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Homecoming at Havre High School is going to look a bit different this year, with a community celebration instead of their usual assembly, a change necessitated by the school’s recent adoption of a four-day school week. The coronation ceremony for Homecoming was held this morning in the Havre High School Auditorium, with the king and queen having been crowned and the court having been elected from the student body, all of whom will appear Friday in the parade at 3 p.m. The parade will be a little earlier than normal this year,...
The group looking to rehabilitate the Chinook city pool and its Sweet Park have an event set this weekend for people to get together and have some fun while helping in its effort to fund repairs. “The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation would like to invite people from across the Hi-Line to help fund necessary improvements to the Pool and Park Complex in Chinook,” the group said in a release, adding that its Fourth Annual Brewfest will be held at Sweet Park in Chinook Saturday, Sept. 30, starting at 4 p.m. Friends has...
Lincoln-McKinley Primary School students helped decorate Pepin Park's bathrooms this month with local artist Madison Ruff, and the students gathered at Pepin Park to admire the finished product and enjoyed a well-deserved ice cream treat Monday afternoon. Sponsors for the ice cream event were Stockman Bank, Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods, McLean's Grocery Store and Hill County Printing. Stockman Bank provided the money supplied to run the event. Gary & Leo's donated bowls, spoons,...
Havre High School Assistant Principal Jeremiah Nitz, now in his 24th year of service to the district, is the first recipient of the Pony Pride Award, a new monthly honoring of a school district employee for their work improving the lives of students. This award was implemented by the district's new superintendent, Brian Gum, who said he wants to consistently recognize the people in the district doing exceptional work, and, even though he's only been at the district a short...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre’s second urban deer hunt, developed as part of its urban deer management plan it developed with the help of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, is again in operation. To help with expanding deer populations, the City of Havre has initiated an urban deer management plan which includes an archery hunting opportunity for antlerless mule deer within and adjacent to the city limits. The management plan will address deer that threaten human safety or property and reduce the potential for h...
Press release Richard and Todd Hansen were presented with a 50-year Family Heritage Award and a 10-year Length of Service Award in Great Falls from the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program. Richard took daily weather observations for 44 years until officially turning over the responsibility to Todd Hansen who has been taking the daily observations for 10 years. The Hansen family began taking daily weather observations for the NWS when Richard Hansen took over...
Press release Hi-Line United Soccer, traveling teams for high school and middle school ages, will hold a parent meeting for the spring 2024 season Thursday, Oct. 5, at 6 p.m. at Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, 500 First Ave. All parents, students and coaches are encouraged to attend. The board is also seeking new members to join this year. People can contact [email protected] for more information....
Press release In 1953, Miles City rancher Bill Nefsy founded Stockman Bank, with the vision to create a banking organization to serve the needs of the entire community, including local business people, farmers and ranchers. To celebrate with its neighbors, Stockman is holding a 70th Anniversary Open House at all bank locations on National Good Neighbor Day Thursday, Sept. 28. Everyone is invited to stop by their local Stockman Bank that day during normal business hours for fun, refreshments and giveaways....
The newly annual Hi-Line Harvest Festival took place Friday and Saturday in Chester, with music, food, vendors, auctions and other events for adults and children, drawing an impressive crowd. Harvest festivals have been held in Chester before, but, two years ago, local resident Peyton Cole sought to make them a yearly affair, and it seems the event has already grown. Saturday, Cole, who is moving to Texas this week, said people in the community have stepped up to the plate to...
The local economic development agency is reminding people interested in starting or expanding a business that it can help them out. Bear Paw Development Corp. announced it has loan funds available, from various sources at the state and federal level, for business owners in northern Montana. “Small businesses are the backbone of active Main Streets and healthy communities in our region of northern Montana and Bear Paw Development has been helping finance business start-ups and expansions for more than 35 years,” Bear Paw Exe...
Press release The ski lift at Bear Paw Ski Bowl recently saw major electrical upgrades With the help of numerous volunteers and several community organizations, the first phase, retiring the old and installing the new control cable was completed. The second phase, installing aerial boots, was to continue this weekend. These updates will allow the hill to operate safely and efficiently for years to come. Bear Paw Ski Bowl was able to fund nearly this entire project from a recen...
Press release Havre’s Community Alliance Church is inviting people to attend a worship service the church has set up in partnership with Youth With A Mission Friday in Pepin Park. “All are welcome,” a release said. “Please bring a chair and an expectant heart.” The worship service will be followed Saturday with a worship workshop at the church at 925 Eighth Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with people on their own for lunch from 12:30-2 p.m....
Local residents are invited to a legislative listening session in Havre Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the Havre Eagles Club starting at 6 p.m. Havre resident Andrea Melle will be opening the session, Montana House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Mary Caferro, D-Helena, told Havre Daily News. See an editorial by Melle on Page A4 of today’s edition of Havre Daily News. Caffero and Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, will be on hand to listen to the public in Havre. Caferro said it is a public event and all are welcome. “Our priority is to h... Full story
The Harvest Fest begins in Chester today, a now-annual event revived by local resident Peyton Cole, who, in a twist of fate, unexpectedly returned to her hometown during the COVID-19 pandemic and now finds herself the primary organizer for the event. Cole, who works in music production and management, said she went to Missoula for college in 2016 and never expected to return to Chester, but when the pandemic hit and a great deal of her industry shut down she was hurting for... Full story
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about the prospect of a government shutdown, new military equipment for the Montana National Guard, and his opposition to the U.S. Department of Education's recent push to withdraw funding for bow hunting and gun safety programs in a press call Thursday morning. Tester said the biggest thing on people's minds at the moment is the looming possibility of yet another government shutdown threatened by the Freedom Caucus, a group of hardline... Full story
Press release Parents, educators and the community are invited to a free film screening and discussion on youth mental health in Havre next week. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Hensler Auditorium of the Applied Technology Center on the Montana State University-Northern campus, a screening of the first hour of the documentary “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness” will be shown, followed by an in-person conversation with Kee Dunning, a Billings-based licensed therapist, and Montana teen Maclayn, both of who... Full story
The Hi-Line Harvest Festival, in its second year in Chester after being revived by local resident Peyton Cole, begins Friday with events, music, food and vendors around town through Saturday. The Harvest Festival was an event sporadically held in Chester for many years, but has been brought back recently thanks to the efforts of Cole, in the hopes that it will become a yearly event. See more in the Friday edition of the Havre Daily News. At Chester City Park at 3 p.m. Friday Montana Farmers Union Kid’s Day Camp will start alo...
At a Hill County Officials meeting Wednesday Heather Sinclair was introduced as the new director of the Hill County Council on Aging, and, along with providing their reports, county department heads were reminded to maintain a respectful workplace. Hill County Commissioners Jake Strissel and Sheri Williams said the matter of workplace respectfulness had been put on the agenda by Commissioner Mark Peterson, who was not at the meeting, and the former said he’s not sure what Peterson specifically wanted to address. R...
The 2023 Sugarbeet Festival in Chinook will begin Saturday, a yearly festival that, this time around, will also be a celebration of the town’s new slogan, “Small town, big community.” Laine Jorgensen, the event’s press spokesperson, said the town felt it was time for a bit of a rebrand and she is hoping the festival raises enthusiasm for the community. Jorgensen said they are trying to set as many events on main street as possible so people can see as much of the festival as possible in one place. “We’re looking forward to...
Release and Staff Chinook Rod and Gun Club is holding two fall fundraisers, starting this Saturday, to help complete improvements at the club’s trap shooting range and help build a new archery range. Construction projects can begin once the club has the final paperwork for a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks grant completed and signed, the club’s release said. In the meantime, members are getting to work on their fundraising efforts as well as sourcing and pricing the needed gravel, fencing supplies and other materials. Sat... Full story
