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Press release WASHINGTON — USDA’s Farm Service Agency announced Monday that organic producers and handlers can apply for federal funds to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic certification through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program, or OCCSP. Applications for eligible certification expenses paid between Oct. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2020, are due Oct. 31, 2020. “For producers producing food with organic certification, this program helps cover a portion of those certification costs,” FSA Adminis...
Havre Police Department David Richard Place of Rudyard, 52, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and driving without vehicle insurance after a caller on First Street Northeast reported Tuesday at 10:56 a.m. that man was trespassing. -- A caller at a Second Street business reported Tuesday at 1:22 p.m. that the business may have had a break in during the night. -- Officers investigated a Tuesday...
Press release Officials at the Montana Department of Justice announced today that Montanans, especially senior citizens, should be aware of a new tactic being used in the old lottery scam. The new twist works like this: A scammer calls someone, claiming to be from the “Montana State Gaming Commission.” The scammer says if they pay $600, you’ll have a chance to win $1 million. “Legitimate lotteries never require people to send money to claim a prize or to have a chance at winning,” Attorney General Tim Fox said. “Because...
From Montana Farm Service Agency U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Tuesday that additional commodities are covered by the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, including eggs and all sheep, in response to public comments and data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also is extending the deadline to apply for the program to Sept. 11, and producers with approved applications will receive their final payment. After reviewing over 1,700 responses, even more farmers and ranchers will have the opportunity for...
Press release Gov. Steve Bullock announced Friday that nearly $100,000 has been awarded to 12 applicants through the Montana Farmer Student Loan Assistance Program, which was created to encourage Montana’s college-educated youth to pursue a primary career in farming or ranching. The program also seeks to reduce financial stress on farm and ranch operators and promote succession planning to preserve interest in the state’s agricultural future. “With the average age of producers in Montana at nearly 60 years old, it’s critica...
From Montana Farm Service Agency BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency announced changes for emergency haying and grazing use of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. This includes changes outlined in the 2018 Farm Bill that streamlines the authorization process for farmers and ranchers. “Drought conditions are tough for our livestock producers, but emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres provides temporary relief to these producers,” said Mike Foster,...
From USDA Farm Service Agency USDA’s Farm Service Agency broadened the use of the Disaster Set-Aside loan provision, normally used in the wake of natural disasters, to allow farmers and ranchers with USDA farm loans who are affected by COVID-19 and are determined eligible, to have their next payment set aside. In some cases, FSA may also set aside a second payment for farmers and ranchers who have already had one payment set aside because of a prior designated disaster. FSA direct loan borrowers were sent a letter with the d...
From Montana Farm Service Agency BOZEMAN — U.S. Department of Agriculture Montana Farm Service Agency Executive Director Mike Foster announced the availability of distress loans for crop producers in Cascade and Liberty counties. Previously, Chouteau County was approved for 2020 distress loans. “Montana FSA is offering the distress loan program because there is not enough storage available for the 2020 crop harvest in Cascade, Chouteau and Liberty counties,” Foster said. “We may see additional distress loans available in othe...
The Forestry Department at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation reported this morning that the fire near the top of Baldy Mountain is being contained and poses no immediate danger. “The fire is looking really good, mostly just interior smokes,” said Chippewa Cree Tribe Fire Management Officer Jason Lodgepole. Lodgepole said the fire was started last week by a lightning strike and was just over three acres. He said on the first day of the fire, Saturday, Aug. 8, a small squad from the Rocky Boy Volunteer Fire Department hiked up th...
Turner Public Schools is going back to school this fall at full capacity. “Our re-opening plan we are fairly close to business as usual with some precautions built in,” Turner Public Schools Superintendent Tony Warren said. With small class sizes, he said, they are able to spread the students out within the classroom pretty easily. He said additional cleaning protocols have been set in place based on recommendations by the Blaine County Health Department and the Centers of Disease and Prevention guidelines. There is an opt...
Highland Park Early Primary School has a new first grade teacher from Washington. "I miss working with children," Lauren Todd said. "The COVID pandemic has been crazy, not being able to work one-on-one with kids, and I'm really hoping that the school board decides we can come back and work with kids, but if it's online then it'll be online too." She grew up in Spokane, Washington, she said, and moved around a little until she met her husband, and they moved from Washington to...
Box Elder Public Schools is continuing with distance learning at least for two weeks for its upcoming school year. Box Elder Public School Board of Trustees held a meeting Monday and voted to start the year with distance learning it is planned to operate the schools at 25 percent capacity after Labor Day, Box Elder Superintendent Jeremy MacDonald said. “As far as safety precautions, we are taking information from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Rocky Boy Health Center, Hill County, public health, Office of P...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board held their monthly meeting and discussed the significant drop in visitation the museum and Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump have experienced amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our numbers are significantly down from last year,” Museum Manager Emily Mayer said, “Last year, we had 574 visitors to the museum and this month we had 97 … the virus is certainly hitting our visitation very hard.” She said visitation to Wahkpa Chu’gn is also down, with 28 people requesting tours this month while last ye...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 276 with 77 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 194,412 with 1,007 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 77. The number of recoveries was 3,542 and the number of active cases was 1,485. People can visit the state tracking map online through a link at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com or at https://covid19.mt.gov ....
Due to errors in the police dispatch log provided to The Havre Daily News, an entry in the Havre Police Department section of For the Record on Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that arrests were made at a party reported at 10:12 p.m. Saturday. Havre police later corrected that summonses on a charge of minor in possession were issued to all people younger than 21, one person was issued a summons on a charge of unlawful transactions with children and one was issued a summons on a charge of unlawful t...
Havre Daily News staff After discussions about protecting the health and safety of board members and the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hill County Mosquito District Board and Hill County Weed District Board have decided to cancel their monthly meetings, the boards reported to the Havre Daily News. Both the Aug. 17 Mosquito Board and the Aug. 21 Weed Board meetings have been canceled....
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Officer reports it has received numerous phone calls regarding election mailers from third-party groups. It is legal for groups to send voter registration and absentee ballot application requests to voters, a release from the office said. People who receive one of these mailers and want to send it to the clerk and recorder’s office need to make sure it is addressed to be sent directly to the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 315 Fourth Street, Havre, MT 59501...
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. with the following agenda: Public Comments on Non-Agenda items Public Comments on Agenda Items Claims Employment Tax Abatements Resolutions 20-2634 — Family Planning Grant Increase 20-2635 — General Mail Ballot Ordinances Contracts Kone Contract COA Contract Collective Bargaining Agreement (Hill County Road Department) Board appointments Fire District appointment Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Certificate of Sur...
Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 7:46 a.m. asking to speak with an officer about a vehicle crash. -- Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 9:42 a.m. to report an identity fraud. -- A burglary was reported on Center Street at 4:52 p.m. -- Dixie Lynn Hernandez of Havre, 49, was issued a summons on unlisted charges after a Washington Avenue caller reported a found dog at 6:01 p.m. Monday. Hill County Sheriff's Office Gene William L...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor and Industry are encouraging Montanans to apply now for temporary, part-time jobs with the U.S. Census Bureau to help Montana get an accurate count in the 2020 Census. “Jobs for the 2020 Census in Montana are about neighbors helping neighbors to get every Montanan counted and help our state plan for the next ten years,” said Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, who is the chair of the Montana Complete Count Committee. “Apply now – before time runs out...
Press release Northern Montana Health Care presented the C.A.R.E. - Compassionately Achieving Remarkable Excellence - Award to Kendra Burns, RN, a member of the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department Team at NMHC last week. Burns was nominated for this honor by one of her co-workers. Her nominator complimented Burns on her professionalism. "Kendra always remains professional and positive to her patients and co-workers. Many patients have reached out to give her kudos...
Press release U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publicly posted Monday the July through December COVID-19 Testing Plans from all states, territories, and localities on HHS.gov. The State Testing Plans serve as a roadmap developed in partnership with the Federal government for each jurisdiction’s monthly 2020 testing strategy for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The plans include details on responding to surges in cases and reaching vulnerable populations including minorities, immunocompromised i...
Rocky Boy Health Center, the COVID-19 Incident Command Center at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, announced in a Facebook post Friday evening that the the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s government announced a Red Threat Level 4 Alert and the tribal government imlemented a 72-hour lockdown effective Sunday at 10 p.m. through Wednesday at 6 a.m. The order came as the Rocky Boy health officials attempt to do contact tracing on a new case unrelated to previous cases. The post urged people to wear a mask, social distance and wash their han...
A fire is burning on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation near the top of Baldy Mountain. Rocky Boy’s forestry department said this morning the department was had no time available this morning and would provide details on the fire later today. Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department reported Sunday that it was put on standby for the fire but had since been released. Renee Brown, who lives on a ranch just south of the reservation near Warrick, said Sunday she noticed the fire around 3:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday and she heard that fire crews...
According to a report by Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy read by Hill County Commissioner Mike Wendland at the weekly COVID-19 update Aug. 8, Hill County has dropped below four active cases, However, despite this the report said the department is still strongly encouraging people to be vigilant. “Although Hill County has dropped below the four active cases as required by the mask directive, we are still recommending those be worn indoors and outdoors where social distancing cannot be observed,” Wendland said, rea...
