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Despite the cold and snow and pandemic, services and ceremonies are still happening Wednesday, Veterans Day, live and online, to honor people who have served. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 Quartermaster Scott Prindiville said a ceremony will start at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the VFW Memorial on the 300 Block of First Street next to Havre’s Town Square. Prindiville said it will be a short ceremony, with plans including a benediction, singing of the national anthem, a three-volley salute by the Veterans Honor Guard and the p...
Havre Daily News staff An email from Hill County Health Officer Kim Larson forwarded to the Havre Daily News by Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said an issue to be discussed at the next Hill County Board of Health meeting at 3 p.m. Friday will amending and implementing the recent order imposing new restrictions to try to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The email said the board will be discussing and implementing an amendment regarding youth activities. Larson was not available for comment prior to the printing deadline...
Hill County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a vehicle pursuit after attempting Monday at 10:45 a.m. to stop a Silver Dodge Ram 1500 with North Dakota plates that had been reported stolen. The driver of the vehicle did not yield to deputies, which led to a pursuit in residential neighborhoods in southeast Havre that also involved Havre Police officers and Montana Highway Patrol troopers, a release from the sheriff’s office says. Deputies arrested two suspects in the...
Havre Daily News staff The state COVID-19 response map had not been updated by printing deadline this morning, and the latest numbers from Chouteau and Liberty counties were not listed, but Chotueua County Health Department issued a warning to county residents updated Monday morning. The department issued a Facebook post telling county residents that they have neighbors who have been determined to be close contacts to a positive case of COVID-19 who are refusing to quarantine thereby putting the community at increased risk...
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. The meeting agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Extension positions Budget adjustment — Women, Infants and Children AB-26 Kathy Gregoire Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Bid package — Detention center control panels...
Havre Police Department Officers were called Monday at 10:46 a.m. to assist Hill County Sheriff's Office deputies with a vehicle chase that had entered city limits. -- An officer called in a vehicle crash on Ninth Avenue at 11:08 a.m. Monday that resulted from the vehicle chase. -- A Ninth Street caller reported suspicious activity at 4:28 p.m. Monday. Hill County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's office dispatch log had no arrests, summonses or investigations listed for the 24-hour...
The Cottonwood School Board meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled due to the weather. The meeting will be rescheduled and the date announced when it is set....
Press release HELENA — The Governor’s Office of Community Service has announced it is accepting nominations for the annual ServeMontana Awards. The award recognizes Montanan citizens who demonstrate a commitment to helping others and serving their communities. The public is encouraged to nominate individuals from various service groups, and of all ages and backgrounds. Both individuals and organizations can be nominated. All service must be performed in Montana or by Montanans. Applications are due by May 1. Ideal nom...
Press release November is National Scholarship Month, and nonprofit Reach Higher Montana is celebrating all month long with its annual Stick with Scholarships Campaign. The campaign encourages students to place a student-designed Reach Higher Montana sticker on an appropriate surface, such as a water bottle or book cover, snap a photo, and share it on Facebook or Instagram, tag Reach Higher Montana and follow its page. All participating students will be entered into a random...
After an extra four days of counting - and ballots still to be counted and some states to be declared - Democrat Joe Biden was projected Saturday morning to win the next presidency of the United States. By 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time, news outlets began declaring Pennsylvania for Biden, with its 20 Electoral College votes putting him over the 270 electoral vote threshold to defeat Republican President Donald Trump in his bid for re-election. Trump has yet to concede the race, sayi...
At the Hill County Health Board’s weekly COVID-19 update, Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said the county health department is trying to get it’s hands on as many contact tracers as possible as the rate of new cases in the county remains high. Larson said The Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University calculates the contact tracing workforce needed in different areas based on analysis of data like positivity rate and county infection rate and Hill County’s calcu...
The Havre Community Thanksgiving Dinner has been canceled for the the first time in its nearly 40-year history due to the recent surge of COVID-19 in area. Dinner Chair Debi Rhines said the decision to cancel the dinner, held at the St. Jude Parish Center every year, was an extremely difficult one given the event’s mission to bring the community together, but for the sake of everyone’s safety she believes this is the right thing to do. “We’ve done it in snow, we’ve done it in freezing rain, we’ve had the dinner when it was...
Snowfall was a little later than predicted in this part of north-central Montana, but when it started to fall Saturday night it fell with a vengeance, leading to major road and street issues and closing most schools in the region. The snowfall had stopped by the time the sun came up, but the region - and the state - was buried in snow over the two-day snowfall. And schools in the region closed and limited services, with Havre going to its remote learning day today and...
Even as cases surge in Hill County, Northern Montana Health Cares’s long-term care facility’s COVID-19 wing was empty as of Friday. Northern Montana Health Care Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator Julianne LaSmith said it is possible that a COVID-19 patient may occupy the wing soon, but for now none are sick enough to be there. LaSmith said the wing can now provide some relief to the medial and surgical floors of NMH. LaSmith did not give specifics on how many COVID-19 cases not associated with Northern Montana Car...
Press release The local economic development nonprofit is looking for comments on five-year planning document. Bear Paw Development Corp. is seeking input from area residents on the draft 2020 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. Bear Paw is a regional nonprofit corporation organized to assist with the economic and community development priorities in Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips and Chouteau Counties and on the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations. The five-year planning document outlines economic a...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,492 with 470 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 540,913 with 14,322 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 457. The number of recoveries was 28,825 and the number of active cases was 15,771. Local cases by county: Hill: 10 new cases, 1,018 total, 251 active, 22 active hospitalizations, 742 recovered, 25 deaths Liberty: No new cases,40 total, 2 active,37 recovered, 1 death Blaine: 4 new cases, 425...
Havre Police Department A bike was reported found on Fifth Street at 10:43 a.m. Friday. -- Daniel Edward Smith of Havre, 35, was issued a summons on a charge of theft after someone stopped at the police station Friday at at 11:12 a.m. to report a theft. -- Ariel Micheala Sunchild of Box Elder, 29, was arrested on charges of trespass to property, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and resisting arrest after a caller on 9th Avenue Northwest asked Friday at 4:07...
North Central Senior Center, Nov. 9-13 Menu by Earlene DeWinter, Subject to change Monday — Chili mac casserole, green beans, corn bread, pudding Tuesday — Cranberries, turkey, dressing, mashed Potatoes and gravy, broccoli Normandy, Pumpkin Bars Wednesday — Veterans Day – Closed Thursday — Barbecue pork patty sandwich, potato salad, cookies Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Medicare open enrollment has begun. If you need help verifying your Part D (Prescription) coverage, it will be done by phone appointments...
Hill County Clerk and Recorder Sue Armstrong said that the 2020 election process was a resounding success, with massive turn-out and an overwhelming majority of mail-in ballots having been returned and tabulated without issue. “We had an awesome voter turnout,” Armstrong said Thursday afternoon. “Of all the ballots that were issued, 88 percent were returned. The overall percent of all registered voters for Hill County was 79 percent voter turnout.” Tabulation was wrapped up around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning with 7,287 votes p...
The state tracking map was not updated and data on Liberty and Chouteau counties was not available by printing deadline this morning. Hill: 20 new cases, 990 total, 267 active, 22 active hospitalizations, 698 recovered, 25 deaths Blaine: 9 new cases, 408 total, 152 active, 11 active hospitalizations, 245 recovered, 11 deaths Rocky Boy — Also included in Hill or Chouteau county numbers — 22 new cases, 175 active on the reservation, 1 active hospitalizations, 4 deaths People can visit the state tracking map, normally upd...
Local schools faced the COVID-19 challenges this year in different ways. Reports from the districts show each school has adapted to the changes and decided what was best for their students, teachers and community. “We have had sporadic cases,” North Star Superintendent Bart Hawkins said. The school is following state COVID-19 guidelines for social distancing and sanitization. Remote learning is offered for families that need it. “It’s going as well as possible considering the...
Sara Knorr, 24, who has worked at Bergren Transmission and Auto Care since June 1, after receiving an associate degree in automotive technology from Helena College of Technology, just received her Master Technician Certification last week, in a field she said she entered almost as a challenge. Knorr said she became a young mechanic after a friend said she couldn't. "I got told I couldn't do it by a friend of mine. I had already done a year of college at Bozeman for cell biolog...
Havre Public Works has told residents that, with the amount of snow expected this weekend, Havre city crews will be working to plow and remove snow around the city and they need the help of residents. “Please try to have your car off the emergency snow routes during the time of plowing,” a release from Havre Public Works said. “Cars will get plowed in.” People can find the map of the emergency snow routes online at http://www.ci.havre.mt.us . A winter storm watch is in effect from Saturday morning for much of the western half...
The Hill County Commission during its business meeting Thursday approved a contract between the Hill County Council on Aging and Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation’s Tribal Council to help fund a Meals on Wheels program that has been in increasing demand amid the pandemic. Council on Aging Director Don Kenny said the contract is virtually identical to the one approved for fiscal year 2020-21 and helps provide meals to the elderly on the reservation. He said the county, for the last few years, has sent $3,036 a month to the res...
