Havre was 10 degrees Saturday but it warmed up to 43 degrees at 1:09 p.m. Sunday That started falling again fairly quickly,...
Triple Dog Brewing Company played host to this year's Pray for Snow event, put on by the volunteers who run the Bear Paw Ski Bowl who also took the opportunity to honor "Big" Dave Martens for his 45 years of service to the ski bowl and the National Ski Patrol. National Ski Patrol Chief Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor Byron Ophus said Martens has been a constant and positive presence at the Ski Bowl as a volunteer, hill manager and primary lift operator. "In all the years I'v...
Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 3 new cases were reported and 1 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 10 active cases in the county and 3,531 total cases. No active hospitalizations were listed. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was notified of 1 new case and 1 met the criteria to be considered recovered with one person hospitalized, 11 active cases and one active hospitalizations. The county has had 1,537 total cases and...
Havre Police Department A caller reported Friday at 7:51 a.m. that a truck and trailer were stuck on the 13th Street hill and backing up traffic. -- Officers attempted to serve a warrant Friday at 1:33 p.m. on 14th Avenue. -- Officers were called to a two-vehicle, non-injury crash at 13th Street and Eighth Avenue Friday at 3:30 p.m. -- A caller at a Fifth Avenue business reported Friday at 4:58 p.m. that someone tried to attack one of the staff. -- A two-vehicle crash was...
Havre Community Pool will be closed Friday through Monday, Dec. 24-27, and Friday through Sunday, Dec. 31 to Jan. 2. For more information call the Havre Community Pool at 265-8161 or 265-5781....
Havre Daily News staff The Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum and Havre Beneath the Streets are now decorated for the Christmas holiday. People will be able to take walking tours of the underground museum for $5 off the regular ticket price through Dec. 31. Saturday, the Pacific Railway Club wase running HO Scale trains in the Railroad Museum at 120 Third Ave. Both museums will be open for winter hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and people can call 406-265-8888 to call for open tour times and make...
Press release Havre High School speech and debate took a small holiday team to a small holiday tournament in Fort Benton over the weekend and saw some success. Havre”s Izabelle “Izzy” Hagen, a freshman, did well in the largest event at the tournament, placing fifth in dramatic oral interpretation of literature. Junior Sophia Dawson, also a first-year competitor for Havre, placed eighth in that event. Freshman Piper Huston received some good comments from her judges in that event, but did not make the top eight. Havre’s debate...
from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks The hunting of male mountain lions in hunting districts 416, 446, 451, 452 and 454 in north-central Montana closed at one-half hour after sunset Saturday, Dec. 18. The order halting the hunt came shortly after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest quota for the combined districts had been met. For more information, visit FWP’s website at http://fwp.mt.gov/hunt/by-species, to check the current quota status, or call the toll-free number a...
Toys for Tots began for Fort Belknap Thursday with the delivery of hundreds of gifts to communities on the reservation with the most in-need children and families. Volunteers received the gifts Thursday morning, which will be distributed to eight schools in the area including Hays-Lodge Pole Elementary School, which held its Christmas Program that night, complete with an appearance by Santa, said Toys for Tots volunteer Robert Fox. Fox said more than 250 gifts were scheduled...
Some local schools are on alert or closing today in response to a threat to safety “for every school in the USA, even elementary” share on the social media platform TikTok. The local schools note that the post appears to be part of a national trend on TikTok and did not originate in the local districts, but is circulating in the local schools. Hays-Lodge Pole Schools announced the district schools are closed today because of the posts. “The district has decided to cancel school for the safety of all students,” a post on the...
Staff and wire report Local law enforcement is telling people they need to celebrate the holidays safely, or they may face the consequences of drinking and driving. “As you make plans to celebrate with friends and family, also make plans to have a safe ride home by designating a sober driver or or using a rideshare service,” a release from Havre Police Department said. “Don’t spend your holidays in jail, or worse in an ambulance.” The release said increased law enforcement patrols will be out in Havre and Hill County in...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 201 new cases, 1,997 active cases, 139 hospitalizations and 2,877 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 194,764 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Thursday that 1 new case was reported and 5 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 8 active cases in the county and 3,528 total cases. No active hospitalizations were listed. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Thursday that i...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in commissioners’ office 5:30 p.m. — Fair board meeting at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Wednesday Regular business hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly commissioner’s business meeting in commissioners’ office Friday Courthouse closed for observance of Christmas Eve holiday...
Havre Police Department Officers opened an investigation after someone stopped at the police station Thursday at 9:01 a.m. to say that they were turning themselves in. -- Heather Marie Burger of Havre, 32, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after a caller at a First Street business reported Thursday at 11:06 a.m. having a non-combative shoplifter held at the store. -- A caller at a Second Street Northeast location reported at 2 p.m. Thursday that a man had stolen her French...
Out our way, one can see for miles in all directions, provided one chooses to look. One of my favorite memories was on one of Charlie and my excursions on the Tiger Ridge to check on the herd. On this occasion we rode up on a slightly higher than normal ridge at the north end of the pasture. It gave us a pretty fair view of the area and Charlie pointed to a distant cloud further north and said, “It’s raining in Canada.” Yup — though the border was many miles away, from wh...
I am always amazed at what happens when I take time to pray with my wife Jan. We were praying this morning (Tuesday the 14th of December) and while I was praying, I was also contemplating the homily I needed to prepare for our St. Jude School Mass on Wednesday morning the 15th of December. I always struggle with homilies for the school Masses because - well let's just say there seems to be a lack of enthusiasm exhibited by the young people and the readings very often seem...
You know, Lord, mending day happens; there are sox, shirts, jeans, you name it and it probably needs mending. Besides clothing, there is upholstery, fences, relationships, and even broken hearts to mend. Mending clothing isn’t all that complicated, but, on mending day, aren’t we ever so thankful that You did not give us a dozen children. We’re thankful and grateful for the three girls (or are there five girls now?) who sort of call us substitute parents even though they were...
