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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...
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., met with the Hill County Commission Monday to discuss a number of issues and to hear the needs of Hill County. Among the issues Rosendale discussed was immigration and the possibility of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers being brought to Montana for processing and possible release. The last few weeks have seen conflicting reports that the Biden Administration may be considering transferring immigrants and asylum seekers to northern...
Editor's note: This version corrects the headline. Ground crews at Havre City-County Airport began training Monday on three Tecnam P2012 airplanes that were delivered that morning as part of Cape Air's eventual refleeting of their Montana services with larger planes. Cape Air Managing Director of Marketing and Public Relations Erin Hatzell said the new planes seat nine passengers and feature 30 percent more space than their predecessor, the Cessna 402, and feature more modern...
While numbers of new COVID-19 cases have declined in the state and in this part of north-central Montana in recent months, the disease has not gone away, with Hill County reporting its 43rd COVID-19-related death and four new cases Monday and the state’s governor catching the disease as new cases creep up in some parts of the state. Hill County Health Department reported the death and new cases in a release Monday afternoon. Prior to that, Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties had listed no active cases in any of the c...
Havre Police officers were involved Monday evening in a high-speed pursuit on First Street that ended in a rollover crash at the junction of U.S. highways 2 and 87, and with one arrest on multiple charges. Havre Police Capt. Aaron Wittmer said that Monday at 6:28 p.m. an officer saw Jalen Jaret Watson of Havre, 19, driving a vehicle on Third Avenue between First and Main streets, and recognized him as a person with outstanding warrants. The officer attempted to pull Watson...
Following a meeting Monday night Havre City Council members amended the budget to include a Community Development Block Grant/Home Fund Grant to help with the cost of developing a downtown master plan. Havre was awarded $20,000 by The Montana Department of Commerce through its Main Street Montana program to develop the master plan. The total cost of the master plan is expected to be between $40,000 and $50,000. The Hill County Community Foundation has provided $5,000 in...
Dane McGuire has joined Havre Daily News as a new reporter. McGuire came to Havre from Jerseyville, Illinois, where he grew up, because this job had everything he was looking for, he said. His immediate family is in Jerseyville and were supportive of his journey to Montana despite the big adjustment, McGuire said. "They knew I was getting very anxious because I graduated in 2020 and didn't have work until I came to Havre," he said. "I am right where I need to be, and I got a t...
Hill County Health Department Monday reported the 43rd COVID-19-related death in the county. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 105,333 with 218 new cases, 961 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 33. The number of deaths was 1,477. 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 C...
