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Staff and wire report A Box Elder High School student was the featured speaker this week at the kickoff of an event to promote drug prevention. Box Elder student Juliet MacDonald spoke in Helena at the launch of The Montana Meth Project's Paint the State 2023, a statewide public art contest that engages Montana teens and adults in on-the-ground drug prevention. The contest invites Montana residents 13 years of age and older to create monument-sized original public works of...
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Marci Bergren, Val Clikeman and Heather Winter are employees at North Central Senior Citizens Center. Hill County Council on Aging has a new director in Bill Lanier, who took the position late last year, and he said he has some possible improvements he'd like to make in its services. Lanier, originally from Great Falls, has lived on the Hi-Line for decades, working for Montana State University-Northern and Blaine County in various role...
Press release NorthWestern Energy customers in South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana are reporting scam calls and text messages from imposters trying to steal money by threatening immediate service disconnection. The scammers impersonate themselves as NorthWestern Energy representatives on the phone, use the company’s logo in text and other electronic messages and NorthWestern Energy’s phone greeting. Generally, the scammers demand a payment within an hour to avoid service shut off. NorthWestern Energy never demands imm...
Havre Police Department Havre Public Works was notified of a possible water main break on reported on Ninth Avenue at 7:22 a.m. Wednesday. -- A caller at Havre Middle School reported a juvenile status offense Wednesday at 12:29 p.m. -- A 3:38 p.m. Wednesday caller asked for extra patrols in the Land Drive area in the afternoon when children get off the school bus because drivers are not obeying the bus traffic laws. -- A vape pen was reported at Havre Middle School Wednesday...
Byron Ophus A good crowd braved the cold temperatures Saturday. They enjoyed the best snow conditions of the year on this fourth weekend of the season. More than a foot of new powder had fallen since the prior weekend. It wasn’t champagne powder that floats up in a cloud with each passing skier. Rather, the snow had more substance, and was very skiable. As the day went on, the snow became a wonderful, packed powder that added to the bullet-proof base of 14 to 24 inches. Temperatures hovered in the single digits below zero. Th...
Press release Black History Month and Valentine's Day are guiding the February free public programs for the Montana Historical Society in a couple of unusual ways. Feb. 9, people can join Kate Hampton, the director of the MTHS's Montana African American Heritage Resources Project, for a discussion on the history of several Montana laws that affected how Black residents were able to participate in society. Since the establishment of Montana Territory in 1864 through the...
For the first time since 2020, the Montana State University-Northern Foundation’s We Love Northern Ball will be held in the Armory Gymnasium on campus, with a three-course wine-paired dinner and a music ensemble Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. Foundation Executive Director Al Garver said that, because the event has been away for so long, the event’s committee wanted to flip the script a bit this year and go all out on a spectacular event. The We Love Northern Ball is the foundation’s largest annual fundraiser, bringing in money that the or...
Havre Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 announced that three Havre public services providers have been recognized by the VFW as Public Service Award winners for the State of Montana for 2022-2023. Hill County Sheriff's Office Dispatch and 911 Supervisor Amanda Hamilton, Havre Fire Department Capt. and Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Cody McLain and Havre Police Department Patrol Sgt. Justin Gomke were presented the awards. A release from Post 497 said VFW recognizes the...
Press release The Sunnyside Intermediate School spelling bee was held Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. After 14 rounds, Risa Hileman was declared the champion speller. Her winning word was "serum." Isaac Yost was the runner up, and Tenlee Hungerford took third place. The top 10 spellers from the Sunnyside bee will go on to compete at the 2023 Hill County Spelling Bee, Feb. 9, 2023. In addition to Risa, Isaac, and Tenlee, the top ten contestants include Mason Dannen, Hunter Tweeten,...
An area of Havre Beneath the Streets that's been cordoned off since 2017 due to deterioration is in a short line for funding during this legislative session, and members of its staff and board are excited for work to begin to restore the area as soon as this year if all goes well. The area, a motor services shop that, like many businesses at the time, retreated into its own basement after a fire destroyed much of Havre in 1904, and the attraction's main entrance until 2017,...
Press release Havre High School took a small team to the Class A state speech and debate tournament over the weekend, with Havre's team doing well in Sidney including bringing home two state medals. "I'm pleased with how we did at state," head coach Tim Leeds said. "This is the best of the best in Class A competition, and our kids worked hard and did well." Senior Paige Bertelsen, a fourth-year Lincoln Douglas debater, excelled in the preliminary rounds, going 4-1 in tough...
Press release The North Star speech and drama team ended the season at the State Class B-C Speech, Debate and Drama meet in Manhattan last weekend and represented the north well. Emily Conner competed in dramatic solo acting, Ecko Fraser in original oratory and Joshua Campbell in humorous interpretation of literature. They did not make it to finals, however, they can confidently say they fought their hardest against the top 20 class B-C competitors in their events. “Great job at state, North Star,” coach Linda Lett said. “I...
The 4th Annual Milk River Gobblers Banquet is set for Saturday, Feb. 4, at 5 p.m. at the Havre Eagles Club, an event that will include live and silent auctions, games and prizes. Milk River Gobblers, a local organization that promotes healthy turkey and various game bird populations for hunting, as well as various other species, puts on the event every year to help fund their organization, including scholarships for young hunters in the area. Gobblers Public Relations Officer...
Press release The Art Show for the Montana Seed Show in Harlem is back for 2023. Organizers are inviting professional, amateur, and student artists to participate in this year’s show, which will be the 73rd. The Art Show will be held in conjunction with the Montana Seed Show to be held at Harlem High School March 9-11, 2023. The Art Show features painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and more. The Seed Show also has a vendor show as part of the Seed Show where handicrafts are also displayed and sold. Professional a...
Press release Fargo, N.D. — Hunter J. Neibauer of Chinook, an agricultural economics major, was among the 4,226 North Dakota State University students to be placed on the fall 2022 dean’s list. A student must earn a 3.50 grade point average or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 class credits to qualify for the summer list. The dean’s list also can be found at www.ndsu.edu/news/studentnews/....
The Montana House of Representatives is discussing a bill that would have criminalized the display of obscene material in museums as well as public schools and libraries when minors are present, a bill that has raised concerns from the Havre-Hill County library director and local legislators. HB 234 was recently updated to target only schools, but the initial version of the bill also included museums and libraries, prompting reactions from local officials. Montana law prohibit...
Press release The Hi-Line Quilt Guild is having an open sewing event Thursday, Feb. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Holiday Village Mall in the former Famous Footwear space. All quilters are welcome to bring their projects, whether sewing or embroidering. Tables, ironing boards and a cutting table will be set up, but quilters who are sewing will need to bring their own sewing machines. Participants are also welcome to bring their own lunch and drinks. For more information, people can contact Kemi, 406-262-4228, or Karen,...
Press release After 22-plus years with Independence Bank, Denise Ladenburg, vice president of compliance, retired as of December 2022. Ladenburg began in 1999 as a consumer loan officer and later was an ag/commercial lender. In 2004, she become a compliance officer and transitioned into performing financial audit and leading the compliance/audit department. Ladenburg said her favorite part of working at Independence is being part of a great big family and serving the bank's...
Rocky Boy Health Center, in partnership with Reach Higher Montana, is offering a new youth apprenticeship program for high school students looking to go into the health care field. Rocky Boy Health Center CEO Joel Rosette said the center has been working to set up the program since last summer, and it’s an exciting opportunity for them and for local young people. “The opportunity to grow is what we’re offering,” Rosette said. Applicants would make $14 an hour for their work, would earn up to $1,500 per year for tuition...
The Havre-Hill County Library will be putting a display of presidential plates front-and-center to honor the memory of Gail and Bill Rader, long-time supporters of the library and the local community as a whole who donated the collection to the library a few years ago. Library Director Rachel Rawn said they wanted to put the plates on display for the Friends of the Library Pie Social coming up on Valentine's Day from noon to 4 p.m. Library Foundation Chair Bonnie Williamson,...
Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press A Republican lawmaker and a group of unlikely bedfellows from across the political spectrum are working to repeal language passed last session that erected additional hurdles to getting an issue placed on the ballot, arguing that the law runs afoul of the Montana Constitution. Senate Bill 153, sponsored by Sen. Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, would reverse 2021’s House Bill 651, a bill passed in the latter days of the last session that expanded the Legislature and state attorney general’s rol...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The newest episode of “Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT” will air on Montana PBS at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. The first part of the episode addresses Montana’s teacher shortage, taking viewers to the Hi-Line to see how Havre Public Schools is confronting the crisis by inspiring students to pursue careers in education. The episode also includes the perspectives of educators and students involved in a “Grow Your Own Educator” program advanced during the 2021 Legislature. “There is no single rea...
