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Posted May 16, 2024 Due to production problems, this week’s edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle could not be mailed Wednesday. The production manager expects the paper to be mailed and be in racks and outlets today. The paper expects that the problem has been resolved and the Chronicle should be back to its normal schedule next week. The paper’s staff said they apologized to subscribers for the delay....
Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said in a release issued Tuesday that a deputy shot a man in Hill County early Tuesday morning after a chase. Hill County sheriff’s deputies responded to notification from Rocky Boy police at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday that tribal officers were in pursuit of a pickup truck leaving Rocky Boy”s Indian Reservation and the occupants of the vehicle were shooting at the officers while fleeing. Deputies responded to the area of Fresno Road and U.S. Highway 87 were the pickup had become stuck and the occ...
With the change to a weekly paper, Havre Weekly Chronicle also has new subscription rates. Rates to subscribers in Hill County are: For subscribers in Hill County, One month — $3.50 Three months — $10.50 Six months — $21.00 Yearly — $42.00 For subscribers out of Hill County, the rates are: One month — $4.30 Three months — $12.90 Six months — 25.80 Yearly — $52.00 For more information, call the Havre Weekly Chronicle Circulation Department at 406-365-6795....
The Hill County health officer gave an explanation on why businesses and residents are being treated differently on the issue of water usage in Havre and gave some explanations and updates on the issue during the Hill County Commission business meeting Thursday. Health Officer Kim Berg, who also is the director of the Hill County Health Department, said businesses can't use the water to provide to customers because that is the state law. "If an establishment is on public or...
Editor’s note: Due to an editorial error, school election results were not listed in the Thursday, May 9, 2024, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle. Full results of local school elections will be posted here and printed in next week’s edition. A mill levy school officials said was needed to support operations of Havre’ public elementary schools failed in Tuesday’s election, with 989 votes for the levy and 1,109 against. In the election for two seats on the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees, incumbents Jacob Ingram and Lor...
Press release CHINOOK - The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation announced that Independence Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines have provided a $60,000 grant from the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund. This matching grant program, which was introduced in 2023, provides nearly $20 million to eligible organizations in order to strengthen communities in target areas of the FHLB Des Moines district. In 2024, the FHLB Des Moines increased the Member Impact Fund...
Members of the Havre City Council announced they will be distributing free cases of water to community members in need at four locations, one each for one of the City Wards, Saturday, May 11 from 9-10 a.m. The release about the distribution said water for distribution for Ward 1 will be at Memorial Park, for Ward 2 will be at Optimist Park, for Ward 3 will be at Deaconess Park and for Ward 4 will be at Pepin Park. Cases will be limited by availability. "All are welcome to...
Updated 1:44 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2024 Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said during the commission's business meeting this morning the commission was declaring an emergency due to flooding on Beaver Creek. He said this is not a disaster declaration at this point, just an emergency. He said the county is collecting information about the damages from the flooding, which he said is likely to continue for several days, and encouraged members of the public to submit photos...
The office of the Hill County Justice of the Peace has announced some relocations and possible temporary disruption of service due to work on the Hill County Courthouse. A press release said that, due to replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system on the second and third floors of the Hill County Courthouse, Hill County Justice Court of Record will be temporarily relocated until further notice. The office will be moving the week of May 20, 2024, to the...
Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said about 1 this afternoon that the waters are rising in Beaver Creek Reservoir — First Lake — and are likely to top the spillway this afternoon. He said the dam operator reported at about 8 this morning that the inflow into First Lake was 279 cubic feet per-second and the outflow was 139 cfs with the water level 2.5 feet below the spillway. By 11:37 a.m. inflow 892 cfs and the water was about 9 inches from going over the spillway “So it looks like we might test-drive our spill...
Filed 11:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2024. On the fourth item of the agenda for Havre City Council's meeting tonight, the council, mayor and city officials had close to three hours of comments, questions, criticism and some support on the water boil advisory issued in April. A health advisory was issued in February when a high level of unidentified sediment came into the plant from the Milk River. April 19, after consultation with county, state and federal agencies following a...
Posted Monday, May 6, 2024 Havre Public Works said Friday that it met with state officials and it was determined the water boiling advisory will remain in effect for at least two more weeks. Havre City Council's agenda for its meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in City Hall includes an update on the recent water system advisory. Citing what it called an abundance of caution, the city government issued a boil advisory Friday, April 19, after an increase in the illness Giardiasis in...
After printing deadline for this story, Havre Community Pool announced Hill County Health Department cleared it to reopen. See a related story at www.havredailynews.com. The water boil advisory still is in effect in Havre, with the end date still unknown, but city officials say work is progressing as required. The Havre advisory tells people that they should boil water for at least a minute before using it for drinking, cooking or brushing teeth to prevent any chance of being affected by the parasite giardiasis, which can...
Montana State University-Northern held its 2024 graduation ceremonies this morning, with 279 candidates eligible to receive a total of 411 degrees; 115 women and 164 men eligible for 64 certificates, 158 associate degrees, 174 bachelor's degrees and 14 master's degrees. Graduation speaker Flint Rasmussen, a world-renowned entertainer and rodeo clown - and a former Havre High School math and science teacher - said he had one point he wanted to stress, he learned from living in...
Big Sandy farmer and agricultural researcher Bob Quinn, Ph.D., has taken another step to put his knowledge and experience to use to help the world. A release said the Quinn Institute, a groundbreaking research and demonstration hub designed to foster the evolution of regenerative organic agriculture and a place-based approach to solving the national food and health crisis, has been started on 700 acres of donated land that previously was part of the Quinn Farm and Ranch...
Hi-Line Arts Council is reminding people that the annual Art Alley Spring Celebration is coming up May 11. The event is a celebration in the Art Alley, the alley between Second and Third streets and Third and Fourth avenues the Downtown Havre Matters! spearheaded cleaning up and turning into an event venue. The free event May 11 will run from 3 to 7 p.m. - weather permitting - and includes The event will include live music, kids activities, food trucks and art exhibits,...
A local florist made a flowery donation to a local fundraiser to help defray expenses for people who have to travel for a serious medical condition. Tomi Simonson, owner of Shores Floral in Chinook, held a Daffodil Fundraiser and presented a $7,015 check for the Serving of Hope fundraiser, which took over from the Men Who Cook for Women Who Wine fundraiser that was held to raise money for the Northern Montana Sletten Cancer Center. Since Serving of Hope started in 2009, it...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A Hays man convicted by a federal jury of sexually abusing a minor girl on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced May 1 to three years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Following a three-day trial, the jury Oct. 5, 2023 found Daniel Jacob Werk, 38, guilty of sexual abuse of a minor, as charged in an indictment. Chief U.S....
Valley County Coroner released the name of a man who died after being shot by deputies Sunday following a chase that started in Phillips County. Michael John Wiederrich of Saco, 40, died at the scene Sunday of the shooting after a violent high-speed chase. Phillips County Sheriff Jerry Lytle said a press release that sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect in a shooting south of Saco after a car chase in which the suspect rammed a deputy’s vehicle. “This is a difficult time for both the suspect’s family and the deputie...
Reagan Cotton MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Of Montana State University's seven agricultural research centers, the facility in Havre, the Northern Agricultural Research Center, is the largest by several metrics: acreage, staff and cows. When fully staffed, the 7,000-acre center is home to as many as 400 mother cows and about two dozen employees, including four tenure-track faculty and a research scientist. Research programs include two focused on animal science and two focused on...
From Havre Daily News staff Hill County Conservation District representatives will be distributing wildflower seed again this spring, and seed packets, which cover 100 square feet and 1,500 square feet, will be distributed starting Saturday at Pepin Park. As a participant of the Montana Association of Conservation Districts pollinator program, Hill County Conservation District passes out free wildflower seeds to the community to beautify the county and support native and production pollinators. All the wildflower species are...
Press release A substantial fundraising effort has been achieved in the effort to rehabilitate the Chinook Community Pool and Ensign Sweet Memorial Park. “This past January, the amazing Schellin Family put out a challenge to donors to match a donation of up to $100,000 for the Chinook Pool and Park project, and donors came out in full force,” the nonprofit Friends of the Pool and Park said in a press release. “The family set a deadline of March 31st, and by late March, the donation total match amount neared $89,000 of the $...
Press release The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission is celebrating May Preservation Month with competition of Donaldson Hall National Historic Register listing. The commisison recently announced the Donaldson Hall National Register Listing has been approved at both the State and National levels. Completed as a collaboration between the local Havre/Hill Count Historic Preservation Commission and Montana State University-Northern, the National Register listing...
From Montana Farmers Union Republican candidates for Montana's District 2 Congressional seat squared off during a live debate Tuesday at Montana State University-Northern in Havre, tackling issues related to agriculture and rural communities. "For more than 100 years, Montana Farmers Union has represented the family farm and brought educational opportunities like this debate this evening to Montanans so they can make an educated vote," said Walter Schweitzer, president of...
The warm weather the region has been experiencing the last few weeks is expected to turn a little cooler, with rain and even snow in the forecast for the region. Temperatures mostly have been hitting the mid- to upper-60s for the past week, with the high in Havre Friday hitting 69 degrees. Havre’s high Monday was 64. But the forecast for this region is calling for the highs to drop, with the predicted high today in the 50s for this region and dropping into the 40s for the rest of the week, back into the 50s and low 60s by S...
