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Havre Daily News staff Havre High School has announced final details on the prom scheduled for Saturday. Restrictions still are in place, but the prom will go on. The 2020 prom was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year, the school district is allowing limited entry into the grand march at Saturday’s prom. Each student who has purchased a ticket for prom will receive today two tickets for parents or a family member to be present at grand march. The following guidelines will be in place: 1. Masks need to be w...
Easter is an obvious high point in the church calendar. Where does that leave us now, in this week after Easter? After the crescendo of Easter celebrations, how could the week after not feel like a bit of a letdown, like we can't quite muster the same energy to sing alleluias as loudly as we did on Easter morning? However, really every week for us is after Easter. Our whole lives exist in the aftermath of the first Easter morning some 2,000 years ago. The lectionary readings...
March has marched off with a bit of snow and now - woo-hoo! - It's spring! The birds came back, flocks of them. It's great to hear them sing. Cows graze on hills not far from here, it's fun to watch calves' play; they run and jump and stop for lunch, even if day is gray. Small planes were heard, some flew quite low, just checking out the land?? Or just for fun, fly round and round, or check on cattle's brand? One plane was small, 'twas red and white. Flying across blue sky; a...
Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for March is Alyson Hansen. Alyson is the daughter of Chris and Shannon Hansen. She has one brother, Aiden Hansen. Alyson plays the trumpet in the middle school band. She also takes pride in her school work and maintains a high GPA. Outside of school, Alyson enjoys ice skating, creating art and spending time with friends and family. At school, Alyson is a hardworking and dedicated learner. Her kind-hearted spirit allows...
Sunnside Intermediate School has listed its students of the month for March. Their photographs appear here....
Beginning Monday, Havre’s Public Works Department will be closing select streets in the Highland Park area for work that has been on hold for several years. Public Works Director Dave Peterson said 60 work days have been allotted for the completion of multiple projects in the area. He added that road work and the replacing of a water line under Boulevard Avenue has been in progress since roughly 2015. “We had a project about six years ago that included improving 11th Str...
Staff and wire report Although vaccination is ongoing in the nation, COVID-19 cases are again rising, mirroring what has happened in Europe in recent months, and officials are urging people to continue to use precautions to slow the spread of the virus. "Despite the fact that about 32 precent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the country is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and officials urge everyone to stay the course," a...
Havre Public Schools has announced a mail-in election for three seats on the Havre School Board will be held Tuesday, May 4, with another seat filled by acclamation. The high school election has been cancelled due to there being only one candidate for the position. Britnee’ Loch was the only candidate for the high school seat and was elected by by acclamation to fill the three-year trustee position. Candidates to fill positions for two trustees serving a three-year term and o...
Non-profit dog rescue PAWS of Chinook is partnering with Spay Montana to offer the rescue’s first spay/neuter clinic and vaccination clinic set for Saturday and Sunday, May 8-9, at the Commercial Building on the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The clinic will provide free spay and neuter for both dogs and cats in the area. The vaccinations are offered at a very low cost for all dogs and cats with annual vaccination and rabies costing $10 each or $15 for both, as well as m...
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 105,750 with 232 new cases, 1,005 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 40. The number of deaths was 1,494. Blaine County Health Department reported March 30 being being notified of no...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Fire Warden and DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said in a Facebook post Wednesday that weather is not ideal for burning these next couple of days. “Need I say again we are in a drought going into the wet season. Very dangerous fire hazard,” Frickel said in the post. “Please make sure you are doing your part to keep Hill County fire-free. Frickel also asked people, when it is safe to do so, to make sure that that their burns are being called in and to call in when they have extinguished the b...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made during a vehicle stop on Second Street West at 6:23 p.m. Wednesday, but no details on the charges were provided. -- Officers investigated a Wednesday 7:02 p.m. report from a First Street establishment of a drug offense. Hill County Sheriff's Office Deputies investigated an 8:25 a.m. Wednesday complaint from the pool in Hingham. -- Tabitha Gopher of Box Elder, 22, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants served at Hill County...
From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — Applications for the State Hail Insurance Program are now available through the Montana Department of Agriculture. Information is available online at https://agr.mt.gov/HailInsurance-Applying . Producers can insure crops against hail damage at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the insured amount and vary by county. A detailed list of rates by county and crop can be found online by v...
From American Red Cross GREAT FALLS — With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross celebrates the blood, platelet and plasma donors who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and urges healthy individuals to join them in giving. Nearly 2.6 million Red Cross volunteer donors step up every year to ensure blood is on the shelves when patients need it. The generosity of t...
Press release As spring warms up Montana, the Streatery will be reopening for its fourth season today, and just like before, customers may find the Streatery parked at Triple Dog Brewing with the hours of operation Monday through Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. Since 2018, the Streatery has included the tagline "Farmer Meets Foodie," which has since grown into a brand of its own. Farmer Meets Foodie now encompasses services such as catering, frozen meals...
The head of Indian Health Services was in north-central Montana Tuesday, complimenting the work being done in vaccinations on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Fort Belknap Hospital and the Fort Belknap Tribal Public Health Department continue their efforts to vaccinate as many people in the area as possible, and have been recognized by IHS as performing better than any area in the region. Indian Health Services Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler visited Fort Belknap Hospital...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 105,526 with 180 new cases, 946 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 34. The number of deaths was 1,489. Blaine County Health Department reported March 30 being being notified of no new cases, 752 total, none active, no active hospitalizations, 24 deaths. The department said it would not list case numbers unless they change. Hill County Health Department reported Monday evening being notified of no new cases, 1,498 t...
The headline to a story on the front page of Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News said Havre City-County Airport was upgrading its fleet of planes. Montana Essential Air Service provider Cape Air is upgrading its Montana fleet....
From U.S. Attorney for District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man who admitted providing methamphetamine to a minor girl was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in prison and to six years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. James Dean Stump, 34, pleaded guilty on Dec. 8, 2020 to possession with intent to distribute meth to a person under 21. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Morris ordered Stump detained. In court documents filed in the case, the government alleged that from a...
Note: This was provided by the office of the Montana governor HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that the Montana Emergency Rental Assistance program is taking applications from Montanans who have lost income and are at risk of housing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The last year has brought real, serious challenges to hardworking Montana families through no fault of their own,” Gianforte said. “Emergency rental assistance will help Montanans, who have struggled financially through this pandemi...
Havre Police Department Stephanie Rae Spottedeagle of Box Elder, 47, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a First Street business reported an issue at 8:07 a.m. Tuesday. -- Tuesday at 9:48 a.m., a Havre Public Works employee reported a hit and run at the water fill station near Lions Park. -- Two arrests were made after a caller reported that a man was possibly trying to steal a vehicle Tuesday at 10:21 a.m. at a business on U.S. Highway 2 West....
Press release CASA of Hill County is holding a “Crunch for a Cause” fundraiser at Taco Johns Thursday from 5-7 p.m.; drive-through only. When people mention the fundraiser when paying for a drive-through purchase, CASA of Hill County will received 50 percent of the purchase price....
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension, in partnership with AARP Montana, will offer a four-part estate and legacy planning webinar series. Wisdom Wednesdays will begin April 14 and take place monthly from 10 to 11 a.m. online. According to Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, this series was created due to the level of interest in the Tuesday Tips series, which ran January through February. Nearly 250 people signed up to attend those webinars. In the first session, viewers w...
Note: This release was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced Monday the availability of $2 million to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The funding was made possible by USDA’s new Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative, an effort to distribute resources more broadly and to put greater emphasis on outreach to small and socially disadvan...
Note: This was released by U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday loan interest rates for April 2021, which are effective April 1. USDA’s Farm Service Agency loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures, or meet cash flow needs. Operating and ownership loans FSA offers farm ownership and operating loans with favorable interest rates and terms to help eli...
