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Press release Editor’s note: This version corrects the grade level of Trinity Olsen. Havre High School speech and debate took a smaller team to a smaller tournament Saturday, the CJI High School invitational in Chester, and its competitors did well. Sophomore Trinity Olsen, competing in dramatic oral interpretation of literature at her second tournament, received some good marks from judges, including a second-place mark from one of the three finals judges, to end in third place at CJI. Havre’s public forum debate teams, the...
A memorial for former Havre Public Schools Superintendent Craig Mueller, who died unexpectedly last month, will be held at the Havre High School Auditorium Saturday at 10 a.m., for a celebration of his life and his far-reaching impact on the community. Sarah Kraske, a long time friend of Mueller, is part of the group organizing the memorial and said anyone who would like to celebrate her friend's life is welcome. "I'm hoping it will be a very uplifting, meaningful celebration...
The Great Northern Fair Board accepted a bid to temporarily remove the roof of the horse pavilion on the fairgrounds to evaluate damage and plan for improvements. Vice Chair Bob Kaul said they need to remove the roof to see if there is any damage that needs to be addressed under it so they know what improvements need to be invested in. Kaul said this will also provide the opportunity to make temporary repairs to portions of the roof that require it. Board member Ken Erickson said they will install a sealant to prevent as much...
The Montana Premium Processing Cooperative, which will officially open Nov. 21, hosted Tuesday high-level state and federal officials from the USDA Farm Service Agency, as well as members of the Montana Farmers Union and local officials for a tour of their new facility. The co-op recently received a grant through the American Rescue Plan Act that focuses on increasing processing capacity and strengthening local and regional food systems. Among those present was USDA Montana...
Press release It is no secret that the cost of living is significantly higher than it was a year ago. Things are tough out there for a lot of people. If you or someone you know is struggling to pay their home energy bill, please contact Energy Share or the District 4 Human Resource Development Council in Havre at 406-265-6743 or 1-800-640-6743. Help is available in various forms such as emergency bill assistance through Energy Share of Montana or LIHEAP, formerly called LIEAP. The HRDC handles applications for both programs....
The Hill County Health Department just confirmed it’s first case of influenza in the county this year, and are reminding everyone of ways to keep themselves safe. A release from the department Monday afternoon said the symptoms include fever and/or chills, headache, extreme tiredness and muscle aches, dry cough, sore throat and a runny or stuffy nose. The release says if anyone has it, or thinks they have it they should stay home, rest and drink plenty of fluids. Spread of the disease can be prevented by washing hands o...
The Chippewa Cree Tribe Business Committee on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation swore into office its four new members this morning. Ethan Broncho, with 579 votes, Joseph “Joey” Rosette, 495, William “Corky” Corcoran, 468, and Lenore Myers-Nault, 422, were sworn in at 9 a.m., the tribe announced, and the Business Committee will have its reorganization meeting at 1 p.m. The four new members beat Daryl Wright II, 388, Theodore Edward Whitford, 346, Jody Ann Lamere, 324, and Michelle Billy, 306, in the general election Nov. 8. T...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed, at a monthly meeting Monday evening, its upcoming Dinosaur Christmas event, as well as when to close for the winter. Dinosaur Christmas is scheduled for Dec. 3 from noon to 2 p.m. at the museum’s old location at the Holiday Village Mall, just before Cookies and Books with Santa, also at the mall at 2 p.m. The event will have arts and crafts, a Christmas tree and dinosaur eggs for children to open. The board also decided that the museum will close Jan. 1 for the winter. At t...
The Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council heard updates from their various associated organizations with a number of new faces at their bi-monthly meeting Monday. LAC Chair Andi Daniel said the council is required to have at least 51 percent of its membership be consumers of behavioral health services, or the family member of someone who does, and they are always looking for more members. Daniel said they are at about 45 percent right now, which is much better than it used to be, but they still need to meet...
Press release Wednesday, Nov. 16, a concert featuring Gene Allen and Friends on guitar, mandolin, accordion and penny whistle will be performing old-time country hits from 1-3 p.m. at Havre’s North Central Senior Citizens Center. Lunch is at noon for a $5 donation for people 60 years and older and $6 for other community members. Pinochle Thursdays at Havre senior center This Thursday and every Thursday from 12:45-3 p.m., People are invited to play pinochle with friends. North Central Senior Center currently has 10 players. P...
We thought we would miss the festivities, which just shows how much we still have to learn about Mexico. My husband, Peter, and I arrived in San Miguel de Allende on the 2nd of November. “It’s too bad we’ll miss the Day of the Dead,” I told Peter when he made reservations. I knew a little about the Day of the Dead. I’d seen the elaborate skeleton costumes and the cemeteries filled with flowers and families. I figured it would be all over. But when we arrived, the streets w...
Local U.S. Navy veteran Jason Geer unveiled a photography project showcasing the passions of local veterans at Crawford Distillery Friday. The project was made up of 28 portrait photos of local veterans doing the things they love. The photos hung from the walls of the distillery that night as Geer spoke to a gathered crowd about the project. He said his aim was to showcase all of the positive things veterans do in the local community, something he thought was necessary, as dis...
The Eagles' Club Saturday hosted the return of boxing to Havre on, the first officially sanctioned boxing event in town since 1999. The event, the Inaugural Railtown Smackdown, was organized by the Rock Hound Boxing Team out of Havre, and the Hays Amateur Boxing Gym. It was sanctioned by USA Boxing and featured young boxers ages 8 and up from teams throughout Montana and Canada. It was sponsored by Little Monkeys Daycare, BNSF Railway, Tilleman Motor Company and Hi-Line...
The North Star Speech and Drama team traveled to CJI in Chester for its first meet of the year and represented the Knights well. Joshua Campbell placed third in Impromptu, a great job for his first meet. Ecko Fraser took a first place in original oratory and Emily Conner also took a first place, in dramatic interpretation. The team is coached by Linda Lett. The next meet will be in Malta, Dec. 10....
The date for Havre’s Holiday Tree Lighting, now rebranded as the Holiday Stroll, has been moved from the Saturday after Black Friday to the first Saturday of December, a change Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Director Jessica Fagerbakke says is permanent. Fagerbakke said the change of date was made for two reasons. The first reason is a practical one, as it is harder to find the necessary volunteers for all the events on a holiday weekend, she said. The second reason, she said, is because Chinook has their Parade of Lights g...
While Republicans did not do as well as they hoped on the national stage in the midterms, Montana seems very likely to see a Republican supermajority in the state Legislature, a prospect Democrats were dreading. Montana’s election results have yet to be canvassed and thus remain unofficial, but if current tallies hold, seats picked up in the Senate will increase GOP control there and their commanding control of the House seems to have only gotten stronger as well. Democratic candidates around the state, including in Hill C...
Tonight’s Montana Actors’ Theatre production of Agathie Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” is being pushed back a half-hour to let one of the actors finish a Montana University-Northern Skylights basketball game first. The originally scheduled game was delayed because of safety concerns for the traveling team in the current inclement weather, creating a slight timing conflict with the start of the production tonight. Saturday’s production is still scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Rachel Van Blaricom is a recruited S...
In addition to appointing Brad Moore interim superintendent of Havre Public Schools, the HPS Board of Trustees heard reports on a request to allow eighth grade students to participate in high school sports, the district’s enrollment numbers as well as an area report for the Middle School and their monthly board meeting Tuesday evening. Moore said after receiving requests that eighth graders be allowed to participate in high school sports, he’s been talking with Havre High School Assistant Principal Jeremiah Nitz and oth...
Veterans of Forign Wars Post 497 and the American Legion will be holding the yearly Veterans Day Ceremony at the VFW Memorial Wall Friday at 11 a.m., an opportunity for local veterans, their families, friends and supporters to come together for the holiday. And a local school continues to honor veterans as well, with Sunnnyside Intermediate School holding a Veterans Day breakfast Friday from 7:30 to 9 a.m. The breakfast is to honor the students’ parents who served in the armed forces, “and to thank those students for sha...
The Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, in a decision reached earlier this week, found that the Hi-Line Women’s Coalition violated campaign finance rules by not registering as a political committee before paying for ads supporting Democrat Paul Tuss in his successful race against incumbent Republican Ed Hill for Montana House District 28. The complaint that precipitated the decision was filed by Hill County Republican Central Committee Chair Andrew Brekke, who said he just wants to see everyone in the political s...
Programs to help people celebrate the holidays are underway, with Tuesday the deadline for people to sign up for the Havre Community Food Bank and The Salvation Army’s Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets and the last day for in-person registrations for The Angel Tree Program. A Salvation Army flyer said to fill out an application for the food baskets, provided for low-income and needy families in the area, people can call 406-265-6411 to set up an appointment. Applications for The Angel Tree program will be done at that t...
