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Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle said in a press release that sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect in a shooting south of Saco after a car chase in which the suspect rammed a deputy’s vehicle. “This is a difficult time for both the suspect’s family and the deputies involved,” Lytle said. “I am committed to having a complete and independent process and ask that the community keeps all the families involved in their thoughts and prayers.” The release said deputies were dispatched Sunday at 7:39 p.m. to a report of a...
The water boil advisory still is in effect in Havre, with the end date still unknown, but city officials say work is progressing as required, and a local church is helping people avoid using local water. The Havre advisory tells people that they should boil water for at least a minute before using it for drinking, cooking or brushing teeth to prevent any chance of being affected by the parasite giardiasis, which can cause illness. The presence of the water-borne parasite has not been confirmed in Havre water, but Mayor Doug...
Montana State University-Northern will continue its Spring 2024 Brown Bag Lecture Series with a presentation titled "Unlocking Sustainable Aromatic Hydrocarbon Production: Insights from Experimental and Theoretical Investigations," by Randy Maglinao, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the Advanced Fuels Center; Evan Davison, a recent Northern graduate; and Amos Taiswa, Northern graduate and Ph.D. candidate at Montana Tech Nanotechnology Laboratory in Butte. The event will be...
By Emily Mayer Work continued to reorganize the Security State bank in Havre, and on April 24, 1924, The Havre Daily Promoter printed encouraging news on the subject: MEETING TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN PLAN OF REORGANIZING SECURITY BANK The meeting of the depositors of the Security State Bank of Havre, called to have the contract for reorganizing the bank explained, will be held tonight at the court room of the district court in the court house. Originally the meeting was called for the high school but the giving of a play there...
Press release In a crucial step toward maintaining the health and resilience of our public lands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management are set to conduct prescribed burning activities on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Weather permitting, these activities will commence Monday, April 29, and are expected to cover up to 14,374 acres over three weeks. The burns will occur during daylight hours and be visible for several miles. The...
Employees of NorthWestern Energy's Havre Operations Divisioon and Havre Gas Division Wednesday joined other company employees in participating in National Volunteer Week by volunteering for some work in Havre's Optimist Park. "It's community service week for NorthWestern Energy and they partnered with the Havre Optimist Club to do a repaint and a refurbishing of all the back stops at the Havre Optimist Park's baseball field," Havre Optimist Club President Mike Zook said. North...
Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press Recent months have seen a rash of headlines across Montana regarding multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls in many of the state’s largest public school districts. The specter of cuts to staff and resources for students looms large, and local officials are leveraging the harsh financial outlook in their appeals for additional taxpayer support as voters begin casting ballots in the May 7 school elections. That outlook paints a distressing picture for educators and community members alike. I...
Press release First Bank of Montana, in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines announced that Chinook's Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation received a $10,000 grant from the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund and First Bank of Montana. FHLB Des Moines provides funding solutions and liquidity to more than 1,200 members to support mortgage lending, economic development and affordable housing in the communities they serve. The Member Impact Fund provides $3...
Press release For the group’s first hike of 2024, Havre Trails is partnering with Hays-Lodge Pole High School science teacher Rod Benson to offer a hike to Hole in the Wall and Mission Ridge in Mission Canyon just outside of Hays Sunday, May 5. The guided hike on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is a fundraiser for Benson’s archery program at Hays-Lodge Pole School. The cost to join the hike is $10 per person or $15 per family, with proceeds being donated to the youth program. An RSVP is required join the hike. The form can...
The Havre Blue Pony tennis teams got a taste of the big-time Tuesday when the Blue Ponies traveled to Great Falls. Playing against Class AA powers Great Falls High and CMR, the Ponies were sharp, but still had some tough matches, as the Ponies boys lost to the Bison 5-3 and the Rustlers 7-1 while the HHS girls fell to the Rustlers 7-1 and tied the Bison 4-4. In the GFH dual, the Havre boys got wins at No. 1 doubles from Carter and Max Spangler, at No. 2 doubles by Reid Kato...
The Salvation Army in Havre says it is out of money for the month due to great needs in the community, and is asking for help with donations to continue helping people. “We are seeing many people that are struggling to stay in their homes due to inflation,” Salvation Army Havre Service Center Director Trina Crawford said in a release. “The goal at The Salvation Army-Havre Service Center is to keep people in their homes or to help those who are homeless to get out of homelessness.” Crawford said that, with the funds for this m...
The Havre newspaper will be changing from a five-day-a-week daily to a once-a-week publication starting in May. Grand Teton News Inc., of Wyoming, the owner of the Havre paper, notified the staff of the Havre paper this week that the daily publication will end April 30. The paper will now be published on Thursdays only, starting May 2. The paper will be available in racks and at retails outlets in Havre, and will be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to subscribers. Subscriptions will be available at greatly reduced...
St. Jude Thaddeus School first grade students again spent their Earth Day cleaning their school and neighboring blocks, as well as Pepin Park. St. Jude First Grade Teacher Amber Frazier was in charge of this event, which she has held for several years. Monday, students and a few parents met at St. Jude's at 11 a.m. The group cleaned the square block before moving onto Pepin Park. Lunch was served around noon followed by more cleaning of the inside of St. Jude school. The...
Press release CHINOOK — PAWS of Chinook will be hosting a free community spay/neuter clinic, with vaccinations and microchipping Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19. The clinic will take place at Custom Collision Repair, 201 Pennsylvania St. in Chinook. A dog food drive will also take place with the goal of filling a trailer with unopened bags of dog food that will support the shelter’s efforts. The clinic will include free spay/neuter services for dogs and cats. Low-cost vaccinations will also be available. Distemper/parvo combin...
Press release The Havre-Hill County Library Foundation Annual Meeting will be held Thursday at 7 p.m., in the Havre-Hill County Library. The new circulation desk built by Charles Finn will be unveiled. Charles Finn, Gwen Hart, and Roger Hart will read from their literary works. Light refreshments will be served. The meeting is free and open to the public....
Press release Fort Peck Summer Theatre has announced the opening of the application process for the Jake Etchart Scholarship. Jake Etchart grew up spending summers at Fort Peck Lake, with much of his time spent around the Fort Peck Theatre where his family was actively involved as volunteers. He loved watching his sisters, Alexa and Christen, perform on the Fort Peck stage. Jake’s family and friends established a theater scholarship fund in his memory which is invested within the Fort Peck Theatre Preservation Endowment of t...
Havre went under a water boil advisory Friday as cases of a water-borne illness have gone up significantly this year. Havre Public Works Director Trevor More said this morning that the cause of the illness, a water-borne parasite, has not been confirmed in the water supply and the advisory is just a precaution. “It’s just an association with the public water supply as a water-borne disease,” he said. He added that it is an advisory, not a do-not-consume order on the water, and no emergency has been declared. Mork said the w...
Chinook resident John Shelstad recently donated $100,000 to the Chinook Pool and Park project. "The committee is beyond grateful for John's generous donation as he has made such an impact on the project and its successful completion," committee members of the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation said in a press release. "John surprised us with his wonderful donation and we can't thank him enough for his financial support of the project. The project is so important to the...
The Havre Education Association hosted a school board candidate forum at the Havre High School Auditorium Thursday evening, where four candidates running for three local school board seats answered questions on their backgrounds, priorities and stance on Havre's new modified four-day week schedule. Three candidates, incumbent Jake Ingram, incumbent Lorraine Larson, and Shanetrice Allen are running for two available seats on the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees, and Kelly...
Press release New surprises are surfacing along with Fresno Walleye’s favorite games, raffles and drawings, which will again award hundreds of sponsored prizes worth thousands of dollars during the group’s annual Walleye Banquet docking at the Havre Ice Dome April 20. The 39th Annual Fresno Walleyes Banquet doors will open at 4:30 p.m. The fun begins with the silent and live auctions, games and drawings, and visiting with the friendliest freshwater fishing enthusiasts around. This event will reel guests in from all over the s...
