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In addition to talking about a potential problem with county health insurance, county department heads and officials discussed ongoing projects in Hill County in a meeting Wednesday. At the beginning of the meeting, Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said the commission had been told that there was a problem with this year’s county health insurance plans, saying they had surpassed some kind of federal limit that may result in some employees being penalized. Peterson said he wanted to let everyone know there was a p...
Press release The Annual Fresno Chapter Walleye’s Unlimited Banquet is returning to Havre Saturday at the Ice Dome. The doors open at 4:30 p.m. with early bird drawings beginning at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The banquet features the Fresno Chapter’s renowned all-you-can-eat walleye, beef and other side dishes to prepare people for an evening of entertainment as guests play games for guns, iPad, big screen TVs, barbecue grills, outdoor furniture, freezers, jewelry, artwork, woodwork and many other items. This year als...
Press release Havre resident Katie Kuhr recently returned from six days in Washington, D.C. in March as part of REAL - Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership - Montana. For Kuhr and other members of REAL Montana Class V, this was the fourth seminar in their two-year educational program. The focus of the seminar was "Federal Policy." The group began their week in D.C. with a Monuments by Moonlight tour, where they learned they will be traveling to Vietnam for their...
Representatives from the Hill County Commission, Road Department and Disaster and Emergency Services held a public forum Wednesday evening to discuss the ongoing flooding situation in Hill County and next steps for the community. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the county is still in the very early stages of the flooding season and the road department is already working practically non-stop, but there is still a tremendous amount of assessment and documentation to be done. Hill County Commissioner Mark...
The local acting troupe is wrapping up its tour of dinner theaters this weekend in Havre. Montana Actors' Theatre is performing "Almost Austen or Basically Bronte: A Farce in Two Acts" this Friday and Saturday at Havre Eagles Club. This show was written by Martin Holt, a 20-year MAT veteran. Pyette said Holt is a well-known part of MAT and a favorite to all audiences. He also adapted last year's dinner theater production of "Charlie's Aunt" from the original public domain...
Press release The Hill County Conservation District will hold a public hearing May 18 on its proposed revisions for natural streambed and land preservation act rules governing the administration of the district’s stream permitting program. The revision will include changing the time frame for an applicant to appeal a board decision from 15 days to 30 days per House Bill 383 that become law during the 2019 legislative session. The permitting, covered by 310 rules, is under protections covered under the Montana Natural S...
CHINOOK - The importance of museums for local Montana towns is the topic of a presentation Friday at the Blaine County Museum. Sabre Moore, executive director of the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, will be speaking at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building Friday, April 21, at noon. The event is scheduled to end around 1 p.m. She will elaborate on how Montana's rural museums are vital to the state's rural populations. Blaine County Museum Director Samantha French...
The Great Northern Fair Board provided an update on all ongoing projects during its monthly meeting Tuesday and confirmed that the most expensive project will be delayed a year. Members of the board and Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said all but one of their projects are on track, the exception being the new bathrooms on the west side of the grounds, a project they are more than $200,000 short of being able to fund. English said new toilets have been installed in the Bigger Better Barn and he is working with Loch...
The International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board will be holding a public town hall meeting May 2, a press release from the International Joint Commission said, adding that all are welcome to attend. The board, launched in November 2021, is looking at water shared between the United States and Canada in a 1921 agreement regulating the sharing of water from the St. Mary and Milk rivers. The study board was created to explore "options to improve access to apportioned...
Press release Editor’s note: This version corrects misreporting in the press release about where Tyler Schoen will attend college. Two local wrestlers, Tyler Schoen of Chinook High School, Kale VanCampen of Havre High School, were awarded $1,000 in scholarships by Alexander “Zander” Blewett III, a trial lawyer from the personal injury law firm of Hoyt & Blewett PLLC in Great Falls. Schoen was a two-time state champion and two-time placer, all while maintaining a 3.73 GPA. Schoen intends to study business administration and f...
The body of Donald Haseagle, who was reported missing April 11, was found on the bank of the Milk River Sunday outside of Dodson. Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle said it appears that Haseagle swam across the river before he died, but the Blaine County Sheriff’s office is taking the lead on the investigation and will conduct the autopsy. Blaine County Sheriff John Colby was not able to respond to requests for comment from the Havre Daily News by print deadline this morning. The search for Haseagle was started on the F...
The public has an opportunity to attend a presentation by nationally recognized expressionist-impressionist artist Carolyn Anderson at Havre-Hill County Library Thursday starting at 7 p.m. In an evening event sponsored by Havre-Hill County-Library Foundation, Anderson will be giving her presentation "A Very Short Story of Art." From the Egyptians to the post Impressionists, Anderson said in a release, the presentation will guide people through the centuries as they learn how...
Joshua Wood Stevenson Newspaper The Havre Daily News has a new, but familiar, face at the helm following the departure of publisher George Ferguson. Don Thoma was recently promoted to the position of publisher of the daily newspaper in northern Montana by owners Gary Stevenson and Robb Hicks. "There were a number of qualified candidates who applied for this position," said Joshua Wood, operations director for Grand Teton News, which owns the Havre Daily. "Don, however, rose...
The Hill County Community Clean Up, previously called Havre Pride, is coming up Saturday, Earth Day, from 10 a.m. to noon. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Hill County Community Foundation is holding the event, which typically will be held around Earth Day, which encourages local residents to get out and spend the morning cleaning up the community after a long winter inside. "Winter leaves a lot of debris and garbage lying around town," Chamber...
After a comparatively balmy few days, temperatures are expected to dip this week on the Hi-Line as flooding continues. Havre and the surrounding areas have seen substantial flooding after a warm spell last week melted much of the accumulated snow that had built up after a long and record-setting winter season. The National Weather Service is predicting a high of 55 today with partly sunny conditions, but temps will drop to a low of 34 tonight with a 70 percent chance of rain. Tuesday there will be a 30 percent chance of...
As flood impacts continue to increase, Hill County has set a forum for Wednesday to discuss the flooding and what can be done to deal with it. Rapidly warming temperatures this week following a high level of snowfall this winter in this region led to flooding of roads and state and federal highways, with ongoing work to reduce the impacts, reduced speed limits and road closures. As more precipitation, rain and snow both, fell in the are a Wednesday through this morning, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced closures...
Two brothers, on a mission for closure, came to Havre this week to see Great Northern Railway Steam Engine 2584, a sister engine to the one their father died on back in 1945 in a crash. Brothers Gary and Ervin Zinter, who arrived this week in Havre by train from St. Paul, Minnesota, lost their father, also named Ervin Zinter, to a train crash with Engine 2581 in 1947 when the former was only 5 years old and the latter was only 5 days old, and they view this trip, in part, as...
Havre Daily News staff Montana State University-Northern Assistant Professor in English Gwen Hart, Ph.D, will present “Never Be the Same: Finding and Following Poetic Imagination” in a brown bag luncheon Monday. Seating for the luncheon is freely available but RSVPs are appreciated for providing lunches. In her presentation, Hart will cover the theme where do poems come from? Her answer is, everywhere. In the presentation, Hart will introduce her newly published volume of poetry, “Never Be the Same,” and share insight...
Havre Daily News staff A Caregiver Respite Retreat is being sponsored in Havre by Montana State University Extension Healthy Aging, which includes a stipend for caregivers who attend. A release from MSU Extension Hill County said each caregiver will receive a $100 gift card to help cover costs of caregiving in their absence or for their own self care. A team is coming from Bozeman to hold the April 20 retreat, headed by MSU assistant professor Daniel J. Koltz, Ph.D., MSU Extension Family and Consumer Science gerontology...
Press release A generational healing Learning Circle is set at Rocky Boy Health Center April 19 for people 18 and older. “This learning circle explores our healing journey with an understanding of the generational influences that contributed to the harm we have known,” a release said. “It anchors us in the hope a generational perspective of recovery provides.” The Learning Circle runs from 5-7 p.m. in Conference Room A at Rocky Boy Health Center. Dinner will be served. Transportation to the event can be provided, For more in...
North Central Senior Center April 17-21 Menu Monday, April 17 —Biscuits and gravy, sausage link, fruit Tuesday, April 18 —Hamburger steak, salad, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, dessert Wednesday, April 19 — Philly steak sandwich, corn, dessert Thursday, April 20 — Bacon, lettuce tomato sandwich, tatertots, cake Friday, April 21 — Salt and vinegar breaded cod, rice, peas, dessert Digging Into Vitamin D: This is all about the “Sunshine” vitamin. Are we getting enough vitamins and minerals for our body to stay healt...
Five candidates for three open seats on the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees participated in a forum held by the Havre Education Association Wednesday evening, where they answered a series of questions about themselves and what they believe they can bring to the board. Ballots for the election have been mailed out and the election itself is May 2. Trustees Curtis Smeby and Tim Scheele's seats on the board are on the ballot this year, and both are running for reelection,...
