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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.... Full story
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... Full story
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...
Havre Police Department Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks personnel reported at the police station Thursday at 11:42 a.m. that someone has been shooting deer in town. -- A non-injury vehicle crash was reported on Third Street Thursday at 11:58 a.m. -- Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 58, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge at a First Street business after officers responded to an 8:54 p.m. Thursday call to assist another agency. -- Linda Marie Williams of Great Falls,...
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... Full story
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...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business D. New business 1. Consideration of Policy 3210, Equal Education, Nondiscrimination and Sex Equity, on First Reading 2. Consideration of Policy 3225, Sexual Harassment of...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board has canceled its November meeting....
November 9-13, 2020 Monday November 9, 2020 1:30 Building Manager Tuesday November 10, 2020 10:30 Road Meeting 10:30 LEPC Meeting 1:30 911 meeting Wednesday November 11, 2020 Veterans Day Thursday November 12, 2020 10:00 am Weekly Agenda meeting Manual Claims Employment Review Resolutions Tax Adjustments County permit Approval Subdivision and Survey Approval Contracts Public Comment 3:00 Bear Paw Development meeting Friday November 13, 2020 9:00 p.m. General Election Audit 1:00 p.m. Board of Health COVID- 19 Conference...
Press release The North Dakota State College of Science has named 399 students, including two local Hi-Line students, to its spring semester 2020 President’s Honor List, and eight students to its summer semester 2020 President’s Honor List. The Honor List recognizes students who have achieved grade point averages of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credits with letter grades. Included on the list are: Riley Kellam, Chinook, John Deere tech Tyler Christensen, Havre, robotics, automation and mechatronics tec...
Havre Daily News staff In order to help with social distancing and be cognizant of the forecast weekend winter storm, Hi-Line Rodeo Team’s Little Britches Rodeo at the Bigger Better Barn has made a few changes. The plan, worked out with Hill County Health Department, is to limit the number of people in the barn at any given time. The run order was changed so that the divisions for the youngest competitors, Trail Hands and Little Wranglers, will go first in the day, followed by classes for the older children. Spectators are l...
Press release A virtual education and support group will provide a space for people affected by stressors related to COVID-19. It is designed to facilitate connection amongst community members to give and receive support, while learning tips to help cope with stress. People in isolation or quarantined are encouraged to attend for the social connection, but anyone in Hill County is welcome to participate. This will not be group therapy, but will be facilitated by Montana State University-Northern counseling graduate students...
