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A Havre-based meat processing cooperative received some national attention last month when the chair of its board sat on a panel during a USDA annual forum. A release from Montana Farmers Union said Montana Premium Processing Cooperative Board Chair Paul Neubauer was part of "Strategies for more and better markets" panel discussion at the USDA 99th Annual Agriculture Outlook Forum held Feb. 23-24 in Arlington, Virginia. Projects like Montana Premium Processing Cooperative...
Members of the Hill County Park Board discussed updates to policies, park conditions and ongoing conversations about the new Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge at their monthly meeting Monday. Board Chair Jeff Jensen said the lodge's committee is still discussing what they want to see in the new lodge, with the latest conversation centering on the kind of heating system they want, with the group seeming to lean toward ground-based heat if possible. Jensen said the committee's current p...
Due to technical problems, today's print edition of Havre Daily News will be delayed....
From Byron Ophus March heralds the policy of Women in Bikinis ski free. The cooler temperatures conspired to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the compelling offer. One intrepid soul, however, arrived in a swimsuit requesting a free pass. Though wearing a one-piece swimsuit does not technically qualify for the special promotion, the ticket booth personnel, on a split vote, approved the issuance of a free pass. The majority felt that the cooler temperatures were an...
Havre Daily News staff Harlem Public Schools announced it will hold a school trustee election Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The announcement said the election will be for one three-year term position for the entire district and one three-year term position for Harlem School District #12. The positions going vacant are held by Jonathan P. Walker and Michael King II, the announcement said. It said anyone may pick of a declaration of intent and oath of candidacy at the Harlem School District #12 Business Office. Any person who is...
Voyd St. Pierre, superintendent of Rocky Boy Schools announced in a press release Monday that grades pre-K through 12th would be closed today due to smoke exposure to the elementary building. The smoke, the release said, was from a small fire in one of the stoves in the cafeteria kitchen. The fire was isolated to the stove and the closure is simply a precautionary measure. School staff spent Monday since the fire circulating fresh air through the building, the release said, and classes are expected to be in session as normal...
Havre Daily News staff Fort Belknap Indian Community has put out a call for address updates from tribal members before the next election. A primary election will be held Oct. 3, 2023, and a general election Nov. 7, 2023. A release said it is important for tribal members to update both their physical address and their mailing address before the elections. The release said neither the tribal election office nor the Bureau of Indian Affairs can update addresses for election purposes. Only the enrollment office can update...
Havre Daily News staff Voyd St. Pierre, superintendent of Rocky Boy Schools announced in a press release Monday that grades pre-K through 12th would be closed today due to smoke exposure to the elementary building. The smoke, the release said, was from a small fire in one of the stoves in the cafeteria kitchen. The fire was isolated to the stove and the closure is simply a precautionary measure. School staff spent Monday since the fire circulating fresh air through the building, the release said, and classes are expected to...
The weather forecast again calls for snow today, although not likely to be like the record-setting snowfall two weeks ago. National Weather Service has a winter weather advisory on for a large area of Montana from the Rocky Mountain Front to the North Dakota border, and stretching into western South Dakota, including Blaine and Hill counties and the Bear Paw Mountains. Easterm Teton and Liberty counties were not under the advisory as of 9:45 this morning, although snow was in the forecast in those counties as well, with up...
Montana Office of Public Instruction Superintendent Elsie Arntzen will be in Havre Tuesday at noon in the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building Ballroom for an open forum on education legislation as the state Legislature's transmittal break continues. OPI Communications Director Brian O'Leary said the forum will be similar to those Artzen held before this year's legislative session, though this one will include discussion of legislation the session has...
Caven Wade UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism At the half-way mark of the 2023 Montana Legislature, three House bills that would dictate how public schools in the state handle religion, prayer and sex education just barely made it to the deadline to stay alive. Rep. Greg Kmetz, R-Miles City, is sponsoring House Bill 744, which would allow students and teachers to openly discuss religious beliefs. The bill passed out of the House Education Committee 9-4, and passed a final vote in the House...
Press release Montana Farmers Union Foundation opened their second year of grant applications on March 1. The grant program supports projects which align with the MFU Foundation’s Mission to create new opportunities and contribute to the growth and enhancement of Montana agriculture and rural communities. Projects must include an educational component for youth and/or adults with priority given to rural communities. Submission deadline is May 1, 2023, and the grants are open to anyone from Montana. The application form remain...
Press release The Town Pump Charitable Foundation is offering $1,000 grants to public libraries in Montana to help fund summer youth-reading programs. Last year, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation awarded 100 of the $1,000 grants statewide as part of its Keep Kids Reading grant program. Grants can be used for books, supplies, snacks, staffing, guest speakers, prizes, and other elements needed for a successful summer reading program. Libraries can apply March 1 through April 15 at www.townpumpfoundation.com using the Keep...
Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson responded Thursday during and after this week’s meeting of the Hill County Commission to the ongoing issue of complaints that the pay scale is low at the Hill County Health Department. During the public comments segment of the meeting, Hill County resident Rickie Magnussen brought up the issue, having read and heard about it before, and said he was concerned that the commission wasn’t addressing the issue with the urgency required. For the last few years, members of the Hill County Hea...
Press release A Havre writer has received a top book award in the state for a collection of poetry with photographs by a Montana photographer. Charles Finn was awarded the 2022 Montana Book Award for "On a Benediction of Wind: Poems and Photographs from the American West." "I'm thrilled," Finn said in a press release. "I'm shocked, honored, and humbled." "Montana has such a rich, rich, literary history, it's hard to believe I've been given this honor," he added. Finn said he...
Montana Actors’ Theatre and KNMC will be hosting a one-night only event Saturday at 8 p.m., “The Concert That Never Was” a tribute concert by local bands covering the music of David Bowie, his influences and those he influenced. The program, sponsored by Bergren Transmission, is an endeavor MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said they undertook due to the overwhelming success of last year’s “Last Best Waltz,” an homage to “The Last Waltz” by The Band that MAT put on in November of 2021. Olson said that was a really enjoyabl...
From Carla Jenewein Local Red Cross blood drive coordinater According to the Red Cross, a recent decline in blood donations may soon make it tough to keep blood products stocked on hospital shelves. We are asking all eligible donors to come forward and give at our upcoming blood drive Tuesday, March 7, from noon till 6 p.m. at the community commercial building, 300 Cleveland Road, at the fairgrounds in Chinook. Donors with all blood types are needed. Remember, blood is a perishable product that can only come from blood...
The Havre-Hill County Library will be opening late Friday, March 10. Library hours that day will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m....
The Havre-Hill County Library has announced that it again will have weekly music for its patrons. Barb Zuck will be playing harp at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoons starting March 21. The event is free and open to the public....
The 73rd Annual Montana Seed Show returns to Harlem High School Mar. 9 to Mar. 11 with a bevy of events, contests and vendors from across the state. The show has been running since 1949 and has brought together artisans from communities across the Hi-Line and Montana to show off their skills in agriculture, woodworking, baking, painting, quilting and more in a series of contests and exhibitions over three days. The show was originally just a gathering of local potato farmers...
On nearly straight party-line votes, House and Senate committees in the Legislature — three days before transmittal from one house to the other, when bills not been passed generally are dead — tabled two bills that would have given Montana agricultural producers — and independent repair shops — the right to repair their equipment. Right to repair has become a major issue in the nation in a number of areas, with farm and ranch groups especially pushing for the ability to do their own work on equipment. A release from Montana F...
Press release BLACK EAGLE — Mountain View Co-op, Montana’s largest independent and locally-owned agricultural cooperative, has finalized the purchase of Taylor Aviation Inc’s agronomy inputs and ground application service business. Based out of Fort Benton and Havre, Taylor Aviation has been a fixture for agronomy service and sales in the Golden Triangle of Montana since the mid-1980s. “It was important to us as Taylor Aviation that we partner with a company like Mountain View Co-op, who shares the same business philosophy an...
Tom Murphy AP Health Writer Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on the costs they pay to fill prescriptions. The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live. Lilly’s changes also come as lawmakers and patient advocates pressure drugmakers to do something about soaring prices. Lilly said it will cut the list prices for its m...
Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel met with members of the Hill County Health Department Tuesday to discuss possible ways to raise their wages to a level reflecting their educational requirements, something the department has been asking for for years with little success. Health department employees have advocated for a raise in wages across the county in general, but say their department is in particular need, because their jobs require degrees and ongoing education...
A meeting between Hill County Health Department employees and Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel took place amid the backdrop of WIC Coordinator Nicole Hungerford’s resignation from the department after almost nine years, having been offered a position as a WIC coordinator for the state. Hungerford’s resignation letter cited the department’s deteriorating relationship with the commission, and ongoing inaction on the matter of the department’s pay as the primary reasons for her resignation. “I have enjoyed working f...
