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Editor's note: This version corrects that the Harlem junior-senior high school building is closed today and the Harlem Elementary School building remained open. Montana set a new high today for one-day totals in new COVID-19 cases, and more cases were confirmed in Chinook's Sweet Home, Chinook High School, Harlem Elementary School and Havre Public Schools. The state COVID-19 response tracking map update this morning listed 1,063 new cases confirmed, the highest daily total...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, Nov. 9-13 Menu by Earlene DeWinter — subject to change Monday — Tater Tot casserole, salad, biscuits, poorman’s bars Tuesday — Election Day — Senior Center is closed Wednesday — Meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, fruit Thursday — Chicken tetrazzini, salad, coffee cake Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Open enrollment has begun. If you need help verifying your Part D (prescription) coverage, it will be done by phone appointments or video conference. All documentation wil...
Monday 10 a.m. — Oath of office — deputy sheriff 5:30 — Hill County Park Board meeting Tuesday General Election — office closed Wednesday Office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Business meeting Friday 1 p.m. — Board of Health COVID- 19 conference call...
Havre City Council meets Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items: 1 and 2 only. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute. Regular agenda 1. Ordinance No. 912 (second reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 6, Section 1, Salaries Of Elective Officers, of The Havre City Code. 2. Approval of October claims and manual warrants. C...
Hill County Park Board will meet at the Community Center at Great Northern Fairgrounds Monday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of minutes 2. Approval of agenda 3. Guests and public comments on agenda items only, and agenda requests for next meeting 4. Cabin business 5. Old business Monitoring progress Monitoring presentation, Nov. 17 South Cross Fence Cabin inspections Delinquent cabin 6. New business 7. Committee reports Rules and Regulation Committee Finance and Planning Committee Grazing Committee...
Havre Police Department Cody Arthur Shortman of Havre, 36, was issued a summons on a shoplifting charge after a caller at a First Street business reported Thursday at 9:20 a.m. that they had a shoplifter in custody. -- Officers investigated a remote breathalyzer test violation reported at the police station Thursday at 10:26 a.m. -- Mona Louise Wells of Havre, 61 was issued a summons on a charge of theft of lost or mislaid property after a caller at a First Street business...
Relaxing day with bit of snow, More snow is on the way. So, we'll just wait, putter a bit; shovel another day. 'Twould be such fun if girlfriends came, but they'd have to fight ice! However, they moved out of town; memory of them is nice. We could think back some years ago, when two gals paid a call. Of course, that day, there was no snow, for it was early fall! Now those two gals, are all alone, but they know how to share, Their hubby's left, gone on ahead, these gals know ho...
As God's people, we are called by Jesus to love God and to love our neighbors. As citizens of the United States of America who follow this call, we must engage the complex and contentious social issues that face our nation with humility, civility, intellectual rigor and honesty. As followers of Jesus - whether Democrats, Republicans or independents - we must seek the health of our nation for the good of all people. Do we acknowledge that we have not always loved God and loved...
Out our way, before the snows come and the Alberta Clippers start freezing the waters and the blood of those exposed without shelter, is the fall roundup. While Charlie and I rode fenced in pastures, there are still places with open range and it is extremely critical to find scattered pairs and get them down to shelter before the winter's rage is fully upon us. I have actually done a little open-range work and found it really tough as cattle are often scattered and not...
Press release Thanks to a generous gift of 35 cows from Sweet Grass County rancher Dan Vollum, 15,000 pounds of hamburger was to be delivered to the Montana Food Bank Network this morning at 10:30. The Producer Partnership, a new statewide organization, facilitated the donation. Its mission: Farmers and ranchers working to end hunger in Montana. Established by sixth-generation Park County rancher Matt Pierson in April, The Producer Partnership has already donated 17,500 pounds of hamburger to several local food banks and...
Havre Daily News staff Along with many other residences in the area, the yard of The Longknifes on the 1600 Block of 10th Street West is decorated for the season. The family has been decorating heavily for Halloween for several years now. People who have photos of their favorite decorations at their own or at other residences can email them to [email protected]....
By Carla Jenewein, blood drive coordinator The Chinook community will be hosting a community blood drive with the American Red Cross Tuesday, Nov. 10, from noon to 6 p.m at Wallner Hall, 330 Ohio in Chinook. Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. So, if you have not made an appointment to donate, you can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 (1-800-REDCROSS). However, walk-ins are always welcome. There will be walk-in availability throughout the day along with the scheduled...
New cases of COVID-19 have been reported in new locations in the area, including six cases and a COVID-19-related death reported in Sweet Home in Chinook and a new case in North Star Elementary in Gildford leading to the school being shut down today. Sweet Home made a post on its Facebook page Wednesday night reporting three residents and three staff members had been confirmed with COVID-19, and one COVID-19-related death was reported at the skilled nursing facility. Hill...
Montana’s Lead Communicable Disease Epidemiologist Stacy Anderson provided tips for people looking to celebrate Halloween safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference held by Gov. Steve Bullock Tuesday. Anderson said with the holidays coming, people in Montana need to be aware that traditional forms of celebration can create a risk of spreading COVID-19, and as the state's surge continues, they need to be safe for the sake of those around them. "We're not going to take your holidays away," she said, "but what we w...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,312 with 373 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 487,607 with 3,137 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 337. The number of recoveries was 20,042 and the number of active cases was 10,474. Local cases by county: Hill: 15 new cases, 822 total, 274 active, 21 active hospitalizations, 527 recovered, 22 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 31 total, 3 active, 28 recovered Blaine: 7 new cases, 308 total, 111...
COVID-19 hasn’t stopped Havre Public Works from performing their services within the community, Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said Wednesday. Public Works services include water, sewer, streets, garbage, storm sewers and building maintenance. Services have been well-maintained in the midst of the coronavirus by working in specifically designed shifts to curve the virus, Peterson said. “Some of the things we’ve done is split up our shifts a bit. So everybody isn’t coming in at the same time,” he said. “We try to ke...
A front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about the draft of proposed COVID-19 restrictions being released by the Hill County Health Department misreported how many cases were confirmed in Hill County Monday. The county saw 38 new cases confirmed that day....
Havre Police Department A caller on 14th Street West reported at 7:57 a.m. Wednesday that someone had thrown a bike into the back of their pickup during the night. -- An injured deer was reported along First Street West at 5:51 p.m. Wednesday. -- Wednesday at 7:49 p.m., a First Street caller reported a Kindle was stolen and an Amazon account hacked. Hill County Sheriff's Office Starting at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday several callers reported cows were out on U.S. Highway 87 between...
In a six-one vote Tuesday, Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees decided that students were to return to the hybrid learning model today after being fully remote for two weeks, following the recommendation of Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller. Board Member Curtis Smeby was the only board member to vote against the action. Chair Aileen Couch, Vice Chair Harvey Capellen and board members Cindy Erickson, Ed Hill, Tim Scheele and Brian Williams voted to return to the Phase 2,...
Public health officials and experts again encouraged Montanans to take it upon themselves to slow the spread of COVID-19 in a press conference held by Gov. Steve Bullock Tuesday, as well as providing updates on the situation in Montana. Montana’s Lead Communicable Disease Epidemiologist Stacy Anderson said Montana is now closing in on 30,000 cases in total with 4,000 new cases in just the last week, representing a 17 percent increase over the previous week. The 4,000 is almost as many people as live in Glendive, she said. S...
The state COVID-19 response map update for today was not available by printing deadline this morning. Hill County reported 29 new cases, 807 total, 298 active, 20 active hospitalizations, 487 recovered, 22 deaths Blaine County reported 8 new cases, 301 total, 123 active, 13 active hospitalizations, 171 recovered, 7 deaths Rocky Boy — Also included in Hill or Chouteau county numbers — 16 new cases, 189 active on the reservation, 7 active hospitalizations Data was not available for Chouteau and Liberty counties. People can vis...
Students and some faculty show minor COVID-19 concerns as Montana State University-Northern continues in-person education. Despite classes being held in-person as of now, Northern will turn to remote learning starting Nov. 24. That was the plan set for the fall re-opening of the campus, including semester tests being conducted remotely. Some students said this creates problems for on-hands majors, such as diesel mechanics technology and automotive mechanics, amongst other majors which require in-person training. Senior...
From America Alzheimer’s Association More than 6 million families across the United States have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Communicating clearly with those individuals, particularly with the added confusion and stresses brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, can be challenging. To help families cope with the challenges of communicating with their loved ones with dementia, the Alzheimer’s Association is hosting a free webinar — one of a series of webinars offered through November — that...
