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Representatives from the Hill County Commission, Road Department and Disaster and Emergency Services held a public forum Wednesday evening to discuss the ongoing flooding situation in Hill County and next steps for the community. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the county is still in the very early stages of the flooding season and the road department is already working practically non-stop, but there is still a tremendous amount of assessment and documentation to be done. Hill County Commissioner Mark...
The local acting troupe is wrapping up its tour of dinner theaters this weekend in Havre. Montana Actors' Theatre is performing "Almost Austen or Basically Bronte: A Farce in Two Acts" this Friday and Saturday at Havre Eagles Club. This show was written by Martin Holt, a 20-year MAT veteran. Pyette said Holt is a well-known part of MAT and a favorite to all audiences. He also adapted last year's dinner theater production of "Charlie's Aunt" from the original public domain...
Havre Police Department A First Street caller reported Wednesday at 12:57 p.m. that medication had been stolen. -- A bumper and tailgate were reported Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. stolen off a Ford pickup truck at a business on U.S. Highway 2 West. -- A two-vehicle crash was reported on Seventh Avenue at 3:23 p.m. Wednesday. -- An arrest was made after a disturbance was reported on 14th Avenue at 6:01 p.m. No details on charges were listed in the dispatch log, but Memoree Rose...
Press release The Hill County Conservation District will hold a public hearing May 18 on its proposed revisions for natural streambed and land preservation act rules governing the administration of the district’s stream permitting program. The revision will include changing the time frame for an applicant to appeal a board decision from 15 days to 30 days per House Bill 383 that become law during the 2019 legislative session. The permitting, covered by 310 rules, is under protections covered under the Montana Natural S...
CHINOOK - The importance of museums for local Montana towns is the topic of a presentation Friday at the Blaine County Museum. Sabre Moore, executive director of the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, will be speaking at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building Friday, April 21, at noon. The event is scheduled to end around 1 p.m. She will elaborate on how Montana's rural museums are vital to the state's rural populations. Blaine County Museum Director Samantha French...
The Great Northern Fair Board provided an update on all ongoing projects during its monthly meeting Tuesday and confirmed that the most expensive project will be delayed a year. Members of the board and Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said all but one of their projects are on track, the exception being the new bathrooms on the west side of the grounds, a project they are more than $200,000 short of being able to fund. English said new toilets have been installed in the Bigger Better Barn and he is working with Loch...
The International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board will be holding a public town hall meeting May 2, a press release from the International Joint Commission said, adding that all are welcome to attend. The board, launched in November 2021, is looking at water shared between the United States and Canada in a 1921 agreement regulating the sharing of water from the St. Mary and Milk rivers. The study board was created to explore "options to improve access to apportioned...
Press release The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that agricultural producers and private landowners could begin applying for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program sign-up starting April 17 through May 26, 2023. Among CRP enrollment opportunities, Grassland CRP is unique as a working lands program, allowing producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and promoting plant and animal biodiversity and conservation. Protecting grasslands with CRP not only benefits...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Livestock confirmed Friday, April 14, that highly pathogenic avian influenza in a Rosebud County backyard poultry flock. This is the 17th HPAI affected flock in the state of Montana linked to the 2022 outbreak of HPAI infections in the United States. The last previous confirmation in of the disease on poultry in Montana was in January. The disease killed all of the chickens in the Rosebud County backyard flock, which numbered several dozen birds. The animals did not show o...
Havre Police Department The theft of a 2008 red GMC pickup truck was reported on Second Street at 6:04 a.m. Tuesday. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported Tuesday at 9:28 a.m. on 13th Avenue. -- A 10:02 a.m. Tuesday caller on Second Avenue reported that after cashing a check with a mobile app, someone else cashed it again. -- A 2013 Chevrolet 1500 pickup was reported stolen on 14th Avenue at 10:18 a.m. Tuesday. -- Officers investigated a sexual or violent offender...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet in Havre City Hall at 3 p.m. Thursday. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of March 16 minutes 2. Correspondence 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North end of south 1⁄2 way Lake (B) Painting big hangar 6. New business (A) Pasture lease (B) T Hangar lease (C) Generator pad location 7. Approval of April claims...
A press release sent to Havre Daily News about local wrestlers receiving Anders Blewett wrestling scholarships, which ran on Page A3 in Monday’s edition, misreported where Chinook High School’s Tyler Schoen will go to college. Schoen is attending University of Montana Western in Dillon.... Full story
Press release Editor’s note: This version corrects misreporting in the press release about where Tyler Schoen will attend college. Two local wrestlers, Tyler Schoen of Chinook High School, Kale VanCampen of Havre High School, were awarded $1,000 in scholarships by Alexander “Zander” Blewett III, a trial lawyer from the personal injury law firm of Hoyt & Blewett PLLC in Great Falls. Schoen was a two-time state champion and two-time placer, all while maintaining a 3.73 GPA. Schoen intends to study business administration and f...
The body of Donald Haseagle, who was reported missing April 11, was found on the bank of the Milk River Sunday outside of Dodson. Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle said it appears that Haseagle swam across the river before he died, but the Blaine County Sheriff’s office is taking the lead on the investigation and will conduct the autopsy. Blaine County Sheriff John Colby was not able to respond to requests for comment from the Havre Daily News by print deadline this morning. The search for Haseagle was started on the F...
The public has an opportunity to attend a presentation by nationally recognized expressionist-impressionist artist Carolyn Anderson at Havre-Hill County Library Thursday starting at 7 p.m. In an evening event sponsored by Havre-Hill County-Library Foundation, Anderson will be giving her presentation "A Very Short Story of Art." From the Egyptians to the post Impressionists, Anderson said in a release, the presentation will guide people through the centuries as they learn how...
Joshua Wood Stevenson Newspaper The Havre Daily News has a new, but familiar, face at the helm following the departure of publisher George Ferguson. Don Thoma was recently promoted to the position of publisher of the daily newspaper in northern Montana by owners Gary Stevenson and Robb Hicks. "There were a number of qualified candidates who applied for this position," said Joshua Wood, operations director for Grand Teton News, which owns the Havre Daily. "Don, however, rose...
The Hill County Community Clean Up, previously called Havre Pride, is coming up Saturday, Earth Day, from 10 a.m. to noon. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Hill County Community Foundation is holding the event, which typically will be held around Earth Day, which encourages local residents to get out and spend the morning cleaning up the community after a long winter inside. "Winter leaves a lot of debris and garbage lying around town," Chamber...
Information from the Havre Police Department dispatch log used for the “For the Record” entry on Page A2 of Monday’s edition incorrectly linked Robert Lyle Turner Jr. with a crash reported Friday at 9:01 p.m. Havre police say Turner was not linked to the crash and the department has corrected its dispatch log.... Full story
Havre Police Department A two-vehicle crash was reported on First Street West at 9:46 a.m. Monday. -- A theft was reported Monday at 10:31 a.m. from a business on First Street West. -- A Smithville Road caller reported Monday at 11:14 a.m. that tools had been stolen. -- An arrest was made after a caller at a First Street business reported at 3:10 p.m. Monday that a woman was acting strangely in the parking lot and officers pursued the suspect on foot. No details on charges wer...
Havre Police Department Someone at the police station asked Friday at 10:17 a.m. to speak with an officer. -- Fake money was reported at a First Street business Friday at 10:41 a.m. -- An arrest was made after a 10th Street caller reported at 2:45 p.m. Friday a hit and run crash, but no details were provided on the charges. -- A beer theft was reported Friday at 2:49 p.m. at an 11th Street West business. -- Arthur Casioce of Havre, 49, was arrested on charges of driving under...
After a comparatively balmy few days, temperatures are expected to dip this week on the Hi-Line as flooding continues. Havre and the surrounding areas have seen substantial flooding after a warm spell last week melted much of the accumulated snow that had built up after a long and record-setting winter season. The National Weather Service is predicting a high of 55 today with partly sunny conditions, but temps will drop to a low of 34 tonight with a 70 percent chance of rain. Tuesday there will be a 30 percent chance of...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this information before printing deadline Friday. Monday 9 a.m. — Hingham ARPA Project Resolution 1:30 p.m. — Building manager Meeting in Commissioners Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director Meeting in Commissioners Office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in Commissioners Office Wednesday 9 a.m. — County officials meeting in Timmons Room 1:30 p.m. — Sanitarian discussion in Commissioners Office 6:30 p.m. — Hill County public forum meeting on county flooding...
As flood impacts continue to increase, Hill County has set a forum for Wednesday to discuss the flooding and what can be done to deal with it. Rapidly warming temperatures this week following a high level of snowfall this winter in this region led to flooding of roads and state and federal highways, with ongoing work to reduce the impacts, reduced speed limits and road closures. As more precipitation, rain and snow both, fell in the are a Wednesday through this morning, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced closures...
