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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 Board appointments Hill County Cemetery District Board Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Quit claim deeds...
Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 6:17 a.m. and asked to speak with an officer. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 23, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after a caller at a First Street business reported at 12:13 p.m. Monday that a shoplifter had left the building and was headed west bound on Second Street. -- Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 2:58 p.m. to speak with an officer about a previous call for services. Hill...
After missing a year due to COVID-19, Great Norhern Fair came back even bigger and better. Posted here are some photos from the fair....
Editor's note: This story talks about the first powwow held at Great Northern Fair. See other stories about the fair in previous editions of Havre Daily News and at www.havredailynews.com, and see more photos of the last few days of the fair on Page A8. Northern Winz Hotel & Casino's Powwow at this year's Great Northern Fair has been a success by all accounts, drawing a greater-than-expected crowd despite the heat and giving people a chance to see an in-person powwow in the...
Havre Police Department A 6:32 a.m. Friday report that the 16th Avenue water station did not have power was referred to Havre Public Works. -- A Havre area caller asked Friday at 12:07 p.m. to speak with an officer about a vehicle that was reported stolen last year. -- A theft, forgery or fraud was reported by a caller at a Second Street business Friday at 2:19 p.m. -- A Third Avenue caller reported Friday at 6:22 p.m. that her car had eight bullet holes in it. Police Capt....
From Carla Jenewein Chinook Red Cross blood drive coordinator Right now, blood donations are leaving the shelves faster than they're coming in. That means patients are at risk for delayed surgeries or treatment. Please hurry to book your next appointment. The Chinook community will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross Tuesday, July 20, from noon to 6 p.m. at Wallner Hall, 330 Ohio, behind the Methodist Church, the door is facing Fourth Street. The Red...
The Hill County Commission approved an amendment to a contract in their weekly business meeting Thursday that will allow the Hill County Health Department to hire a congregate living coordinator and additional staff to address the next surge of COVID-19, which the department director anticipates will come this fall. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said the congregate living coordinator would monitor infections in places like long-term care and...
Montana Department of Transportation project engineers came to Havre to host an open house to present their preliminary designs for a $15 million improvement project for State Highway 232, also known as Wild Horse Road, and drew a larger-than-anticipated crowd. Concerns about the condition of Highway 232 have persisted for well over 15 years with various community efforts working to help find funding for badly needed improvements. The segment of the road closest to Havre was...
Visitors to the Great Northern Fair this weekend should take precautions — because it’s going to be hot. Very hot. According to the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Havre will be under an Excessive Heat Watch starting Sunday, and lasting into the middle part of next week. The watch states that afternoon temperatures could be record-breaking, climbing to as high as 105 degrees. Even before Sunday, however Havre will be toasty, with today’s high forecast at 97, follo...
Havre's Great Northern Fair will have many free entertainment attractions over the next few days and Havre Daily News recently had the chance to sit down with Patrick Branger, who will be performing the fair's One Man Circus Show. "I am so happy to be back out and traveling, performing at fairs, thankfully. A little bit of background on me, we have a business in Billings, and so I'm from Montana. And thankfully, I have an entertainment business there where we rent out...
Sue King, the new pastor of three United Methodist Churches in the area, has only been back in the area a short while, but she's already given her first service and is seeking to re-establish and increase her connections with the community. She is pastor for Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre, Chester United Methodist Church and Big Sandy United Methodist Church. A native of Wisconsin, King met her husband, Jim Duffy, who King said was from Great Falls, when the two...
Press release With summer in full swing, Havre youth often spend more time participating in outdoor activities around their neighborhoods. As a community, we want to encourage our youth to engage in activities and behaviors that are safe and healthy, as well as promoting positive decision-making and wellness habits. The Havre Police Department has teamed up with the HELP Committee and Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line’s prevention team to bring the Havre Safe Kids Reward Program to our community. The Safe Kids Reward P...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manger meeting in commissioners’ office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Fire Restriction call in commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office 2 p.m. — Payne West Insurance meeting in commissioners’ office Wednesday 9 a.m. — County Officials meeting in Hill County Courthouse Timmons Toom Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly commissioner business meeting in commissioners’ office 5:30 p.m. — Fair board meeting Friday Regular business...
Havre Police Department After a caller reported juveniles wee throwing rocks at other youths and littering in Pepin Park Thursday at 11:12 a.m., officers issued written or verbal warnings. -- A Thursday 3:54 p.m. caller at St. Jude Thaddeus School reported a squirrel had gotten into a classroom, and the call was referred to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. -- An arrest was made after someone stopped at the police station to make a complaint Thursday at 5:18 p.m., but no...
North Central Senior Citizens Center July 19-23 Senior center is now open Menu Monday — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, poor man bars Tuesday — Salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, green beans, pineapple cake Wednesday — Sweet-and-sour pork, rice, spring rolls, fruit Thursday — Barbecued chicken, twice-baked potatoes, salad, Tollhouse crumbcake Friday — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice, dessert, The Senior Centers doors are open to the public, and we had a nice crowd for our first day open. W...
Press release EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Amanda Mandeville of Havre, Mont., earned a place on Goodwin University’s President’s List for the Spring 2021 Session. The Spring 2021 President’s List includes 411 students, all of whom scored a perfect 4.0 GPA....
Out our way, we get some interesting weather. Folks unfamiliar with the Hi-Line are often dismayed at the infamous "Alberta Clippers" and the terrible droughts that sometimes hang on for weeks and even months. "How do you survive it?" they ask. " Faith, hope, and a good sense of history," we reply. This area has been the central buffalo range for millions of years and all the things came and went then as they do today. For there is a power greater than the "Clipper" of the dro...
On Sunday, July 4th, 2021, I preached a sermon "No Weapon Formed Against Me Will Prosper." Here are some of my notes from that sermon: The devil's weapons appear to achieve their mission of destruction all the time. So what do we make of God's promise in Isaiah 54:17 that no weapon formed against us will prosper? Has God forgotten or reconsidered His promise? Absolutely not! To realize God's promise in our lives, we need to know what the ultimate mission of the devil's...
You know, Lord, life isn't all sunshine and laughter - our seas are not always calm but You know all about it, Lord, for You created us. We're clay vessels. We tend to wear out and get ill, both mentally and physically. Sometimes medicines help and sometimes, it seems to us, that the side effects are worse than whatever it is we have. At a recent art show there were hundreds of lovely pictures and drawings of plants, animals, scenery, sky; you name it and it was there. Some...
The Great Northern Fair began in earnest Wednesday with the opening of the Midway West Amusements Carnival, the 4-H Chuckwagon and most of the food booths - and reviews are mostly positive. While some lamented the heat and others thought the fairgrounds were a little sparse Wednesday, the more passionate opinions were almost entirely in praise of the fair. Wyatt Gobin said it was clear just by the fairgrounds' set up that everyone involved worked hard to make the event...
The Wasay Wakpa Wachi Powwow is returning to Lodge Pole Friday and Saturday after a year without it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wasay Wakpa Wachi Oshkaday Committee Member Don Racine said it will be a traditional, noncompetitive powwow for the Fort Belknap community and beyond. “We keep things pretty simple, a lot of singing, a lot of dancing,” Racine said. Grand entires for the powwow will be Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. He said events like this are a celebration of life and all that has happened since the last gat...
Havre Public School Superintendent Craig Mueller said the school system is working on its Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund plans and are looking for public input on how the money in the fund should be spent. The fund contains around $7 million in COVID-19 relief, and Mueller said the school system needs to submit a plan to the Montana Office of Public Instruction for how they plan to use these funds over the next few years. He said members of the community can take a survey online which will ask about...
Press release Sixteen shooters participated in the 36th annual Big Sky State Games muzzleloading event held in Havre July 10 at the Havre Police Department Shooting Range south of Havre. The 41 assorted events of the State Games will be held in Billings on July 16-17-18 with opening ceremonies and parade of athletes at Daylis Stadium. The Big Sky State Games is an Olympic-style amateur sports festival for people of all ages and abilities who reside in the state of Montana....
Two new events have been added to the schedule of the Northern Winz Casino Powwow at the Great Northern Fair Friday evening including a stand-up comedy show featuring Conway Kootenay, and a hot dog eating contest. The comedy show will be 7-9 p.m. under the Northern Winz tent at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Kootenay is a comedian, master of ceremony, actor, stuntman and, as promotional material describes him, a champion chicken dancer. He has a popular online sketch-comedy show and is described as one of North America’s m...
A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of Havre Daily News about a Rural Fire District 1 board meeting misreported that a proposal sent by the district to the city has been brought before Havre City Council. It has not....
