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Havre Police Department A Washington Avenue caller asked Tuesday 2:22 p.m. to speak with an officer about suspicious activity going on in a family member's home. -- Scott Earl Smith of Havre, 40, was issued a summons on a theft charge after a Tuesday 2:52 p.m. caller at a First Street West business reported a theft that happened at 2 p.m. -- Marshall Earl Doney of Harlem, 32, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault after a caller on Second Street West...
From Montana Department of Livestock HELENA — The Montana Department of Livestock continues to prepare for a foreign animal disease — FAD — introduction into the state. The Animal Health Bureau — AHB — and the Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory — MVDL —were recently awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to increase practical livestock biosecurity measures and address needs related to receiving, testing and reporting diagnostic test results, respectively. T...
The Great Falls-Billings Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church is closing a more-than-a-century-old school in Hays due to staffing shortages with the hopes of reopening it a year later. A letter from Bishop Michael Warfel to parents, parishioners and community members of St. Paul Mission Grade School, forwarded to Havre Daily News, says the school will stay open through May but not reopen next fall. “Our hope is we can reorganize the school and reopen in the following year,” Warfel wrote in the letter. The diocese had not res...
COVID-19 numbers in the region both show success in slowing the spread of the disease in some areas but how fragile that situation is in others. While some counties are reporting few new cases and dropping numbers of active cases, surges in other areas are raising numbers and shutting down schools. Dodson Public Schools Superintendent Gary Weitz said this morning that the Dodson school board approved in a special Zoom meeting Saturday keeping the schools there closed until...
The number of active hospitalizations was 128. The number of deaths was 1,185. Blaine County, reported Monday evening 9 new cases over the weekend and Monday, 671 total, 44 active, 1 active hospitalization listed, 24 deaths Hill County, reported Monday evening no new cases, 1,731 total, 17 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 40 deaths Rocky Boy, reported Monday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, no new cases, 786 total, none active, none active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active h... Full story
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. in the commission office. The meeting agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Resolutions Contracts Approval of KUBL contract for control panel at Hill County Detention Center Website contract Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Morris Sherlin — Revised plat County needs Milk River Levy assessment Security camera’s bid award War...
Havre Police Department A Blaine County Sheriff's Office caller asked Monday at 4:07 p.m. for assistance with a well-being check on 14th Avenue. -- Officers investigated a report of an assault reported at 2:27 a.m. today on First Street Northeast. Hill County Sheriff's Office Sandy Bob Strauser was served a state District Court warrant at Hill County Detention Center at 4:01 p.m. Monday. -- A caller at U.S. Highway 87 and Laredo Road reported a trespasser Monday at 6:35 p.m....
Press release The North Star Speech and Drama Team is going to state Thursday through Saturday. Last Saturday, the Class BC Northern Divisional Meet was held virtually by Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School, and all five North Star participants are headed to state, hosted by Huntley Project. In drama, the dramatic duo acting of Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel placed fourth. In speech, Garret Pedersen placed second in impromptu speaking, Collin Welch took second in humorous oral interpretation of literature and Emily Conner...
Havre-Hill County Library Staff While our stacks are currently closed to the public, you can still check out books. Here are some of our newest titles. New Fiction Thrillers and suspense novels are a great way to liven up a long winter. Here are some of our newest: “White Ivy” by Susie Yang. Ivy Lin grows up learning to lie and steal from her grandmother, allowing her to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen — and, more importantly, attracting the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political famil...
The number of active hospitalizations was 129. The number of deaths was 1,151. Blaine County, reported on the state updates this morning, no new cases, 627 total, 7 active, 24 deaths Hill County, reported Sunday evening 2 new cases, 1,788 total, 17 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 40 deaths Rocky Boy, current data not available. Fort Belknap, current data not available. Liberty County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 103 total, none active, 1 death Chouteau County, reported on the state update... Full story
Gov. Greg Gianforte said Friday that COVID-19 trends in the state continue to look good with new cases-per-day dropping dramatically in the last two weeks and the vaccine roll-out continuing despite limited supplies from the federal government. In a press conference, he said no hospitals in the state are at or above capacity and nearly all long-term care facility staff and residents will have received their first vaccine dose by the end of the month, with nearly 13 percent of tribal communities having received vaccinations...
Former Montana Speaker of the House Bob Bergren, a Democrat, recently set up a public Facebook group called Rep. Ed Hill - the Accountability page, in an effort to host discussion of its namesake's activities in the Montana Legislature. Bergren said he would have made the page for anyone representing the area, but he's especially concerned about Hill, whom he said he suspects may not be communicative with the people he represents. The Havre Daily News reached out to Hill...
Havre Police Department A remote breathalyzer violation was reported at the police station Friday at 8:38 a.m. -- Blair Stacey Chiefstick of Rocky Boy, 29, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and on a Justice or City court warrant and a federal warrant after an officer performed a building check at a Third Avenue establishment Friday at 11:02 a.m. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 3:37 p.m. to make a complaint about...
Press release Miles Hamilton has announced he will resign as president/CEO of Independence Bank effective this coming April. Hamilton has been with the bank since 2000 and served as president/CEO since April 2004. Hamilton will continue to serve on the Board of Directors. "I've enjoyed the opportunity to work with a great group of people at Independence Bank," he said. "Working together we have been able to successfully grow the Bank. Our focus has always been on service to...
by Rhonda Petersen CJI Speech Coach The Chester Joplin-Inverness High School Hawks speech team competed Saturday at the Northern BC speech and drama divisional tournament. CJI served as the virtual host for the divisional tournament, which saw teams from seven Class C schools and six Class B schools compete to qualify for the State BC speech and drama tournament hosted by Huntley Project. The Hawks were once again led by senior Emma Wickum, who claimed her second consecutive...
Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team saw success at the Class A eastern divisional tournament over the weekend, qualifying four students in three entries for the Class A state tournament this week with one student nearly winning a divisional championship. The top 12 in each event from each division earned a place at state. “This was a good result after a good invitational season,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “I was hoping to have a couple of divisional champions, we had the talent for that, but our debat...
Editor’s note: This version includes comments by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. The Holiday Village Mall played host to two successful local COVID-19 vaccination clinics, one in the Former Herberger's location run by the the Merril Lundman Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, and the other in the former Famous Footwear location, run by the Hill County Health Department, Northern Montana Hospital and Bullhook Community Health Center. The VA's vaccination clinic s...
With right-to-work legislation pending in the Montana Legislature, discussions of unions and opposition to them is again surfacing in the state and in this area. In a town and state that has so many jobs that are structured with a union, the term “right-to-work” can be a very controversial subject. Right-to-work broadly refers to laws that ban unions from requiring dues or fair-share fees in unionized workplace. People who are for the right-to-work argue it is beneficial to development and that employees should not be for...
Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean announced that the county has received over $1,000,000 in funding from the state to reimburse COVID-19 related expenses at this month’s country officials’ meeting. McLean said the process of applying for these funds was exceedingly tedious and has been worked on since September 2020, but the county has received $1,123,000 which is unencumbered by CARES Act restrictions. She said the commission discussed how to use the funds and determined that they should be put in a fund devoted spe...
Press release Spectrum announced today plans to extend its advanced broadband network to residential and business customers in Chinook, Harlem and Malta in the coming months. “We are focused on providing the best broadband internet, TV, and mobile services possible to Montana’s Hi-Line communities,” Spectrum Area Vice President Mike Oswald said. The launch will include Spectrum Internet®, with starting speeds of 100 Mbps, and Spectrum Business® Internet, with starting speeds of 200 Mbps. Through Spectrum Internet Gig and Spe...
The number of active hospitalizations was 138. The number of deaths was 1,104. Blaine County, reported Thursday evening 1 new case, 639 total, 13 active, 1 active hospitalization listed, 24 deaths Hill County, reported Thursday evening 2 new cases, 1,784 total, 21 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 40 deaths Rocky Boy, reported Thursday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, no new cases, 786 total, 1 active, 1 active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active hospitalizations, deaths not l... Full story
From Montana District U.S. Attorney’s Office GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man who admitted possessing methamphetamine for distribution after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to seven years and eight months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Kyle Frank Russette, 26, pleaded guilty Sept. 24, to possession with intent to distribute. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In co...
