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Renovations on Highland Manor in Havre, which its new prospective owner Beki Brandborg of Echo Enterprises in Helena has been planning for the last few months, are due to go on in the wake of the Montana Board of Housing electing to fund the project in full Monday. Renovations are planned for all 32 apartments with approximately $83,000 available for each one, with additional funds for sidewalks, parking lots, and upgrading the playground on the property. Brandborg said most o...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,237 with 360 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 476,325 with 10,718 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 303. The number of recoveries was 18,343 and the number of active cases was 9,855. Local cases by county: Hill: 28 new cases, 740 total, 283 active, 14 active hospitalizations, 435 recovered, 22 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 28 total, none active, 28 recovered Blaine: 10 new cases, 285 total,...
Kimberly Bolta, a Havre native, recently joined the Havre Daily News staff as a reporter and photographer, hitting the ground running with her first stories this week. Bolta was born in Havre before living in Canada during her early childhood, eventually moving back before her teenage years. She joined the military when she was 17 before she left Havre in 2008 and has since worked as a certified nurse's assistant as well as a private business owner. She said she's been back...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — According to Montana State University Extension educators, parents of children – whether they’re minors, young adults or children with special needs – should think about estate planning with their children’s futures in mind during the coronavirus pandemic. Extension recently released a MontGuide that gives parents estate planning tools to provide for their children in the event of a parent’s death. “If something happens and one or both parents die, who will care for the children? Will there be enou...
Staff and wire report The Havre Elks Lodge No. 1201 is holding a craft show Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Elks Lodge Secretary Brandy Kurtz, one of the organizers of the event, said the craft show at the Elks Lodge, 321 First St., will have lots of different vendors and crafters filling two rooms of the building. The event will be a mix of home-based vendors and crafters, Kurtz said. She added that the craft show will have free admission. People are asked to practice proper social distancing and wear masks. Hand sanitizer...
North Central Senior Citizen Center, Oct. 26-30 Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this by printing deadline Friday. Menu by Earlene DeWinter Subject to Change Tuesday — Salad, roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls, chocolate cake Wednesday — Baked fish, potato supreme, peas, peach cobbler Thursday — Braised beef, mashed potatoes, salad, cookies Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Medicare open enrollment has begun. If you need help verifying your Part D (Prescription) coverage, i...
Havre Police Department Ricky John Clark Jr. of Havre, 24, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault, criminal mischief/vandalism and disorderly conduct after a disturbance was reported on Fifth Street Friday at 12:03 p.m. -- Sierra Marie Flammond of Havre, 28, was issued a summons on a charge of failure to give notice of an accident after a hit and run crash was reported on First Street Friday at 5:18 p.m. -- A caller reported Friday at 5:25 p.m. that a...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and COVID-19-related deaths continue to rise in the state, with more cases including cases related to Havre Public Schools and more deaths reported in this part of north-central Montana. The reports come as Gov. Steve Bullock announced an existing state form has been updated for people to use to report violations of COVID-19 directives. Hill County Health Department reported three new COVID-19-related deaths Friday, bringing the total in...
Press release Kaare Engebretson has recently been promoted to vice president/branch manager for Stockman Bank Havre. His responsibilities include overseeing bank operations and focusing on expanding all lending activities within the market. Engebretson brings several years of accounting and farming experience to the position and has been with Stockman Bank since 2016. His vast knowledge of agriculture continues to be an asset to Stockman Bank and the community. A Gildford...
Editor's note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this by printing deadline Friday. Menu by Earlene DeWinter Subject to Change Monday - Taco burgers, Mexican rice, beans, dessert Tuesday - Salad, roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls, chocolate cake Wednesday - Baked fish, potato supreme, peas, peach cobbler Thursday - Braised beef, mashed potatoes, salad, cookies Friday - Soup, chef's choice, dessert Medicare open enrollment has begun. If you need help...
Havre High School and The College Board would like to recognize Simon Hart and Grant Whitacre, both seniors, for their remarkable academic achievements and outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT. "We are extremely proud of all they have accomplished thus far and celebrate their success," a release from Havre High said. "We know that they have bright futures ahead of them." As National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program Winners, the College Board will help make it...
You know, Lord, sometimes when several of us gals gather together, depending on the season or the reason for our gathering, we usually chuckle when we share, when we "remember when." Some younger gals don't recall, when or if Grandma or Mom hung clothes upon the line, but they thought this was a good poem to share. So here we go, a poem about "way back when." The author is unknown, but a few of us did remember when: A clothesline was a news forecast to neighbors passing by....
Many of the ideas and scriptures for this article are from the devotional "God Wants You To Win!" by world-champion calf roper Jeff Copenhaver. Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. In Jeff's story about overcoming humiliation he told...
It is over a week away, but I'm already thinking about the Sunday after next, Nov. 1. Not because it's my husband's birthday (he's not much into big celebrations for his birthday). And not because it's the last Sunday before what will surely be a tense election week in what seems like a never-ending political campaign season. But because this is a year where the specter of death feels ever-present, and Nov. 1 is All Saints' Day. This feast day of All Saints began many, many...
Out our way, long hours in the saddle make for a hard day - especially for an amateur cowhand like me who spent most days at the study in an office chair. Charlie was far more used to it than I was, and I tried to keep up, but, I confess, I was bone-tired and sore as the sun began to go down. It seemed like the cattle would never get to the next pasture, that there were always two pairs or more who decided to bolt away from the herd and whom I had to chase. And Doc's...
The Havre weather broke a record dating back into the 19th century. The cold in Havre ovenight broke a 139-year record, with the new record, 3 degrees fahrenheit reached at 11:57 p.m. beating the previous record, 8 degrees set in 1881. Blaine, Hill and Liberty counties are under a winter weather advisory and Chouteau County is under a winter storm warning through 9 p.m. Saturday, with 7 to 15 inches of new snow expected in Chouteau County in up to eight inches expected in...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 26,503 with 863 new cases. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,170 with 351 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 461,000 with 8,154 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 282. The number of recoveries was 16,611 and the number of active cases was 9,610. Local cases by county: Hill: 21 new...
During a County Officials’ Meeting Thursday, COVID-19’s recent surge in Hill County and how it’s effecting local government agencies was discussed. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel said she’s had meetings with Northern Montana Health Care, the Hill County Health Department, and State DES about capacity and needs. She said the hospital is finding supplies increasingly difficult to find as many medical suppliers are in shock at the moment due to the surge. In response, she said, the cou...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press call Thursday where he provided updates on his efforts in combating COVID-19 in Montana, the second CARES Act package, his recent bipartisan landmark veterans’ mental health bill, Amtrak and more. “Late last week, I had a groundbreaking piece of legislation pass called the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care and Improvement Act,” Tester said. “It is a bill named after a Montana veteran. It will bolster Veterans Af...
In Billings Thursday, Gov. Steve Bullock and RiverStone Health hosted a press conference to provide updates on enforcement of COVID-19 related directive locally and statewide including in Yellowstone County. Bullock said local public health officials in Montana have never asked him to put in stricter statewide measures to combat the virus, but he said many have asked his office for help with enforcement of the restrictions already in place. Hill County Board of Health is consi...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a domestic disturbance reported Thursday at 11:55 a.m. on First Avenue. —— A two-vehicle non-injury crash was reported on First Street West Thursday at 4:48 p.m. —— Wayne Edwin Healy Jr. of Harlem, 30, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and resisting arrest and on a Justice or City court warrant, after a Lincoln Avenue caller asked Thursday at 6:28 p.m. for assistance removing a man from their home. —— Someone sto...
Havre Police Department A caller reported a dead deer in the street Wednesday at 6:33 a.m. on U.S. Highway 2 East. Hill County Sheriff's Office John Melvin Birdtail of Havre, 28, was arrested on a state District Court warrant served at Hill County Detention Center Wednesday at 12:21 p.m. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to seven calls Wednesday. -- Firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle possibly on fire on the 10 Block of First Street West...
The Hill County Health Board approved Wednesday taking steps to slow the spread of coronavirus in the county if the residents do not slow the spread themselves. "Our rate of cases is climbing at a pace where we can't keep up,"Hill County Public Health Director and Heath Officer Kim Larson said. "Our health care system and our public health system are not keeping up and we need to do something." The health board Wednesday approved the health department's plan to possibly...
