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Editor’s note: This version corrects the number of cases confirmed in Hill County Monday evening. The Hill County Health Department released Monday the draft of a health officer order set to go into effect Nov. 4 should the county’s rate of infection for COVID-19 not drop dramatically this week. “The speed at which our numbers are rising is concerning and putting great strain on the health care and public health systems in our community,” Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said this morning. “Slo...
Sweet Home in Chinook reported Wednesday it has confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one COVID-19-related death in the home. A post on the Sweet Home Facebook page Wednesday evening said three residents and three staff members had been confirmed with COVID-19 and the one death. The positive residents who remain at Sweet Home are being isolated in one area of the building; staff who are positive are home isolating, the post said. Watch for more on this and other local COVID-19 news...
The North Star School District announced Wednesday night that no school will be held at North Star Elementary in Gildford Thursday. "There has been another positive COVID-19 test, and due to concerns about the possibility of further transmission we will cancel school for the day," the district said in a press release. Grades four and five have been conducting classes remotely this week and will continue to do so today, the release said. Grades kindergarten through three will...
Staff and wire report Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office announced that the county Satellite Voting Office on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will be open today and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office is at New Stone Child College in the foyer of the Kenawash Building, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road. At the Satellite Voting office, people can register to vote, drop off their ballot, update their voter registration, receive a ballot and vote in-person. Other important election reminders Hill County Clerk and Rec...
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported Tuesday at 6:55 a.m. that a vehicle was stolen. -- Officers opened an investigation after a 10:04 a.m. Tuesday vehicle stop on Main Street. -- John Conrad Rorrer-Hanson of Havre, 27, Holley Ranee Leo of Havre, 19, and Bradley Lynn Perkins of Havre, 21, were each arrested on a charge of trespass to property after a caller on Third Street reported suspicious activity at 10:32 a.m. Tuesday. -- A McKinley Avenue caller...
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...
Staff and wire report Hill County Clerk and Recorder's Office announced that the county Satellite Voting Office on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation will be open today and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office is at New Stone Child College in the foyer of the Kenawash Building, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road. At the Satellite Voting office, people can register to vote, drop off their ballot, update their voter registration, receive a ballot and vote in-person....
Press release WASHINGTON — In the first month of the application period for the the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, the USDA Farm Service Agency approved more than $7 billion in payments to producers,” USDA announced. CFAP 2 provides agricultural producers with financial assistance to help absorb some of the increased marketing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since CFAP 2 enrollment began Sept. 21, FSA has approved more than 443,000 applications. The top five states for payments are Iow...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The 2020 Montana and Wyoming Malt Barley and Sugar Beet Symposium has been canceled due to COVID concerns. In its place, educational webinars will be offered at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, and Thursday, Jan. 14. The webinars are hosted by the Mountain States Crop Education Association, or MSCEA, which comprises agriculture industry representatives as well as Montana State University Extension faculty members. The webinar presentations Jan. 13 will focus on malt barley topics. Howard N...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reminded producers that the deadline to submit applications for disaster recovery assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus — WHIP+ — for 2018 and 2019 losses is Friday. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency launched a new tool on farmers.gov to help producers with the application process. “If you’re unsure of your eligibility, check out the new WHIP+ tool. Not only can this online tool help you determine e...
Grant Evans just joined the Havre Daily News team as a full-time reporter Monday and said he is is looking forward to meeting the people of Havre as he begins his work. Evans was born in Langdon, North Dakota, where he got his first taste of agricultural work, a subject he will now be reporting on as a reporter. "Growing up in rural North Dakota, you know, I worked the farm since I was 13 driving the grain cart, so I had a lot of experience farming," he said. After turning...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees decided today in a 6-1 vote to return to in-class teaching Wednesday. The students will return to the Phase 2 model the schools were using, with students broken into two groups, each attending class two days a week and having a remote learning day on Fridays. This week, Wednesday will be an “A” day, Thursday will be a “B” day and Friday will be an “all learner remote day.” Next week, the students will resume having "A" students in...
From Montana Department of Corrections HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced today a new partnership with the Montana Legal Services Association to form the Montana Eviction Intervention Project, a new program that will provide civil legal assistance for Montanans facing evictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This partnership is to make sure Montana renters have access to free legal resources that can provide information, guidance and support so people can stay in their homes and not have to wor...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson announced during the Hill County Health Board’s weekly COVID-19 update Friday that the draft of a health officer order to increase COVID-19 restrictions if the county rate doesn’t drop will be put out for public review today. The order would limit the amount of people permitted at social gatherings to 25 regardless of the ability to social distance and would restrict restaurants, bars, casinos and similar establishments to 50 percent capacity for one month. Lar...
By Carol Schmidt MSU News Service BOZEMAN – When it comes to transformation, Montana State University photography professor Christina Z. Anderson is a triple threat. A noted artist and author, Anderson is an expert on alternative photographic processes and the magic that happens when art and science meet on a photographic medium. Through her own experiences, she has also become an authority about the impact of teaching -- the alchemy she said can occur when a student's life c...
A line of cars backed from the Havre Community Food Bank back to near the viaduct Monday while people waited during District 4 Human Resources Development Council's second Farmers to Families Food Box program distribution. HRDC Housing Director Alma Garcia said the boxes are filled with food that farmers around the United States were not able to sell due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of the food going to waste, it is being purchased through grants from the U....
Havre Daily News staff Havre Elks Lodge No. 1201, which is hosting their 2020 Blanket Drive for Thanksgiving and Christmas along with their annual Veterans’ Giving Tree, is inviting people to register themselves or others for the distribution programs. People who would like to register themselves, or their family, friends or someone else in need for blankets, comforters, sheets and other bedding available through the program, can call Brandy Kurtz at 390-0091. Anyone who wants to donate bedding — either new or like-new — c...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,245 with 350 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 481,322 with 4,997 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 305. The number of recoveries was 18,981 and the number of active cases was 10,060. Local cases by county: Hill: 38 new cases, 778 total, 300 active, 16 active hospitalizations, 456 recovered, 22 deaths Liberty: 3 new cases, 31 total, 3 active, 28 recovered, Blaine: 8 new cases, total, 129...
Press release Hill County has a board position open on the Hill County Weed District. The board holds five regular meetings, in March, June, August, October and December, normally held on the third Friday of the month. An annual meeting normally is held in Great Falls in January for continuing education. The weed board updates the county weed management plan on an annual basis for the management of noxious weeds. People who are interested in serving on the board are asked to send a letter to the Hill County Commissioners...
Press release The Montana State Parks and Recreation Board will meet using Zoom, on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 9 a.m. Details on how to access the meeting will be posted at http://stateparks.mt.gov the day of the meeting. The Board will hear public comment and take action on the Somers Beach acquisition and state parks capital program projects. Additionally, the board will hear updates on the Missouri Headwaters State Park planning process and from the Montana State Parks Foundation. The meeting is open to the public and public co...
From Montana Department of Corrections Responding to a request from the Montana Department of Corrections, Gov. Steve Bullock and Major Gen. Matthew Quinn have activated the Montana Army National Guard to provide operational assistance at Montana State Prison where staff and inmates have been impacted by COVID-19. The facility saw its first positive cases among staff and inmates earlier in October. Since then, 61 staff members and 166 inmates have tested positive for the virus. The facility has a total of 701 staff members an...
Havre Police Department Travis Vaughn Standing horn of Havre, 42, was arrested on charges of failure to register as a sexual or violent offender and resisting arrest, after a caller on Washington Avenue reported a trespasser Monday at 9:09 a.m. -- A hit and run crash was reported in the Havre area Monday at 5:20 p.m. -- Monday at 6:53 p.m., a Fifth Avenue caller asked to speak with an officer about a theft. -- A caller at a First Street business reported at 8:28 p.m. Monday...
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 Budget Adjustments Drug court Employment Resolutions Ordinances Contracts PILOT agreement Task Order #12 Beaver Creek Dam Spillway and Stilling Basin Improvements Board Appointments Policy Updates County Permit Approval Subdivision/Survey Approval County needs Bid package — Control panels at detention center MACo Wellness Program and blood c...
By Katheryn Houghton Kaiser Health News COVID-19 cases are surging in rural places across the Mountain States and Midwest, and when it hits health care workers, ready reinforcements aren’t easy to find. In Montana, pandemic-induced staffing shortages have shuttered a clinic in the state’s capital, led a northwestern regional hospital to ask employees exposed to COVID-19 to continue to work and emptied a health department 400 miles to the east. “Just one more person out and we wouldn’t be able to keep the surgeries going,...
Multiple new cases of COVID-19 and COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in the area, including cases in people associated with Havre Public Schools that is in distanced learning to try to reduce the spread of the virus. Hill County reported three new COVID-19-related deaths Friday and another Sunday. Blaine County reported two more COVID-19-related deaths Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in Hill County to 22 and to five in Blaine County. The total number of cases in Hill County grew from 670 Friday...
