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  • For the Record, Jan. 4, 2021

    Updated Jan 15, 2021

    Havre Police Department A summons was issued after officers were called Friday at 6:46 a.m. to a Fourth Street residence where the caller reported find a man in the residence. No details on the charges were provided. -- Manuel Rigo Garcia of Havre, 27, was issued a summons on a theft charge after a caller on Third Street asked Friday at 10:13 a.m. to speak with an officer about discovering that a stolen pair of sunglasses had been pawned. -- Timothy W. Healy of Havre, 19, was...

  • Strissel sworn in as Hill County commissioner

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 4, 2021

    Democrat Jacob "Jake" Strissel of Rudyard was sworn in as Hill County District 1 Commissioner Thursday in the Hill County Courthouse. Strissel will be taking the seat previously held by Democrat Mike Wendland who administered his last Hill County Commission business meeting shortly after swearing in Strissel, bringing his 14 years with the commission to an end. Strissel, who narrowly defeated Republican Mark Wicks of Rudyard 51 percent to 48 percent in the 2020 General...

  • Commission appoints new Superintendent of Schools

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 4, 2021

    The Hill County Commission’s considered a number of issues at its business meeting last Thursday, including the appointment of a new superintendent of schools, a hearing on a road abandonment and the eventual receipt of a grant to improve election administration in the county. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson nominated Lorren Schlotfelt to be superintendent of schools to replace Marie Deegan who did not run for reelection in 2020. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean and Peterson both said the decision between S...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after Sunday's update was 82,831 with 346 new cases, 4,908 active.

    Updated Jan 4, 2021

    Current state data was not available by printing deadline this morning. The number of active hospitalizations was 192. The number of deaths was 972 Blaine County reported Sunday evening that from Friday through Sunday the county had 2 new cases confirmed, 610 total, 7 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 23 deaths Hill County reported Sunday evening 15 new cases, 1,668 total, 52 active, 5 active hospitalizations, 37 deaths Rocky Boy — current data not available Fort Belknap current data nor available Liberty County reported o...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jan 4, 2021

    Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this until after printing deadline Thursday and did not publish on New Year’s Day. Havre City Council will meet tonight at 7 in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 5. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Ordinance No. 913, Second Reading — An Ordinan...

  • Havre Public Schools Education Foundation hires new executive director

    Updated Jan 4, 2021

    Press release The Havre Public Schools Education Foundation has announced that it has hired Amanda Meyer as its new executive director. "I look forward to serving Havre Public Schools and the community through my role as the executive director of the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation," Meyer said. She was born in Plano, Illinois, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in business management from Northern Illinois University. Meyer comes to the Havre Public Schools...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Jan 4, 2021

    Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this until after printing deadline Thursday and did not publish New Year’s Day. Havre City Council will meet tonight at 7 in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 5. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Ordinance No. 913, Second Reading — An Ordinance Amendin...

  • Region deals with a year of a deadly virus

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Vaccine for the virus that causes COVID-19 is arriving in the area at a time when people appear to have taken actions to slow the spread of the virus following surges over the summer and a massive surge in the fall. But officials are warning people that it may be months before the vaccine is available for much of the general population, and they need to continue following recommendations - wearing masks in public settings, avoiding large gatherings, staying home as much as...

  • State vaccination plan sees official update

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Wednesday that the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan has been updated, incorporating new federal recommendations for allocation to critical groups in Montana along with an estimated timeline for distribution. Bullock said the first phase of the vaccine’s rollout is underway with front-line health care workers being vaccinated around the state, but people need to remain vigilant and look out for each other as the pandemic continues. “It’s inspiring to see that thousands of health...

  • COVID changes everything about local schooling

    Kimberly Bolta|Updated Dec 31, 2020

    The year 2020 brought many changes to Montanans in almost every aspect of their lives. The Havre Public School District has seen many changes as well in an attempt to protect the safety of students, teachers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. The beginning of the calendar year started out normally with the Little Pony Cheer camp, the addition of an Anime Club to Havre High School, Havre speech and debate team sending 15 students to state tournaments and Havre Middle...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's update was 81,555 with 628 new cases, 5,603 active

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    The number of active hospitalizations was 203. The number of deaths was 961. Blaine County reported Wednesday evening 1 new case, 607 total, 15 active, 1 active hospitalizations, 23 deaths. Hill County reported Wednesday evening 10 new cases, 1,633 total, 53 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 37 deaths. Rocky Boy reported Wednesday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, no new cases, 750 total, 13 active, 13 active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active hospitalizations, deaths not listed. F...

  • Davey School board meeting Monday

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Press release Davey Elementary School’s regular board meeting will be Monday at 6 p.m at the school....

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in Commission Office 5 p.m. — Executive Committee meeting at HRDC 5:30 p.m. — Park board meeting in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting Wednesday Regular office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Commissioner business meeting in Commission Office Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Time for comments from the public Friday 1 p.m. — Health Department COVID Updat...

  • For the Record, Dec. 31, 2020

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Havre Police Department A remote alcohol monitoring device violation was reported at the police station Wednesday at 11:46 a.m. -- A two-vehicle crash involving a Jeep Cherokee and a Suburban was reported at Third Avenue and Second Street at 1:41 p.m. Wednesday. -- Two arrests were made after a caller at a 9th Avenue business reported Wednesday at 4:28 p.m. that a man was outside yelling and threatening the caller. -- Adoraleen Blossom Plante of Havre, 23, was arrested on...

  • MSU students named to fall semester 2020 honor rolls

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2020. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s List and the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at least 12 college-level credits. This honor roll list was current as of Dec. 22 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date. The 1,546 students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the Presi...

  • Mandeville named to Goodwin University's President's List

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Press release EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Amanda Mandeville of Havre, Montana, earned a place on Goodwin University’s President’s List for the Summer 2020 Session. The Summer 2020 President’s List includes 375 students, all of whom scored a perfect 4.0 GPA....

  • Out Our Way: Babysitting cows - Titus 2:11-14

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Out our way, I rode a big bay quarter horse I called "Doc." His official name was "Goliath" as he stood 16½ hands high and weighed in at around 1,200-plus pounds. But I started calling him "Doc" because over the years I learned so much from him. I referred to him as my "Professor of Horse-Sense Theology" - and a great deal of what I share with you in these columns came from studying "theology under saddle." It is amazing the lessons that God can teach us through some...

  • Pastors Corner: The sound of hope

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    Unprecedented. Isolating. Revealing. Complicated. Joyful. Flexibility. Essential. Humbling. Growth. Pivotal. Unpredictable. Emotionally and spiritually challenging. Creativity. Risk mitigation. Lonely. Opportunity. Hopeful. Resetting. Renewing. Re-prioritizing. Devastating. Awakening. Compassionate. Uncertainty. Grateful. Scary. Resiliency. Exhausting. Exhilarating. Apocalyptic. Revealing. Weird. Preventable. Unimaginable. Hard. These are some of the many words that could be...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    You know, Lord, a New Year starts this week, help us keep the star in mind, the one the Wisemen followed as we read in Matthew 2:9 and 11: "And lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was ... they bowed down and worshipped him." The Christ Child! Christ is soon forgotten as the magic of Christmas fades away; the glitter of rosy cheeks pales again; but for a moment we understood. We discovered the presence...

  • Grief Poem - Hugs and Love

    Updated Dec 31, 2020

    A New Year starts, we need some hugs, hugs are so comforting. In these hard times we’re all alone, it pulls on our heart’s strings. Affection is feelings of love; sincere, special and warm. This joyfulness comes from above and calms most any storm. Hugs are welcome; by mail, believer; or hugged by a dear friend. We saw them at the Post Office with a moment to spend. Their loved one, too, also had passed; that care they also miss. But time moves on and so must we; though we have lost some bliss. We know Heaven’s expec...

  • Pandemic necessitates a year of adaptation for local medical institutions

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 30, 2020

    Health care in north-central Montana has been forced to adapt amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With more at stake than ever, health care organizations in the region have worked as hard as they can to deal with the evolving situation. Northern Montana Health Care Northern Montana Hospital, even back before cases were found in Hill County was preparing for what would inevitably come, setting up an alternate flu clinic capable of administering tests for COVID-19 and closing its...

  • A busy year of local government

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 30, 2020

    Amid the usual handling of grants, management of budgets and approval of various smaller projects the Hill County Commission and Havre City Council both had a busy year in 2020, and not just due to the world-wide crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both county and city have dealt with many issues this year, making progress in some, addressing controversy in others. Ambulance district An issue that came to attention in May was a request from Havre for the county to increase its share of funding for the city fire department to pro...

  • Quick pics: Moon greets the sunrise

    Updated Dec 30, 2020

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's update was 81,300 with 629 new cases, 5,380 active.

    Updated Dec 30, 2020

    The number of active hospitalizations was 223. The number of deaths was 950. Blaine County reported Tuesday evening no new cases, 606 total, 14 active, 1 active hospitalization, 23 deaths Hill County reported Tuesday evening 8 new cases, 1,623 total, 59 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 37 deaths Rocky Boy reported Tuesday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 3 new cases, 750 total, 32 active, 32 active on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active hospitalizations, deaths not listed. Fort Belknap...

  • Montana 4-H Foundation to raffle 30-year Don Greytak calendar collection

    Updated Dec 30, 2020

    From Montana 4-H Foundation The Montana 4-H Foundation will raffle off a final collection of Don Greytak 4-H calendars to celebrate 30 consecutive years of a very successful 4-H calendar project. People who purchase a 2021 calendar have three chances to win the collection by submitting their name into a drawing. The complete 1992-2021 Montana Greytak 4-H calendar collection will be raffled off March 1. This mint collection will be presented in a beautiful birch and walnut box...

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