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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...
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...
Editor’s note: this version corrects that a proposal sent by Rural Fire District 1 to The City of Havre has not been brought before Havre City Council. At a meeting of the Rural Fire District 1 Board Tuesday, the board was granted an extension by Havre Mayor Tim Solomon through the end of July to sign a new fire suppression agreement with the city. Rural Fire District 1 is essentially a ring around Havre in which the Havre Fire Department previously provided fire suppression s...
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....
Havre Police Department Anthony Wayne Groce of Havre, 30, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller on Sixth Street West reported suspicious men at the Blue Pony Stadium Wednesday at 6 a.m. -- Shawn Michael Stoner of Havre, 35, was arrested on a state District Court warrant at Havre City Court Wednesday at 10:07 a.m. -- Joshua David Rainingbird of Havre, 39, was issued a summons on a disorderly conduct charge after a woman on Second Street Northeast...
The Great Northern Fairgrounds manager is in his third year, but this is only his second fair - after the 2020 fair was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - and the first fair he has worked on from the ground up. Havre native Frank English was hired as the manager of the Great Northern Fair and campground in 2019, just before the fair. He said this is his first year in the role starting from scratch. The 2019 fair was close to set when he started. He said his approach to...
An owner of the carnival working at the 2021 Great Northern Fair is facing human trafficking-related charges in Utah. Midway West Amusements owner Jordan Jensen of Gilbert, Arizona, was charged in Utah with three counts of human trafficking and nine counts of possession of another’s identity documents. The trafficking charges are second degree felonies and the documents charges are third degree felonies. Utah Attorney General’s Office spokesperson Richard Piatt said this morning that Jensen made an initial court appearance Mo...
Wednesday, July 14 Midway West Amusements Carnival opens — 4 p.m. 4-H Chuckwagon opens — 4 p.m. Junior Rodeo at the Grandstand — 5 p.m. 4-H Chuckwagon closes — 10 p.m. Midway West Amusements Carnival closes — Midnight Thursday, July 15 4-H Weigh-in — 7 a.m. 4-H Chuckwagon opens — 11 a.m. 4-H Horse Show — 2 p.m. Midway West Amusements Carnival opens — 4 p.m. One Man Circus Show by Patrick — 4 p.m. One Man Circus Show by Patrick — 6 p.m. Great Northern Ram Rodeo at the Grandstand — 7 p.m. 4-H Chuckwagon closes — 11 p.m. Midway...
Havre Public Schools students were honored for their athletic achievements in the 2020-21 school year at a meeting of the HPS Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, where the board also discussed updated rules and regulations, committee assignments and collective bargaining agreements. Avery Carlson, Lexi Haney, Samantha Lovenguth, and Quinn McDonald of All-State Softball were recognized along with Sadie Filius, Kennedy Hampton, Kyanna Jarvis, Tamera O’Leary and Loy Waid of All-State Track. Theron Peterson and Caleb Spangler w...
Havre Police Department A caller at a Third Avenue business reported Tuesday at 9:02 a.m finding a blue mountain bike. -- A stolen gun was reported Tuesday at 3:21 p.m. by a Lincoln Avenue caller. -- Officers made an investigation during a 4:27 p.m. Tuesday vehicle stop on 14th Avenue. -- A remote monitor device violation was reported at the police station Tuesday at 8:18 p.m. -- Officers investigated suspicious activity reported Tuesday at 8:31 p.m. by a 14th Street caller....
Press release HELENA – Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras, Department of Public Health and Human Services Deputy Director Laura Smith and Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Hank Worsech were joined Monday by children from Rocky Mountain Preschool at Spring Meadow Lake to promote the FWP Kids Don’t Float program. Recognizing the risk drowning poses to Montana’s kids, DPHHS has launched a collaboration with FWP to support Kids Don’t Float by donating over 300 life jackets. Juras encouraged Montana families to get out and enjoy all the sta...
From National Center for Appropriate Technology Building on a successful peer-to-peer network of Texas ranchers who are implementing innovative grazing techniques to improve soil health and increase profitability, the National Center for Appropriate Technology is scaling up its Soil for Water project to support livestock producers and farmers across seven southern states and Montana. The Soil for Water project grew out of persistent droughts, which put a strain on agricultural producers across the country. The effort is...
By Colleen Buck Montana State University Hill County Extension Agent Blister beetles have been found in hay fields in Hill County. Generally, these beetles inhabit alfalfa fields, however this year that is not the case. They have been found in grass hay fields as well as alfalfa fields. Blister beetles get their name because they cause blisters when the cantharidin fluid found in their bodies comes into contact with skin or is ingested. They mainly affect horses fed hay containing blister beetles, however, they can be toxic...
