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Although the number of daily new COVID-19 cases has dropped some in Hill and Blaine counties following a major surge in the fall, the numbers continue to rise in the state. Montana’s COVID-19 response tracking map in its update Tuesday listed 1,101 new cases, the highest number of one-day cases to date. The update for today was not available by printing deadline this morning. The state total since the disease was first confirmed in Montana in March was at 41,151 with 16,816 active cases, 487 active hospitalizations and 462 de...
The state total number of cases listed Tuesday was 41,151. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,510 with 487 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 544,566 with 3,653 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 462. The number of recoveries was 23,8731 and the number of active cases was 16,816. Local cases by county: Hill: new cases listed Tuesday night, total, active, active hospitalizations, recovered, deaths Liberty: No new cases Monday,...
Havre Police Department An officer initiated a well-being check at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday on First Street Northeast. -- Holly Marie Dorcheus of Havre, 35, was arrested on five Justice or City court warrants during a vehicle stop on Second Street at 1:01 p.m. Tuesday. -- A caller in the Third Street alley reported Tuesday at 3:39 p.m. that a neighbor hit the caller's house. Hill County Sheriff's Office Due to the federal holiday, the sheriff's dispatch log was not available today....
Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of the name of Darlene Sellers. Monday’s meeting of the Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council was dominated by discussion of a $20,000 grant Hill County received from the Addictive and Mental Disorders Division of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and how that money can be used amid the COVID-19 pandemic. LAC Chair Andi Daniel said she’s been in contact with Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson and has been...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana’s Elk Management Plan Initial Guidance Citizens Group will meet via Zoom Nov. 19, Dec. 2–3, and Dec. 16–17. The citizens group will provide initial guidance to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks for the revision of Montana’s Elk Management Plan. This guidance will specifically focus on principles to guide the future of elk management in Montana. The group will take public comment at the December meetings. The meetings are open to the public and will be live streamed at http://...
Press release Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that donation boxes have been set up at various locations across the state to receive holiday gifts to benefit Montana State Hospital patients. The effort is part of the annual Gifts With A Lift program that has played an instrumental role in spreading holiday cheer to patients for the past 68 years. The program ensures that all state hospital patients have a gift this holiday season. MSH Gifts With A Lift coordinator George Sich said the...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has mailed ballots for the Farm Service Agency county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the local FSA county office or postmarked by Dec. 7. “FSA has over 7,000 county committee members nationwide who serve their communities by providing input on our programs at the local level,” said FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce. “We value their knowledge and judgment as decisions are made ab...
Press release GREAT FALLS — The Montana Grain Growers Association has announced that Executive Vice President Lola Raska will retire from the organization at the end of this calendar year, and that Alison Vergeront has been hired as MGGA’s new executive vice president, effective Jan. 1. “We could not be more pleased that Alison has agreed to become our new executive vice president,” MGGA President Vince Mattson of Chester said. “I am confident that her qualifications, experience and dedication to agriculture are attribute...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — According to Montana State University Extension, an important goal for many Montana family farm and ranch enterprises is to transfer land and businesses to the next generation, but the process can be challenging. According to Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, some families may avoid the process completely because of its economic, legal and family decision complexities. Others may start the process but abandon it to avoid conflicts that can arise from differences in goals, v...
Press release BOZEMAN — Producers of fall-seeded small grains, such as wheat, barley and oats, who have not yet filed an acreage report for crops planted in the fall of 2019 must report their acreage in order to be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2, or CFAP 2. While the original deadline in Montana was Nov. 15, 2019, FSA is accepting late-filed reports for CFAP 2 enrollment purposes until Nov. 16, 2020. Producers who are applying for a CFAP 2 payment on an eligible row crop mus...
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...
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...
