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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 108,287 with 206 new cases, 953 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 7. The number of deaths was 1,566. Blaine County Health Department reported Monday evening being notified of 6 new c...
Havre Police Department A 15-year-old was issued a summons no an under-age tobacco possession or consumption charge after a caller at Havre High School reported a tobacco violation Monday at 10:45 a.m. -- Officers investigated an incident after a vehicle stop on 12th Street Monday at 11:45 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street business reported Monday at 1:20 p.m. that a vehicle backed into a white Subaru Outback. -- An arrest was made after a domestic disturbance was reported on...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 30, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
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 Social host Resolutions Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Print bid Alcohol tax allocation...
by HRDC Havre Daily News staff District 4 Human Resources Development Council is hosting two sessions to help people learn how to make smart choices while renting a residence. The Rent Well and Financial Education Course will be held Saturday, May 1, and Saturday, May 8, at HRDC, 2229 5th Ave. in Havre. Lunch will be provided at the free sessions, which run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The sessions are intended to help people become familiar with the renting process. The sessions are limited to 12 people, and the first...
Havre Daily News staff The Recovery Benefit Concert, a free event to raise donations for Streatery owner Sarah Manuel’s Frozen Meals Program, is set for Friday at 5 p.m. at the Atrium Mall. The concert will feature Tattered Blue Cardigans, and organizer Derek Hann said he is working on making concessions available. Through her program Manuel provides healthy frozen meals, which have been prepared in her Streatery food truck, to families with food insecurity. People can donate at the concert or through Manuel’s GoFundMe acc...
Press release Alexander “Zander” Blewett III has awarded $2,000 in scholarships to the top student athlete wrestlers in north-central Montana. Michael Chagnon of Havre High School won two state championships. He earned a 3.8 GPA and will study engineering at some yet to be determined four year college. Rebecca Stroh of Chinook High School was the first female wrestler in Montana history to place at the B/C boy’s state wrestling tournament. She went on to place second this year in the first Montana state girls wrestling tourn...
A local legislator was honored by the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction this morning for his work in closing achievement gaps in education. Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, was invited to receive a Montana Learn award this morning, presented by Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen during the final Education Caucus meeting of the season, with awards presented to legislators while hot apple fritters were served. "The superintendent is honored to...
Longtime Havre Public Schools employee Brandon Berreth is vying for a seat on the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees for a one year term, running against sitting board member Garritt Ophus. Ophus was appointed to his seat earlier this year. Berreth said he’s a team player and his experience as a supervisor in the school’s maintenance department, as well as his time coaching Special Olympics teams in the district, has taught him how important it is for people to work together as when it comes to the school system. He said...
Havre Daily News staff The City of Chinook has announced on its Facebook page this morning that the boil order that was in effect for users of the city water is now off. The water was shut off Wednesday night through Thursday morning to allow repair of a waterline, and due to depressurization necessary a chance of water contamination was possible, leading to the boil order. The order is now off and people can resume using their water from the Chinook Water Treatment Plant as normal....
Garrit Ophus, a sitting member of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees is running to retain his seat in a race against longtime Havre Public Schools employee Brandon Berreth. Ophus took the position last month in the wake of former Trustee Scott Adams' resignation which came only a few months after his appointment in December of last year. Ophus says he's a team player and an excellent communicator, talents that would serve the board and community well should he get...
At the Hill County Board of Health’s bi-weekly COVID-19 update Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said prevention efforts against COVID-19 must continue amid a global rise in cases. Berg said new cases in Hill County remain below 5 per day per 100,000 residents which is good, but precautions should still be taken given what is happening in the rest of the world. She said Hill County has six active cases, one hospitalization and 21 people in quarantine being tracked by the health department. Berg a...
A meeting about the funding of RSID 21 will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Great Northern Community Center. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said the purpose of the meeting is primarily to discuss the funding of the district including a Community Development Block Grant the county received last year to upgrade the wastewater system in the RSID which is located in North Havre. “We’re just trying to figure out how to fund it,” Peterson said. He also said they will be discussing the Treasure State Endowment Progr...
Press release Montana State University-Northern has announced that the 2019, 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremonies will be Saturday in the Armory Gymnasium. Northern was unable to hold a ceremony in 2020 due to the pandemic, this ceremony is a combination of students from 2019, 2020 and 2021. In order to reduce the number of people in the Armory Gymnasium, MSU-Northern will be holding two commencement ceremonies. All those in attendance will be required to wear a mask. The two ceremonies are not open to the public. Each...
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 108,111 with 16 new cases, 965 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 48. The number of deaths was 1,563. The site advises that information is highly likely to change based on furth...
The following cases were resolved by Hill County Judge Audrey Barger in January. -- Sandy Bob Strauser, born in 1978, was fined $100 for theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense, and had dismissed by the prosecution four counts of theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense, and charges of criminal mischief pecuniary loss less than $1,500 and trespass to property. In a later case, Strauser had dismissed...
Havre Police Department Tyrel Henry Bear of Havre, 35, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license after a vehicle stop on 10 Street at 8:46 a.m. Friday. -- A caller with Montana Department of Transportation on First Street West reported Friday at 9:48 a.m. that something was put in a gas tank. -- Officers investigated after a caller on Fifth Avenue reported Friday at 11:15 a.m. that a child had eaten four pills and was being taken to the...
Rural Fire District 1 has a newly reorganized board with new members after a meeting Thursday, in which the board addressed a transfer of property and discussed adjusting the boundaries of the fire district. The district is a ring around the boundaries of Havre for which Havre Fire Department provides service. The city of Havre also wants to modify the agreement it has with the fire district, with city officials previously saying the city wants the agreement it has with the...
Havre Daily News Reporter Dane McGuire is looking to become one of the prestigious few to make it on to IRONMAN's VR Wall of Legends and raise some money for local and national nonprofits while he's doing it. McGuire moved to Havre a few weeks ago from Illinois to take his position at Havre Daily News but all the while was participating in IRONMAN's virtual races, which he will need to do every single week throughout 2021 if he wants to make the wall. Only about 100 people...
The Hill County Commission in its weekly business meeting Thursday voted to table the second reading of a social host ordinance because the commissioners wanted more time to gather public opinion and investigate possible changes to the ordinance which would require the reading process to start over. The ordinance would make it a violation for the social host of a party or event who knows, or reasonably should know, that underage people are drinking alcohol to not make reasonable attempts to prevent it. The ordinance states...
Members of the Havre Lions Club were busy last weekend, once again helping with a project at Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen. Doug Larson, a member of Lions, said 17 members of the service organization were at the soup kitchen pouring 6 1/2 yards of concrete for a new pad in front of the building. He said club members Gus Korb of Korb Construction and Steve McLain of McLain Construction brought some equipment they used during the pour, which helped. "It's a lot easier with the...
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 107,873 with 158 new cases, 1,003 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 65. The number of deaths was 1,559. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases...
GREAT FALLS — A Havre man accused of supplying large quantities of methamphetamine to individuals on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation pleaded guilty to a trafficking crime Thursday, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Clayton Cree Morsette, 23, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. Morsette faces a mandatory minimum 10 years to life in prison, a $10 million fine and at least five years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Chief Judge Morris set sentencing for...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a burglary on Second Street Thursday at 9:25 a.m. -- A two-vehicle crash involving a Chevrolet Equinox and a Chevrolet pickup truck was reported on First Street at 10:52 a.m. Thursday. -- T'Shauna Lee Azure of Havre, 22, was issued a summons on a criminal mischief charge after a Second Avenue caller reported at 12:30 p.m. Thursday that the caller's son's girlfriend kicked the window out of the son's room. -- A caller at Havre High...
