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Havre Public Schools issued a statement this afternoon about a group of Havre seniors vandalizing the high school in a "senior prank." Havre police this morning said a group of 30 or so seniors gained entry to Havre High School late Monday evening and vandalized the school, with damage at that time estimated at $1,000 to $2,000, although the damage estimate was not yet complete. The district issued a statement to the community this afternoon, signed by the district...
Havre Police Department A broken windshield was reported by a Third Street caller Tuesday at 10:17 a.m. -- A 10:59 a.m. Tuesday caller at Havre High School reported vandalism. -- Michael Robert-Louis Belcourt of Havre, 31, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault and tampering with a communication device and on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller on Second Street asked Tuesday at 11:54 a.m. for officer assistance with their boyfriend. -- A Fourth...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it has designated 13 Montana counties as disaster areas due to drought, with agricultural producers in other contiguous counties including Blaine County also eligible for assistance. The natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. The application deadline is Jan. 3, 2022. Emergency loans can...
Note: This was provided by USDA Farm Service Agency WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced Tuesday an initiative to quantify the climate benefits of Conservation Reserve Program contracts. The multi-year effort will enable USDA to better target CRP toward climate outcomes and improve existing models and conservation planning tools while supporting USDA’s goal of putting American agriculture and forestry at the center of climate-smart solutions to address climate change. “CRP is a power...
First-time author Tim Gilge has published a series of short stories from his family life growing up in the Havre area titled "Snakecicles: Homeschooling, Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing. A series of short stories about an atypical Montana Family". The 104-page paperback was self-published and released through Amazon Dec. 4. The collection tells Gilge's family tales about homeschooling as well as "trapping skunks, napalm incidents, animal resurrection, and much, much more." The...
After seven months of running only three days a week, the Hi-Line is again seeing the Empire Builder run twice a day across the railroad tracks. Amtrak — which had its 50th anniversary this month — had cut long-distance service last summer, including the Empire Builder that crosses the Hi-Line as it runs from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, citing reduced numbers of passengers due to the pandemic. The members of Montana’s congressional delegation had been working to restore the service almost as soon as it was annou...
A group of volunteers this past weekend decided to give back to the Havre Eagles Club, painting their back room walls in preparation for the installation of the club's new carpet. Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess said it's rare that the club has a chance to make substantial improvements to their establishment, and rare that volunteer efforts come together so quickly and smoothly. "We just don't see things like that come together any more," she said. Dess said she...
By Anne Cantrell MSU News Service BOZEMAN - A recent graduate of the Montana State University College of Nursing has been using her education to strengthen patient care and nursing protocols at a health clinic on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. Jacy Crowley, who graduated May 1 from MSU's Associate Registered Nurse to Master of Science in Nursing Program - also known as the ADRN-to-MSN program - serves as director of nursing at Rocky Boy Health...
People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org, operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after TODAY’s update was 111,377 with 159 new cases, 814 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 65. The number of deaths was 1,606. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases...
Havre Daily News staff People who missed Monday night’s airing of “Backroads of Montana” that featured Bear Paw Mountain ranchers Tom and Rene Brown, their family and their rare Cleveland Bay horses, can still see the program. Called “Eureka to Big Sandy,” the episode is scheduled for airing on MontanaPBS the following dates and times: Thursday, May 27, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 29, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 30, 10 a.m. Monday, May 31, 2 a.m. Or people can watch it online at https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/Backroa...
Press release Havre city government has issued notice that its weed ordinance, Ordinance No. 88, has gone into effect for the year. Havre’s nuisance weed ordinance began May 1. Property owners with grass or weeds taller than 8 inches will receive a notice. If the weeds are not cut or removed within 10 days, the city will remove the weeds and the cost of the removal will be charged to the property owner. Owners will receive only one violation notice per year, and the city will remove the nuisance grass or weeds in violation o...
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 Print bid Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Morris Land Survey County needs Big Bud Museum...
Havre Police Department A caller with a Havre business reported Monday at 8 a.m. that an excavator had been stolen from First Street. -- Alfred James Chandler of Havre, 62, was arrested on a charge of violation of a no-contact order, after an 11th Street West caller made a complaint about a violation Monday at 8:20 a.m. -- Three summonses were issued after a caller at Havre High School reported juvenile status offenses Monday at 12:52 p.m. -- Officers assisted with a medical...
From Havre Fire Department Havre Fire Department is conducting hydrant flushing in the city of Havre. Hydrant flushing enhances water quality by flushing sediment from the water mains, verifies the proper operation of hydrants and valves and maintains firefighting capability. The flushing will be conducted Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 17, through Monday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hydrants will be flushed in the areas of Main Street to Fourth Street and Ninth Avenue West to 24th Avenue East. This is the only...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA – With fishing season in full swing across Montana, anglers need to keep in mind some important regulations pertaining to live bait. Regulations differ across fishing districts; anglers should make sure to understand the regulations for the area and waterbody they are fishing. For all districts —Western, Central and Eastern — the following regulations apply: • Live animals such as meal worms, red worms, night crawlers, leeches, maggots, crayfish, reptiles, amphibians and insects...
In a COVID-19 update Friday Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said only 36 percent of Hill County’s eligible population has been fully vaccinated, down by one percent since the last update two weeks ago. Berg said because the Pfizer vaccine recently obtained approval for use in people 12 years and older, the eligible population of the county has jumped from about 12,000 to 13,256. This has resulted in the percentage of vaccinated people eligible in the county falling a percentage point. She said t...
The Hill County Park Board’s Rules and Regulation Committee is holding the third meeting Wednesday in a series of meetings on a controversial topic — beaver management in Beaver Creek Park. An agenda sent by Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson says three speakers will present at the meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Peterson said this morning that while the speakers have been confirmed, he is unable to release their names. Use of trapping to control the beave...
Montana State University-Northern announced last week that the university will no longer require masks on campus. In a campuswide email, Northern Dean of Students Corey Kopp, also the convener of Northern’s COVID Leadership Team, said after Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian issued an update sunsetting Montana University System’s COVID planning guidelines and Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel consulted with the university COVID Leadership and Executive teams, Keg...
Havre native Kati Purkett is Hill County's Montana State University Extension Food and Consumer Science Agent and is looking to help the community in her new role. Purkett said she hasn't had a tremendous number of calls just yet, but she's hoping now that people know she's in the office there will be more, especially with gardening and canning season coming up. She described food and consumer science as the science of everyday living and her job as an extension agent is to...
People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org , operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service. The state update on COVID-19 cases was not available by printing deadline this morning. People can visit the state tracking map, normally updated between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. each day, online through links at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com and at https://covid19.mt.gov . Updates wer...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 28, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Press release Leaving a legacy for generations to come, Hazel (Brown) Gearheart, of Kennewick, Washington, has gifted Montana State University-Northern $100,000. The 93-year-old Gearheart, a Northern graduate of 1947, has designated the funds be used to support an endowment and, per her wishes, the MSU-Northern Foundation has created the Len and Hazel Gearheart Endowment, named after Hazel and her late husband, Len, who also graduated from Northern in 1949 with an associate degree after serving in the U.S. Navy in WWII. Her...
Havre Daily News staff Local concert series Kicks@6 is coming back to Pepin Park this summer with the first concert set for June 15. Sax Cadillac and the Other Brothers and Sistas will play most Tuesdays through the summer with the last concert set for Aug. 17. Each week has a different theme, with the June 15 concert set for “America the Beautiful — We Love the USA Show June 22 has “Rockabilly Classics — Tribute to Rockabilly Music.” June 29 is “I’m from the Country — Tribute to Willie Nelson.” After taking a break ov...
by Havre-Hill County Library Staff Following are some of the newest titles at Havre-Hill County Library. New fiction “Whereabouts” by Jhumpa Lahiri. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s first new novel in nearly a decade follows a year in the life of an unnamed narrator in an unnamed city. Torn between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties, she realizes she’s lost her way. Until one day at the sea, both overwhelmed and replenished by the sun’s vital heat, her perspecti...
Press release Steve Mulonet, service officer for the Montana Veterans Affairs, will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits need to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork DD214 with them. Wednesday, June 2 Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 3 Browning — Eagle Shield Building, 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9 Glasgow — Glasgow VA Clinic, 1-4 p.m. Thursday, June 10 Malta — Malta City Hall, 9...
