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Freedom is a finicky thing. When I was in seminary, I didn't have a car, but I had two feet and sturdy shoes. I walked almost everywhere I needed to go. My freedom to walk to work, school, church, and the grocery store depended on drivers giving up their freedom to drive at any speed, anywhere, anytime. My freedom to cross a busy street safely meant that drivers were not free to shave a few seconds off their morning commute. But the give-and-take of freedom goes the other...
Havre Police Department Ivan Louis Windyboy of Havre, 18, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served on Third Avenue after officers responded to a 6:23 a.m. Wednesday request for assistance on Third Avenue. -- A two-vehicle crash on First Street was reported Wednesday at 10:47 a.m. -- Zoey Theboy of Havre, 20, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after an 11:04 a.m. Wednesday caller at a First Street business reported a woman would not leave after being as...
A meeting on Havre’s Downtown Master Plan will be held online by High Plains Architects Monday, July 11, 2022. People can join the meeting online at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTY4YjZjMjAtN2JiZC00YTU4LWFkOTYtMzI0ZDUwZDFkNmNm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22428c44b3-5c9e-4275-a537-4168780bb4d9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%227d570b54-ba9b-4d1b-88aa-b8806b561bd8%22%7d or via Bitly at https://bit.ly/3ujQJbb . “This is our community, the future is in our hands – your voice matters,” a release on the mee...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced today four Montana communities including Havre will share more than $2 million of federal grant funding through the Community Development Block Grant program. The grants will support critical public facility, community facility, and housing projects in Montana. The department announced City of Havre is receiving $297,050 of CDBG Community Facilities grant funding for heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrades to the Boys & Girls Club of the H...
Out our way, folks tend to adopt a "live and let live" attitude. I know people get angry and riled up, but you don't see much "road rage" on rural roads like you do on city streets. Also there is a tendency to want to help. My son, Andrew, went off the road into a ditch while working at the Hays/Lodge Pole schools and within a short time a wonderful stranger in a pickup drove by, stopped, hooked up some chains and hauled him out. No questions asked, no hesitation - just what...
You know Lord, Flag Day's past, Fourth of July's ahead; a friend shared about a soldier's funeral; The American Flag Folded 13 Times.: The first fold of our flag is a symbol of life. The second fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life. The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veterans departing our ranks who gave a portion of their lives for the defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world. The fourth fold represents our weaker nature, for...
You missed our day, my dearest one, too soon you flew away. We had good times, a lot of years, you're in my thoughts each day. You left a note that was just found, you told us not to weep. That in your grave, no, you're not there - that you're not fast asleep! You also wrote: "New Address"– you're with the Lord above, You flew away on that same day; you both send down your love! Remembering our last sweet kiss, then God called you; "Come Home!" So off you flew to Heaven's s...
Summer meals are offered to local children for free at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and Highland Park Early Primary School, with breakfast served from 8:30-10:45 a.m. and lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meals are free for people 18 younger, with breakfasting costing $3 for people 19 and older and lunch costing $5 for people 19 and older. The menus scheduled for next week, subject to change as needed, are: Breakfast Monday — Closed for Independence Day Tuesday — Sliced bread Wednesday — Sausage egg muffin Thurs...
North Central Senior Citizens Center July 4-7 Menu Monday, July 4 — Closed for Fourth of July Celebration Tuesday, July 5 — Apples and pecans baked ham, au gratin potatoes, corn, rolls, cake Wednesday, July 6 — Beef with onions, rice, vegetables, coffee cake Thursday, July 7 — Chicken parmesan, potato casserole, salad, fruit Friday, July 7 — Soup, chef’s choice, cessert Keeping up with the pandemic: June 27, 57 new cases of COVID-19 in the prior week, total number is 5,047, active 38, one hospitalization and one discharged...
Havre Daily News staff Kati Purkett, Montana State University Extension Hill County family and consumer science extension agent, has invited people to join a webinar on “Small Business Retirement Plans: A Tool to Retain Employees.” The Thursday, July 7, webinar will be put on by Montana State University Extension Associate Specialist Joel Schumacher, family and consumer sciences and agricultural and natural resources program leader. “Small business owners are constantly looking for the best way to attract and retain good...
Press release A cooperative planing to locally train meat processors — and provide some local meat processing in the process — is one step closer to operation with naming of a general manager. A release from Montana Farmers Union said Bill Jones has been hired to take the helm of the Montana Premium Processing Cooperative in Havre, bringing a lifelong love of agriculture and a commitment to quality with him to his new post. Jones has been involved in the meat-processing industry for several decades. “Eating is a simple enoug...
Havre’s Saturday Market will start again July 9 at 8 a.m. and the Havre-Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for more participants. “Saturday Market provides an opportunity for the community to connect with farmers, artists, artisans, crafters, visitors, friends, neighbors and local businesses,” a release from the Chamber says. “The market is a family-friendly event in the heart of our downtown; it provides a gathering place for all ages to get-together, shop, eat, mingle and support local business. Chamber Executive Directo...
Havre Public School's ongoing bus driver shortage continues in 2022 and threatens to force drivers to choose between activities and routes if it doesn't improve. HPS Facilities and Transportation Director Scott Filius said the situation has actually gotten worse since the last time he spoke with the Havre Daily News about it in September of last year. Filius said back then that the COVID-19 pandemic had the potential to exacerbate their already existing staffing issues, but...
A local garden club this week honored Antoinette "Toni" Hagener, a local political and community leader who helped form the club in 2009. Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club Tuesday dedicated a sundial, plaque, bench and piece of land planted with the state grass, bluebunch wheatgrass, to honor Hagener near the entrance to Montana State University-Northern's Hagener Science Center, which was named for Lou Hagener, her husband and a longtime Northern science professor and community...
Press release HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a work session with members of the Private Land/Public Wildlife Council and other interested parties via Zoom July 7 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. FWP will use the work session to review and seek input on its efforts to revise an online education course to improve hunter behavior and hunter/landowner relations. This course will serve as a replacement to the current hunter/landowner stewardship course. FWP will present an outline for the new online course, a draft exam a...
Havre Police Department Takeisha The Boy of Chinook, 21, was arrested on an assault charge after a caller on 13th Street asked Tuesday at 7:28 a.m. to speak with an officer about being kicked at work. -- Officers investigated found property after a Havre caller reported finding a ring Tuesday at 10:05 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street West business reported Tuesday at 9:17 p.m. that a customer slammed a door against the wall and shattered the door glass. Hill County...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees approved Tuesday sending a project to resurface the Havre Middle School track out to bid and approved a new addition to Havre High School’s curriculum. The subject of resurfacing Havre Middle School’s track, a project that will cost upward of $400,000, was one discussed at a planning meeting last month and at the last meeting of the board it was agreed that it should be considered a priority project. At Tuesday’s meeting Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller presented the request for a...
6's Great Northern Fair is set to be much larger than previous years, with far more events, rides and entertainment, the fairgrounds manager said. "Bigger, badder, better," Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said. English said he and the Great Northern Fair Board have been working hard to get this year's fair set up, and they're set to nearly double the number of events planned. Among the biggest additions, he said, is the tractor pull Saturday, the addition o...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 30, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre Police Department A 12th Street caller reported a bad check Monday at 2:08 p.m. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 24, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespass to property after a Second Street caller reported a trespasser Monday at 8:34 p.m. -- Mayann Margaret Weaving of Havre, 18, was arrested on a charge of theft and on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a First Street business reported someone stole three lighters. Hill County...
Staff and wire During a press call last week, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said a committee advanced two of his bills intended to improve prices and fairness for agricultural producers and consumers, putting them one step closer to a vote on the Senate floor. Last Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee favorably reported the bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act and the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, intended to combat consolidation in the meat industry, protect family farmers and ranchers, lower...
After days of confusion regarding the Havre Fire Department's future leadership, former Assistant Havre Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage confirmed Monday morning that he has been named the new Havre fire chief. A release from Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher Monday morning said Courtnage, a 17-year veteran of the department and a three-year assistant chief, will act as the interim fire chief until the Havre City Council approves his appointment at their monthly meeting July 5. "The City...
A new piece of art is being put up to adorn the front of the Havre Elks Lodge $1201 at 321 Second Street. Havre High School art student Angelina Siebenaller and her art teacher, Havre High School teacher Lindsey Ratliff, are woking to paint Siebenaller's mural on the front of the lodge. Siebenaller won a contest held by the Elks among local high school art students in the region, submitting the winning proposed mural to be painted on the front of th lodge. The Elks donated...
People are praising the appointment of a Hi-Line county commissioner to a state-level federal position to help Montana agricultural producers. Liberty County Commissioner Maureen “Morb” Wicks is being appointed by President Joe Biden as the Montana executive director of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. “Morb Wicks is a great pick to lead the Farm Service Agency,” Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said in a release. “Her 16 years of experience as a Liberty County FSA committee member has...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made after a 15th Avenue caller reported an assault Friday at 2:30 p.m. No details on charges were provided, but Jeremiah Francis Berger of Havre, 51, who was named as an involved party was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served on First Street at 11:44 a.m. Sunday and charges listed in the jail roster are failure to comply, aggravated assault and partner or family member assault. -- A dirt bike was reported stolen Friday at...
