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Members of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees discussed whether or not to put a new levy on the ballot for their elementary district as well as new health policies at their monthly meeting Tuesday evening. During the meeting the board heard a presentation by Havre Public School Assistant Superintendent Brad Moore about levies and school budgets where he said the High School cannot put a levy on the ballot this year, but due to a recent legislative change the...
Havre Daily News staff The organizers of the the 2024 Montana Seed Show Bread Show had many tasty bread entries, organizers said. Blue Ribbon Winners were: Adult, White Bread—Aschlea Schroder, Adult, 100% whole wheat bread, Amanda Powell, Adult, Machine White Bread, Brittany Dawson, Adult, Machine Combo Bread, Kristi Warburton, Adult, Specialty Bread, Sharon Reed, Youth, White Bread, Norah Zellmer, Youth, Specialty Bread, Jessa Schroder. The sweepstakes winner was Jessa Schroder with her specialty bread. The release said 2...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre High School Winter Guard is performing in a showcase Thursday at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The group has seen great success in recent years, with the fall Color Guard taking first at a competition in Idaho in 2022 and doing regular practices and performances. People are invited to come see the Winter Guard perform Thursday and see more of what they do....
Watch for more on county races in Blaine, Chouteau and Liberty counties in an upcoming edition of Havre Daily News. 2024 will be a big year in electoral politics, not just on the federal level, but on the state and local level as well, with candidates having filed all of their declarations now that the deadline for filing in the June primary is over. In Hill County, not many positions are up and only one race is contented. One seat on the Hill County Commission, held by Mark Peterson, is up for grabs this year and its...
Members of the H. Earl Clack Museum board discussed a number of upcoming events at their regular meeting Monday, with their Hands-On History event set for April 20. The long-running event, put on for local youth by the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation, returned in 2023 after three years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic featuring activities ranging from beading, to leathercraft. The event centers around teaching young people about how things were...
Another Montana Seed Show has come and gone this past weekend, and while many enjoyed the long running event in 2024, it saw another year of depressed turnout that has caused its leadership to consider changes, should the trend continue. The long-unning event originally brought local potato farmers together to compare their crops, but has evolved into a mainstay event in northern Montana, with a number of agricultural events, auctions, contests and more, including a pie...
Press release Big Hole National Battlefield invites you to become a cultural presenter! Big Hole is seeking applicants for Coyote Camp, Sept. 16-20, and the Summer Speaker Series, weekends June 29 through Aug. 17. Peopler are invited to come share their stories and skills with the guests Coyote Camp is a week-long event for school groups, hosting up to 200 students a day. The Summer Speaker Series features short programs that share your expertise with our guests. Housing, mileage (depending on distance), per diem, and an...
Next month, the Highland Cemetery will start the process of expanding to allow for more than 9,000 new graves, an expansion that will be primarily funded through a 15 percent rise in cemetery fees at the end of June of this year. Hill County Cemetery District Assistant Manager Perry Atchison said they are set to run out of room soon, with fewer than 1,000 graves sites still open, so they need to make more space. Atchison said the district already owns land west of the current...
Local legislators and officials seem to be welcoming the recent decision by a Lewis and Clark County district court judge to deny a request from Gov. Greg Gianforte to stay enforcement of a prior order directing him to allow lawmakers the chance to override his veto of a 2023 marijuana tax revenue bill. In a meeting of the Hill County Commission Thursday, Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel, who’s been one of the bill’s biggest local advocates, said he’s been trying to make sure as many local legislators as possible are r...
HDN staff Sign-up is now open for the 2024 Infant/Toddler Screening and Childhood Screening and/or School Registration which will be held April 2-4 at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 Fifth Ave. Infant/Toddler Screening, for children ages newborn to 3 years old, will be scheduled for April 2, with appointments being set in time slots before and after lunch, 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Childhood Screening and/or School Registration, for children 3-5 years old, will be scheduled April 3-4, with appointments running 8:30...
by Emily Mayer Just as it is today, Havre has always had a lot of clubs and organizations. Here are some of the club news that were featured in the Havre Daily Promoter this week 100 years ago. In the March 2, 1924, edition: ELWELL REELECTED PRESIDENT HAVRE GOLF CLUB Last year’s officers of the Havre Golf club were reelected at a special meeting of that organization last night. The officers are C. B. Elwell, president, and S. Larson, secretary-treasurer, and the following committee were appointed: grounds committee-B. H. E...
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., held a tele-town hall Wednesday evening where he talked about the recent passage of federal appropriations, the national debt and ongoing issues he has with the U.S. Veterans Administration, as well as taking questions from callers. The $460 billion appropriations bill funds half of the government through the fall, averting a looming partial government shutdown that would have taken place at the end of this week. The bill passed the house 339 to 85, with Rosendale saying he was “proudly” amo...
Havre got a somewhat unexpected dusting of snow Wednesday, just under an inch of snow to add on to the 4 inches the area saw over the weekend. National Weather Service is still predicting little to no precipitation in the near future, though temperatures are expected to rise substantially starting Friday. Today the high is still expected to stay below freezing, at 27 degrees with a low of 7 and a wind chill value as low as -5. Friday the temperature is set to rise to a high of 39 and a low of 22, and jump again Saturday to a...
Agriculture and livestock workers in this region may have a chance to have some COVID-19 expenses reimbursed by the federal government through the USDA Farm and Food Workers Relief Program which will be offering $600 to them later this month if they qualify. Teri Peters, community programs manager for Centro de la Familia, a Utah-based non-profit, said her organization is helping people get signed up and will be in Havre by the end of the month. Peters visited Havre Tuesday to start gauging local interest and need for the...
The Montana Seed Show is back, having missed only one year in a nonstop run since 1949. The show was canceled in 2021 when the Harlem High School was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but came back in 2022 and 2023 and returns Thursday through Friday this week. The event originally brought local potato farmers together to compare their crops, but has evolved into a mainstay event, with agricultural events and judging still a major part. Other events, like the pie contest,...
Havre Daily News Staff The deadline to register as a player with the Havre Youth Baseball Association is fast approaching. People can register online to beat the Monday, March 11, deadline at https://ww.havreyouthbaseball.com . Paper registration with payment can be dropped off at Havre City Hall or mailed to P.O. Box 772, Havre, MT 59051. The association, which is not affiliated with girls fastpitch softball, has five leagues divided by ages. The player must be the minimum age for the category by April 30. Tee-ball, for...
One of the biggest agricultural events in the state returns this week to Harlem, with the Montana Seed Show set to run Thursday through Friday in Harlem High School. Setup is scheduled for Thursday, including for agricultural exhibits, woodworking, the art show and educational and commercial booths. The art show setup continues Friday 8-10 a.m. Friday starts off with breakfast 6:30-9 a.m. Friday also features the Rocky Mountain Biometrix Heatlh Fair from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,...
Press release Spring is just around the corner, so the Montana Seed Show in Harlem will be coming soon. March 7-9 mark the dates for this annual event, which will be held at Harlem High School. Entry date and time for the Bread Show is Friday, March 8, between 8 and 9:30 a.m. at the school’s big gym. Categories, both youth and adult, are: white bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white bread and machine 50% combination whole wheat bread. Also, speciality yeast breads, a popular newer category, may be entered by both a...
The Montana Seed Show is running Thursday through Saturday at Harlem High School. For information call 406-379-2592 or 406-353-4524, during the seed show call 406-353-7230. The seed show schedule follows. Thursday, March 7, 2024 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Entry day for Agricultural Exhibits, (grains, legumes, grasses and potatoes) 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Entry day for Woodworking 1-5 p.m. — Entry day for educational and commercial booths in gym 4-7 p.m. — Set up Art Show Friday, March 8, 2024 6:30-9 a.m. — Breakfast 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m....
Press release Pie bakers — both men and women — should start looking for their favorite pie recipes. The Montana Seed Show is fast approaching, and one of the most popular events is the pie-baking contest. Entries will be taken Friday, March 8, between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. in the big gymnasium at Harlem High School. Categories are adult double crust, youth double crust and dessert/cream pie, which is open to all ages. Prizes for adult double-crust pies are $400 for first, $300 for second, $200 for third and $100 for fourth. You...
The Hill County Park Board heard a brief update on environmental monitoring in Beaver Creek Park during their monthly meeting Monday, where they also heard from Hill County Conservation District Administrator Emma Korntheuer, who cleared up a number of misconceptions about an upcoming watershed assessment and grants it could be used to pursue. In previous meetings members of the park board declined to participate in or support the assessment over concerns that doing so would...
Havre City Council approved Monday an ordinance adopting Title 4, Chapter 5 to create new business registration requirements was passed. In an interview Friday, Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher said the city used to require businesses to be licensed by them in order to operate, but the recurring fees associated with that license were perceived by many as "being double taxed," so the city council got rid of the requirement. The ordinance does not bring back the licensing, but is a...
During a “commissioner staff meeting” Monday, the Hill County Commission discussed a number of issues, including board appointment applications and employee health insurance, issues that in the past would have been discussed in a regular business meeting, causing one commissioner to call for the meeting’s name to be changed to avoid misleading the public. During the meeting the commission went over various applicants to the county’s boards and the status of said boards, including the Great Northern Fair Board which has thr...
