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Press release Editor’s note: A version of this ran in the online edition of Havre Daily News Monday. BOZEMAN — U.S. Department of Agriuculture announced that USDA is investing more than $16 million with three local business development corporations, including Havre-based Bear Paw Development Corp., to create new and better markets for agricultural producers and food businesses in rural Montana. Bear Paw received a $10,000,000 Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Devel...
Editor’s note: A version of this ran in Monday’s online edition of Havre Daily News. Montana Disaster and Emergency Services has put out a survey for property owners and renters in the area who’ve had flood damage this year, a survey that will hopefully help get them some assistance from the state and from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the survey takes about five minutes and is for anyone with a property that has sustained flooding damage in 2023 that isn’t already...
Staff and wire report Havre Rotary Club again held a successful Father's Day Fishing Derby at Rotary Pond in Beaver Creek Park Sunday, and has released the names of the winners. The derby was broken up into categories of girls ages 3-10 and boys ages 3-10 and boys ages 11 and older and girls ages 11 and older. No girls 11 or older competed Sunday. The winners in the girls ages 3-10 were Parker Paulsen, first, Chloe Beck, second, Claire Grabofski, third. In boys 3-10, first...
Eric Dietrich Montana Free Press Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature directed hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s budget surplus — $899 million in total — toward income and property tax rebates during its 2023 session. With those rebates signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte, here’s what taxpayers need to know to make sure they get their refund from the Montana Department of Revenue: HOW MUCH DO I QUALIFY FOR? Lawmakers passed two buckets of rebates, one focused on income taxes and the other on property...
Montana Disaster and Emergency Services has put out a survey for property owners and renters in the area who’ve had flood damage since May 31, a survey that will hopefully help get them some assistance from the state and from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the survey takes about five minutes and is for anyone with a property that has sustained flooding damage that isn’t already covered by insurance. Frickel said she heard that some home and business owners had gon...
The members of the community of Harlem who have been paying tribute for more than 30 years to 13 airmen who died in a training were commemorated recently by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Harlem Airmen Memorial Committee created a memorial at Harlem's Centennial Park to the airmen who died Nov. 30, 1992, and recently dedicated a bridge in their honor at the park as well. Daughters of the American Revolution presented the committee, and the community, its...
Montana State University-Northern has received $25 million for a new recreation center on campus, the Aurora Complex, a long-time project of Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel. The $25 million comes from Montana House Bill 5, which became law last week, passing through the Legislature with bi-partisan support. The major funding bill also provided another $6.8 million to Northern for repairs and upgrades to current buildings. The Aurora Complex is the biggest of nine initiatives to boost student recruitment and retention that...
Press release BOZEMAN — U.S. Department of Agriuculture announced that USDA is investing more than $16 million with three local business development corporations, including Havre-based Bear Paw Development Corp., to create new and better markets for agricultural producers and food businesses in rural Montana. Bear Paw received a $10,000,000 Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development to administer a revolving loan fund for the Montana Meat and Poultry Int...
A man is in jail after an incident that occurred Sunday evening while he was transporting a woman with a gunshot wound from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to the hospital in Havre. Theodore Gregory Montes of Box Elder, 59, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and reckless driving. Montes called 911 Sunday at 8:13 p.m. to report he was northbound on Laredo Road transporting a 55-year-old female with a gunshot wou...
Due to problems in the press room, Havre Daily News will only be online today with no print edition. Havre Daily is attempting to be back to having a print edition Tuesday, and will keep its readers posted on that....
A mural by a local student now adorns Box Elder High School to warn people about and urge them not to start taking methamphetamine. Box Elder graduating senior Juliet MacDonald created the Paint the State mural for the Montana Meth Project. The mural depicts a message of awareness on the dangers of methamphetamine. The image was designed on MacDonald's iPad using the Pro Create digital app. MacDonald was a featured speaker at the kickoff event for the Paint the State contest...
Havre's hospital is in the process of converting into a critical access facility. Northern Montana Vice President of Regulatory and Community Services Christen Obresley said the change, which the hospital hopes to have in place by July 1, should be essentially invisible to its patients and members of the community. "The patients won't notice anything," she said Thursday. Obresley said the change is more in accounting, how information is reported to Medicare and Medicaid and...
Havre's Rotary Club continues a famous tradition this weekend, hosting a Father's Day fishing event. The event will be held on Father's Day, Sunday, June 18, with registration from noon to 1 p.m. and fishing to follow, lasting until about 4 p.m. The derby has been held for 64 years. It is the longest-running annual Rotary event in the U.S. However, in 2021 the event was canceled due to COVID-19. Rotarian Brian Lilletvedt talked about a favorite memory of his during a past...
At their regular business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission approved a new security system for election documents and a task order allowing for testing local wastewater for COVID-19. The commission approved a task order allowing the Hill County Health Department to conduct weekly tests of the wastewater for COVID-19. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said people tend not to report or even test for COVID-19 any more and testing wastewater for it will help the department get an idea of...
Press release The summer meal program is underway at Havre schools, with free breakfast and lunch served to anyone 18 and younger with the meals available to adults at a charge of $3 for breakfast and $5 for lunch, with extra milk available for 50 cents. The meals are served at Highland Park Early Primary School, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and Sunnyside intermediate school. The breakfasts are served from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The breakfast menu for next week is: Breakfast Monday...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre-Hill County Library has listed upcoming specific events in the next couple of months. The evens listed are: Friday, June 16, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Thursday, June 29, 6 p.m., book discussion, “We Are Satellites” Thursday, July 13, 6 p.m., book discussion, “Caleb’s Crossing” Friday, July 21, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Saturday, July 22, 3:30 p.m., assemble community care kits at the library Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m., book discussion, “The Gap of Time” Saturday, July 29, 10 a.m., Jack Glatzer violi...
Press release MIDWAY, Ky. — Midway University announce d that Jenna Young from Chester has been named to its Dean’s List for the 2023 Spring Semester. To be named to the list, a student must be classified as full-time and obtain a 3.60 grade point average for the semester. This spring, 357 students made the Dean’s List....
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Makayla Lindbloom of Havre, Montana, was recently named to the President’s List at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Lindbloom, whose major is archaeological studies, was among 716 SUNY Potsdam students who were honored for academic excellence in the Spring 2023 semester. President Suzanne Smith recognized the students for earning top marks. To achieve the honor of being on the President’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point...
Montana Senss Jon Tester, a Democrat, and Steve Daines, a Republican, introduced the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act to the Senate Wednesday, a potentially historic bill that will secure the Fort Belknap Indian Community’s Indian water rights. The bill would invest $1.3 billion in water infrastructure and provide economic opportunity across the Hi-Line as well as help to avoid costly litigation over water rights in the area, a release from Fort Belknap said Wednesday. The bill also includes c...
Scorecard Staff and wire report HELENA - Freshman Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, scored a perfect 100 and earned a place on Montana Conservation Voters' bipartisan Honor Roll in the organization's 2023 Legislative Scorecard. Sen. Mike Lang, R-Malta, also made the honor roll, primarily for his work on a bill dealing with revenue from marijuana taxes in the state. The report details the voting records of Montana's lawmakers during the recently concluded 68th session of the Montana...
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court preserved today the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, placed in non-Native homes. Montana state R...
Havre Daily News staff A boy paying it forward for supplies that helped save his life has a Red Cross blood drive scheduled in Havre Wednesday. The family of Troy Ross, whose 9th birthday is this month, helped organize eight blood drives across the state. Six years ago, Troy was in Seattle battling a rare immune disease and had to have three-quarters of his blood replaced, blood available due to blood donations, a press release about the TroyStrong blood drives said. He has been in remission for one year. For the past six...
