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The Hill County Commissioners Thursday again tabled the matter of a social host ordinance. The commission tabled the agenda item without discussion, with the members saying afterward they want to edit the ordinance before bringing it up for discussion again. “The main concern is they can hold individuals liable even though they don’t know there’s something happening on their land,” Commissioner Mark Peterson said after the meeting. “When you get into the rural areas, fa...
A Turner Public School art instructor with nearly two decades of service has been recognized as one of the top 15 art instructors in the nation. April Fox was honored with Artsonia's 2021 Art Education Leadership Award in April. A press release said the award honors pioneers in the art education community who continuously inspire their peers and engage students. "It's an honor, I'm kind of blown away. I feel so lucky to have peers that feel like I'm worthy of being nominated...
Staff and wire report Havre Finance Director Doug Kaercher, a former Havre City Council member and former Hill County commissioner, has announced his candidacy for mayor of Havre. "I want to put my three decades of experiences in the local government to work for the residents of Havre as Mayor," Kaercher said in a release announcing his candidacy. "My top priority is to use my experience to serve the citizens of Havre in an efficient and effective manner." His release said...
MSU-Northern Radio KNMC 90.1FM will once again stage its tribute band concert as an in-person event. The annual event could not be held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event, set for Saturday, May 15, at 3 p.m., will be at the midway of the Hill County Fairgrounds, a press release said. “I had lived in Missoula for about eight years, which is a college town, but I got my undergraduate degree at Northern, and then moved to Missoula. I lived there for a numbe...
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 109,737 with 147 new cases, 1,070 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 68. The number of deaths was 1,592. Blaine County Health Department reported Thursday evening being notified of no...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Havre Middle School to canvas election results. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. New business 1. Canvas election results a. Authorize clerk to publish election results Public Comment — An opportunity for any member of the audience to bring to the attention of the board questions or relevant comment...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in commissioner’s office 4 p.m. — Oath for superintendent of schools in commissioner’s office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — LEPC meeting at Hill County Detention Center 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in commissioner’s office 1:30 p.m. — 911 meeting at City Hall 5 p.m. — District 4 Human Resources Development Council Budget and Finance meeting at HRDC, 2229 Fifth Ave. Wednesday 10 a.m. — Safety meeting in Timmons room Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly Business meeting in commissioner’s office...
The next scheduled meeting of the Rural Fire District board is Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse....
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...
Havre Police Department A 17-year-old was arrested on charges of assault by coercion, intimidation or threat and disorderly conduct after a caller at Havre High School reported a disturbance at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. -- An arrest was made after a caller at the baseball park on 11th Avenue made a complaint Thursday at 9:34 p.m. No details on the charges was provided. -- Donald Joseph Smith of Rudyard, 60, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault after a...
Press release Cottonwood Schools regular and organizational board meetings are Tuesday, May 11, at 6 p.m. at the West School. Public who want to join via electronics can call 406-265-6970....
Press release Davey School organizational and regular board meetings will be held Monday, May 10 at the school. To attend via electronics, people can call 406-265-6970....
Carlee Kato has been named one of Havre High School's April students of the month. The daughter of Jim and Carrie, Carlee, a senior, has two siblings, Lauren, 20, and Reid, 15. Carlee's school activities include golf, softball manager, Spanish Club, and Student Council. Outside of school, she works as a child care provider and a receptionist at Northern Montana Hospital. Her hobbies and interests include TikTok. Carlee was nominated by Jill Cammon because "she contributes posi...
From Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals The Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals announced National Distinguished Principal for 2021 is Havre native Heather (Stremcha) Jones, principal of Trailside Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska. The 2021 National Distinguished Principal Celebration marks the 37th year that the National Association of Elementary School Principals has presented this prestigious award. Jones was nominated and selected by her fellow principals through a statewide search...
North Central Senior Citizens Center May 10-14 Menu by Earlene DeWinter, subject to change Remember to call before 10 a.m. Monday — Ham and scalloped potato casserole, peas, cookies Tuesday — Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, green beans, pineapple cake Wednesday — Philly steak sandwich, potato wedges, brownies Thursday — Pork tips, buttered noodles, broccoli, coffee cake Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert The Senior Center’s doors are still closed to the public. We are providing limited services by phone with in...
From North Central Montana Shrine Club The group photo shown here has a story about the North Central Montana Shrine Club, featuring Grandpa Bob Brandon, father, Kelly Brandon and his daughter Macy Brandon, a former Shrine Hospital patient who was helped by repairing a broken arm that was not healing. The miniature bronze statue is one of only 41 limited editions by an anonymous local Shrine artist. Instead of selling the bronze statue to Bob Brandon, he directed Brandon to...
by Carla Jenewein Blood drive organizer The Chinook community will be hosting a blood drive with the American Red Cross Tuesday, May 11, from noon to 6 p.m. at Wallner Hall, 330 Ohio in Chinook Wallner Hall sits to the west of the Methodist Church. It’s entrance is on Fourth Street. Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. You can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 — 1-800-REDCROSS — to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome, however available appointment slots for walk-...
Out our way, the horses often run free in the pasture, and you have to go out and get them. Now, sometimes there are horses that don't know me and when I approach; they shy away. Sometimes they even run. But usually ole Doc stands still when he sees me coming, for he knows me; and because he knows me he trusts me. He stands patiently for me to come, to slip on his halter and then lead him out of the pasture. Why are we leaving the pasture? Where are we going? He doesn't know...
Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 9, 2021. I thought for this week's religious article that I would quote several Mother's Day Scriptures and make comments where appropriate: "For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him." - 1 Samuel 1:27 In this Scripture, a formerly childless woman recalls how she cried out to the Lord to be able to have a baby. She had been barren for years, and in that culture being childless was a curse. So she...
You know, Lord, with Mother's Day coming up on Sunday, we all want to make our parents proud. On Mother's Day, we thank You for the women who gave birth to us, who raised us, and who nurtured us. We remember that the Fifth Commandment tells us to honor our father and mother. Help us keep Your commandments and do our best to make our parents proud. Thank You for my Mother and Father. Here is a poem for our Moms, author unknown: Thank you, Mom. I know how often I took you for...
Inside my heart, it still does ache, it never seems to end. Your leaving has left a sadness, a wound that will not mend. Many our tears been shed dear one, and more will surely fall. You took my happiness with you, the happiest hours of all. You were one in a million, dear, why did you have to go? You meant the world to me dear one, I really loved you so. One day will come - we'll meet again on Heaven's distant shore. We two will walk, holding our hands, together forever...
More than 30 people showed up to a Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons awareness walk Wednesday at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, with many attendees having been personally touched by the ongoing issue, as well as by police violence. President Joe Biden declared Wednesday to be Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The group walked along U.S. Highway 87 from Laredo to the Rocky Boy Indian's Reservation Powwow Grounds near Box Elder, with a law...
The Big Sandy Senior Center hosted a talk by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bear Management Specialist Wesley Sarmento detailing how to deal with the increasing presence of grizzly bears in the area. During the last several years, grizzly bears have been expanding out of their recovery zones including to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountain Front, FWP said in a release announcing the meeting. A pair of grizzly bears recently were spotted about 15 miles northwest of Big Sandy, but have since moved out of the area....
Montana Farmers Union will be hosting a free event in Havre May 18, “Rebuilding Food Resiliency,” as part of the union’s spring workshop series. “The American Rescue Plan, when you read about it, one of the goals is to rebuild food resiliency. That means investment in infrastructure to get local regionalized processing going again, it means increasing the ability to store food products, and the programs that will be available for communities to to invest in their own communi...
A group trying to rebuild the system that supplies much of the water to the Milk River each year talked Wednesday about how money from the latest COVID-19 relief bill might help. A major topic at the meeting of the St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group was House Bill 632, the bill the Legislature passed to set up use of relief funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. The St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works, part of the...
