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  • Quick pics: Independence Bank supporting the Ponies

    Updated Oct 3, 2024

  • As Fire Prevention Week approaches, Havre Fire Department urges residents to make sure their smoke alarms are working

    Updated Oct 3, 2024

    Press release The Havre Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—the official sponsor of Fire Prevention WeekTM (FPWTM) for more than 100 years—to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!TM” The campaign works to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. According to NFPA, smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a home fire by more than half (54 percent). Meanwhile, roughly three out of five fire deaths happen...

  • Family Roots Group meeting Oct. 24

    Updated Oct 3, 2024

    Press release The Family Roots Group will meet Thursday, Oct. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Church of Latter-Day Saints in the Meeting Room, 1315 Washington Ave. People are asked to use the parking lot entrance on the east side of church. The also are asked to bring a laptop and mouse if they have one....

  • City shop water closing to public with bulk water station again working

    Updated Oct 3, 2024

    Havre Daily News Staff Havre Public Works announced that, with the bulk water station by Lions Park on 16th Avenue again up and running, the water fill station at the City Shop Complex will not be available to public users after this week. It will be closed to public users after Friday, Oct. 4, a release said. “Since our new Bulk Water Fill station is up and running, and things are going very well, we will be closing down fill access at the City Shop as of Friday, Oct. 4,” a release said. The 16th Avenue Bulk Water Station is...

  • Man arrested after high-speed pursuit on multiple charges and felony warrant

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 2, 2024

    Hill County Sheriff's Office said in a release today that Kolten T. Demontiney of Billings, homeless, 21 was arrested on multiple charges Tuesday night after a high-speed pursuit. Demontiney was charged with criminal endangerment, motor vehicle theft, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, resisting arrest, fleeing or eluding a peace officer, reckless driving, speeding, other traffic crime, stop sign violation, operating a motor vehicle without valid...

  • Man connected to Arizona teen who had been missing pleads to unrelated charge

    Updated Oct 1, 2024

    A man who was living with a young woman in Havre when she notified authorities she was the one who went missing as a child four years earlier in Arizona pleaded guilty in Hill County District Court Monday to an unrelated felony count of sexual abuse of children. Edmund Davis Harris, 37, entered his plea before state District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz. A second count of sexual abuse of children will be dismissed under a plea agreement. Snipes Ruiz sent the sentencing date for...

  • Three children returned to Fort Belknap 135 years after dying in Pennsylvania

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 29, 2024

    Three Gros Ventre, or Aaniiih, children have returned to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation nearly 135 years after they were sent to one of the first Native American boarding schools in the country, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Alameda Heavy Hair, Bishop Shields and John Bull — all of those names are Americanized versions given at the boarding school — were recovered two weeks ago by a group from the Fort Belknap Indian Community, brought back to Montana and given a wake last Thursday, funeral and burial Friday on Fort Bel...

  • US 2 construction beginning between Zurich and Harlem

    Updated Sep 26, 2024

    Press release The Montana Department of Transportation and its contractor, Wickens Construction, are beginning a project to reconstruct a portion of US Highway 2 between Zurich and Harlem. "This project will enhance safety on this stretch of US 2," said MDT Engineering Project Manager Mike Moore. "We thank the traveling public in advance for their patience as construction starts in this area." This project will widen a 7-mile stretch of US 2 between the intersections with...

  • Festival Days 2024

    Updated Sep 26, 2024

    Havre was again filled with a rocking' weekend for Festival Days, starting with the library book sale Thursday with it and other events running through Sunday. Once again the parade filled Fifth Avenue for more than an hour Saturday, the Kiwanis Pancake Feed filled people Saturday morning, the car show thrilled fans Friday, 48 hours of softball entertained on the field, people could watch both high school and college football over the weekend, and more. Havre Area Chamber of...

  • Celebrating History: Bank lawsuit, Havre schools and the fair in the news

    Updated Sep 26, 2024

    By Emily Mayer Local news in the papers this week 100 years ago was a mixed bag. Local resident Edward Burke was none too happy about not being able to cash in some accounts held in the Security State bank. This article was printed in the September 23, 1924, Havre Daily Promoter. BURKE BRINGS SUIT AGAINST SECURITY STATE BANK Edward F. Burke, through his attorneys Jos. P. Donnelly and Louis P. Donovan, yesterday started suit in the district court against the Security State Bank for the money he had on deposit at the time the b...

  • Noxious Weed Trust Fund grant applications now available

    Updated Sep 26, 2024

    Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2025 Noxious Trust Fund Grant Program. Established by the 1985 Montana Legislature, the Noxious Weed Trust Fund grants provide funding for noxious weed research projects, development projects, state and community education, and on-the-ground management through a landowner cost share. Applicants may apply for funding up to $75,000 per project. Applications are due Monday, January 6, 2025, via WebGrants at http...

  • From the Philippines to Montana: Finding home on the Hi-Line

    Updated Sep 24, 2024

    From Crystal J. Glade Northern Montana Health Care Marketing and Public Relations coordinator When John Basilio boarded a plane bound for Great Falls, Montana, he was looking for more than just a new job - he was looking for a new adventure. For the Filipino Medical Lab Technologist, Montana was a blank canvas, a place he had only heard of in name, thanks to the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana". But John, a big fan of Hollywood film and television, wasn't seeking fame or...

  • Child Find helps provide special education and services to local students

    Updated Sep 20, 2024

    Press release The Bear Paw Cooperative, through local school districts, assists in the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities. Through a process called Child Find, local school districts accept referrals, provides evaluations and special education for children ages 3-21 years if they qualify. People can contact their local school district or the Bear Paw Cooperative at 406-357-2269....

  • New MHP campus in Boulder named in honor of Hansen

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 19, 2024

    A brand-new location for the Montana Highway Patrol headquarters has been named in honor of a former Hill County attorney and state senator who represented Havre. The Kris Hansen Campus in Boulder was dedicated to the late Kris Hansen Sept. 4. Hansen spearheaded the creation of the location while serving as chief deputy state attorney general, a position she took in 2021. The Highway Patrol office was spread out in multiple offices and storage locations, and Hansen suggested...

  • Property Tax town hall set for Havre

    Updated Sep 19, 2024

    Press release Montana Department of Revenue will be in Havre next Wednesday to try to help people understand how property taxes work in the state. DOR’s Property Assessment Division will hold a town hall in Havre at Havre High School from 6 to 8 p.m. “Property tax determination is a complex process in Montana, with state and local governments working together to accurately update and maintain Montana”s property valuation records,” an ad for the town halls says. DOR and local county governments are jointly hosting the town ha...

  • MAT presents Death By Chocolate

    Christy Ulmen|Updated Sep 19, 2024

    Montana Actor's Theatre is preparing for another fun year with Death By Chocolate. MAT Executive Director Jay Pyette will be spearheading this year's annual fundraiser. This year's fundraiser is set for Sept. 28, with the location being the same as last years, in the St. Jude Thaddeus School gymnasium. "This will be our 15th time. We started out in the SUB on the Northern campus, but as the event grew, we needed to move to a bigger space," Pyette said, "This event is the...

  • Hospitals not part of political ads about hospitals

    Updated Sep 19, 2024

    Press release The Montana Hospital Association released Sept. 10 the following statement on recent political ads featuring hospitals. “A series of recent political campaign advertisements has raised concerns about closure of hospitals in Montana’s rural communities. These ads were not coordinated, approved or endorsed by the Montana Hospital Association nor any of the hospitals named in the ad. “It is important that residents understand that every one of Montana’s rural hospitals remains open and ready to provide vital h...

  • Celebrating History: New hospital on the way

    Updated Sep 19, 2024

    Welcome all who are in Havre for Festival Days! There are many activities going on this weekend and there is something for everyone. Festival Days is a great tradition in Havre and one of the things that makes me proud to be from Montana’s North Star. One hundred years ago, the big event was a fundraiser for the Kennedy-Deaconess hospital. The results of the event were recorded for posterity in the September 20, 1924 Havre Daily Promoter. EXPECT TO WIPE OUT DEBUT OF HOSPTIAL BY JANUARY 1 Enthusiasm Marks the Meeting of Friend...

  • Country music gospel service set for Friday

    Updated Sep 19, 2024

    Havre Daily News staff People are invited to come hear some Country Music Gospel with 2021 Country Gospel Music Association male vocalist of the year Mark Umfleet Friday. “You are welcome to come and enter The Door,” a flyer says. Concerst are from 3-5 p.m. Friday at Pepin Park and from 6-8 p.m. at Set Free Ministries at 720 Second Ave. The concert is free but free will offerings for the speaker will be accepted. People can cal Pastor Albert “A.J.” Jensen at 406-750-4946 or Chaplain Gilbert “G.B.” Bruce Meyers at 406-945-494...

  • 44th Annual Black Powder Spring/Fall Shoot Held at Fort Assiniboine

    Updated Sep 19, 2024

    Press release Seventy-two shooters participated in the 44th annual Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club Spring/Fall Shoot held Aug. 31 and Sept. 1-2 at historic Fort Assiniboine south of Havre. The Spring Shoot normally held on Memorial Day weekend was canceled because of flooding and moved to Labor Day weekend. The weather was excellent for all three days. Shooting conditions would be rated as excellent. Shooters came from all parts of Montana with attendance down from 2023. Two new records were recorded this weekend. Luke...

  • Park Board discusses new lodge

    Christy Ulmen|Updated Sep 18, 2024

    Hill County Park Board met Monday to discuss cabin business and progress with the new Camp Kiwanis lodge in Beaver Creek Park. The board discussed projections that new lodge is expected to be completed during the summer of 2026. Construction to demolish and replace the lodge is expected to begin next summe. The new lodge will be built on the foot print the Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis, which has been deteriorating and leading to several years of planning on how to replace it....

  • Suicide Awareness Walk set for tonight

    Updated Sep 12, 2024

    Press release The Hill County Suicide Awareness Coalition will be hosting its 10th annual Suicide Awareness Walk on the Montana State University-Northern campus tonight in recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day. Participants should begin gathering at the clock tower south of Cowan Hall on the MSUN campus after 6:30 p.m. and speakers will begin at 7 p.m. This year's theme is "Talk Away the Dark." Cadence Kallenberger, Havre High School senior and Key Club president will...

  • Senior Center News, Sept. 12, 2024

    Updated Sep 12, 2024

    North Central Senior Center Sept. 16-20 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, Sept. 16 — Bacon, Cheese Dogs, Corn, Jojo’s Oranges Tuesday, Sept. 17 — Chicken Parmesan, Buttered Noodles, Green Beans, Pears Wednesday, Sept. 18 — Beef Rice & Onions, Peas & Carrots, Apple Sauce, Cup Cakes Thursday, Sept. 19 — Hawaiian Chicken, Mixed Veggies, Mixed Fruit, Raspberry Jell-O Friday, Sept. 20 — Cheese Potato Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Green Beans, Rice Krispy Treat Rudyard Center News: Jessie is gone. We will be back to delivering...

  • Well-Off-Man accepted to doctoral audiology program

    Updated Sep 12, 2024

    Press release Mr. and Mrs. John Well-Off-Man said they are happy to announce that their daughter Sonya has been accepted to pursue her Ph.D. in audiology at the University of the Pacific, San Francisco, California. Sonya Well-Off-Man is an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation....

  • Erickson yard featured by Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club

    Updated Sep 12, 2024

    Press release Want to see a stunning display of flowers? Drive over the Milk River to the north side of Havre at 417 Seventh Ave. Each year, Dale and Debbie Erickson plant many colorful annual flowers utilizing antiques including a wagon, milk separator, an old cream can, children's wagon and wooden barrels. Adding to the charm are garden statues among the plants including chickens to remind us of the good old days. They installed drip irrigation to keep the flowers fresh and...

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