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UPDATE Dec. 11, 2024: Chouteau County Coroner has released the name of the man who died in a crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. Jerry Dean Frahm of Havre, 85, was killed in the crash. Posted Dec. 6, 2024: Montana Highway Patrol reports an 85-year-old Havre man was killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. The Chouteau County Sheriff’s Office said this morning the name of the fatality has not yet been released. The Highway Patrol report said the man, who was driving the Chevrolet Tahoe that crashed, was d...
A post on the Havre Public Works Facebook page reports that a water main break was reported on McKinley Avenue between 12th and 13th streets west. “Crews are ready to begin work as soon as the utility locates are complete,” the post says, adding, “please avoid this area to let our guys work safely and efficiently and to make the necessary repairs and get residents back in service.” “Thank you for your patience and cooperation,” the post concludes....
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are seeking any information regarding two deer that were shot after the general season in eastern Blaine County. Wardens received a report of a deer left to waste on private property along New Hope Road in eastern Blaine County, about six miles west of Harlem. After investigating, wardens found the wasted deer that was reported, and in addition, found more blood and drag marks nearby, indicating that a second deer was...
Press release The Salvation Army is asking everyone in Havre to donate to support neighbors in need this holiday season. People can drop cash or checks into a Red Kettle or donate online at northwest.salvationarmy.org. Red Kettle donations help The Salvation Army meet the urgent needs of thousands of families who will not have Christmas this year without the community's support. In Havre, $9,540.17 had been raised via Red Kettle contributions by Dec. 5, however an additional...
Press release Editor’s note: This version corrects how long Gary Springer has been retired. The Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission has selected the GN 2584 Engine as this 13th historical ornament. The first ornament was presented in 2011, it depicted the historical Havre Post Office. The ornament was a sellout. This year’s ornament idea was brought to the Commission by Gary Springer, a retired railroad employee. Springer started work for the railroad 40 years ago, ret...
From Havre Public Schools At approximately 7:50 am a parent identified a vehicle parked near the Highland Park School utilizing a recording device. During this time HPS administration made the decision to increase adult supervision with a heightened level awareness while children were outside. Our continuous level of security and building checks were maintained. Havre Police were notified and attempted to identify the vehicle. The vehicle was again seen in the area at...
Editor's notes: Anyone with upcoming holiday events they want in Havre Weekly Chronicle can email [email protected] or call Tim Leeds at 406-265-6795. Events celebrating the holiday season get underway in full swing this week, with a community Thanksgiving Dinner and a slate of activities set for Saturday. The Havre-Hill County Library already started, with wagon rides held last Saturday and a sling auction fundraiser for Friends of the Library that began Friday and...
An influx of money from the state of Montana has covered the costs to irrigators for repairing the system that brings much of the money to the Milk River each year. The state announced early in November that a deal had been reached with the Milk River Joint Board of Control, the board that oversees the irrigation projects along the Milk River in this part of Montana, to provide at $26 million loan to the board to use in repairing the siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conve...
Press release Havre Elks Lodge (BPOE 1201) will conduct their annual Memorial Service Sunday, December 1st at 2:00 p.m. in the Lodge Room located at 321 2nd Street. Lodge Exalted Ruler Matt Kretchmer, stated that this annual service honors the memory of Elks members who have passed away during the past year — as well as remembering those Elk members who have gone on before. This years’ guest speaker will be Curt Curtis from the Havre Assembly of God church. The Havre Elks Lodge officers will perform the Memorial Ritual and...
By Emily Mayer Thanksgiving was on its way, and the Personals society pages were chock-full of people leaving Havre to visit family or people coming to Havre to visit family during the big holiday. The larger grocery stores were advertising Thanksgiving turkeys, as were the beloved neighborhood stores that once dotted the town, as well as fruits and vegetables to go with that all-important holiday bird. For dessert, you could purchase your choice of marshmallow or black walnut ice cream or raspberry sherbet in brick form for...
Press release The North Star speech and drama team competed in the Conrad Whoop Up Tournament Saturday, Nov. 16. In drama, the humorous theatre trio of Jon Schaumloeffel, Cooper Clawson and Josh Campbell placed 4th. They brought home the 3rd-place drama finish for the team. On the speech side, in original oratory, Ecko Fraser took 2nd and Savannah Schaumloeffel placed 7th. In spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, C.J. Berton placed 8th. In humorous oral interpretation,Troy Barrett took 9th. Aydan Bettelyoun placed...
Press release Hill County will hold a public meeting on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the 4-H Chuckwagon Building located at the Great Northern Fairgrounds in Havre, Montana to discuss with the public a proposed waste water and water RSID in the area of Old Post Road to the Meadowlark Estates. For more information, please contact the Hill County Commissioners at 406-265-5481....
Editor’s note: This version corrects the date of the double homicide and corrects the spelling of one of the victims from the information in federal court documents to match the spelling in his obituary. GREAT FALLS — A woman admitted on Nov. 13 to lying on a form to buy two firearms that were later used in a double homicide in Box Elder, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a press release last Thursday. The defendant, Airian Mariah Russette, 30, pleaded guilty to false statement during a firearms transaction. Russette fac...
Press release The North Star speech and drama team competed in the Conrad Whoop Up Tournament Saturday, Nov. 16. In drama, the Humorous Theatre Trio of Jon Schaumloeffel, Cooper Clawson and Josh Campbell placed 4th. They brought home the 3rd-place Drama finish for the team. On the speech side, in Original Oratory, Ecko Fraser took 2nd and Savannah Schaumloeffel placed 7th. In Spontaneous Oral Interpretation CJ Berton placed 8th . In Humerout Oral Interpretation,Troy Barrett...
Press release The Montana Department of Transportation and its contractor, Wickens Construction, have paused the project to reconstruct a portion of US Highway 2 (US 2) between Zurich and Harlem for the winter. This project will widen a 7-mile stretch of US 2 between the intersections with Eight Mile Road, 4 miles east of Zurich, and Thirty Mile Road, just west of Harlem. It will include 12-foot travel lanes and 8-foot shoulders, adding 2 miles of passing lanes in both directi...
The Salvation Army welcomed another holiday season last Friday with the kickoff of the annual Red Kettle Campaign. The Salvation Army Havre Service Center Director Trina Crawford said they are "in need of bellringers". "I highly encourage the community to support our local Salvation Army. They do so much charitable work... and it's so crucial they have the support from the community," Hill County Commissioner Sheri Williams said, "Hopefully we will get record amounts during th...
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff The Foundation for Rural Service and Triangle Communications are inviting high school juniors served by Triangle to apply for a chance to travel to the nation’s capital. The Foundation and Triangle each year sponsor up to two high school juniors to a trip to Washington every proudly sponsors up to 2 high school juniors each year for a trip of a lifetime to Washington, D.C., every summer. Any 16-17 year old high school junior who is a dependent of a subscriber who receives landline telephone or b...
Press release Hill County has been chosen to receive a Phase 39 award of $6,933, Phase 40 award of $4,542, and Phase 41 award of $5,041.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. Funds must be spent by December 31, 2024. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army; American Red Cross; United Jewish Communities; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in...
Sunnyside Intermediate School students did a preview of the famed Brawl of the Wild MSU Bobcat UM Grizzly football game set for this weekend, with the Cats coming out on top. Sunnyside flew a MSU flag Monday in honor of the victory. Sunnysidede librarian Jade Miller said the school held a reading Brawl of the Wild Challenge using the Accelerated Reader program utilized by the school. In the program, students take a comprehension test an earn points for reading books...
Emily Mayer It was Education Week in 1924, and the Havre Daily Promoter was full of news regarding the event. Havre Junior High was hosting many of those activities, with the itinerary published in the November 16, 1924, issue. JUNIOR HIGH PLANS EDUCATIONAL WEEK ACTIVITIES The teaching staff of the Junior high school is urging parents of pupils to visit school during Education Week and has arranged a number of interesting programs. Monday has been designated as “General Visiting Day”, and all the students have been asked to...
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Havre Community Food Bank is offering holiday food baskets to low-income and needy families in Hill County. To sign up, people can contact The Salvation Army Havre Service Center at 460-265-6411 or stop in at 328 Third St. to sign up. Required documentation is: Photo ID for the head of household, Social Security Card for all household income, proof of residence in Hill County — a power bill or rent receipt suffices — and proof of income. Sizes and gift ideas for children zero to 12 years of age ar...
Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Gov Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation recently entered into a $26 million loan agreement with the Milk River Joint Board of Control to help fund repairs on the St. Mary Canal. June 17, a catastrophic failure of siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance works shut down the diversion that supplies much of the water in the Milk River each year. The river where it enters into Fresno Reservoir has been dry for most of the summer....
Press release The planning for the 2024 Community Thanksgiving dinner is in progress. The intention of this dinner is to provide a free Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to all who wish to participate rich, poor, young, old, singles, couples and families. The spirit of the project is to bring our community together as one big extended family to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday. All supplies are paid for by an anonymous donor and are prepared by volunteers and IGA. The dinner is held at the St. Jude Thaddeus Parish...
While this area pretty well followed the rest of the state in statewide elections, and the state and nation in the presidential elections, Democrats dominated Tuesday in local contested elections, while the area also supported putting the right to choose an abortion in the state Constitution and a Hill Count road mill levy passed and a Liberty County hospital levy passed. The area followed the rest of Montane in re-electing former Republican President Donald Trump to a new term in the office and elected Republicans to the...
