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Joyce Borlaug, 77, passed away due to natural causes at Peace Hospice Sunday, January 2, 2022. Services are pending....
Joe Verploegen, 65, passed away due to natural causes at Benefis Healthcare Monday, January 3, 2022. Services are pending....
Following confirmation last week of the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 being in Hill County, the area has again started to see a surge in cases, though still not as high as earlier last fall. Hill County Health Department, which reported Thursday four new cases and 12 active cases in the county, said in its update Monday the county had 26 new cases confirmed from Friday on, with 32 active cases in the county. The update said the department had no...
City finance clerk Doug Kaercher was sworn in to a new office Monday at Havre City Council's meeting, taking his new position as the mayor of Havre. Kaercher then swore in the newly elected members of the city council and the city judge. Among those sworn in were City Judge Janie M. Hedstrom, Ward 1 Councilperson Kimberly Bolta, Ward 2 Councilperson Heather Parker, Ward 3 Councilperson Lindsey Ratliff, Ward 3 Councilperson Andrew Brekke and Ward 4 Councilperson Sarah...
At its monthly meeting Monday night the Hill County Park Board heard a request from Debbie and Ray Kallenberger that they be given access to grazing land they allege was improperly given to area grazers when they were given no chance to apply to use. Debbie Kallenberger said in 2009 her family sold the cattle they had grazing on the park after a cancer diagnosis, and they requested that the board’s grazing committee let them keep the lease but let someone else use it. Kallenberger said the committee allowed this, but after t...
A Hingham man was being held in the Hill County Detention Center this morning on more than $1.3 million bond on charges including threatening to shoot a state district judge. Daniel J. Alex, last confirmed age 37, was listed on the Hill County Detention Center roster this morning as being held on $500,000 bond for intimidation, $500,000 bond for violating conditions of release on the intimidation charge, $250,000 bond on a probation violation, $75,000 bond on a violation of...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 935 new cases, 3,785 active cases, 137 hospitalizations and 2,911 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 199,455 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Monday that 26 new cases were reported Friday through Monday and 6 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 32 active cases in the county and 3,577 total cases. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Monday that it was notified o...
Press release The North Star High School speech and drama team went to Fort Benton Saturday Dec. 18, and participated in a successful meet. In speech, Brodie Jackson placed sixth in informative speaking and Collin Welch took second in humorous oral interpretation of literature. On the drama side, Emily Conner took first in dramatic solo acting. Overall, the North Star Knights placed third in Class C drama and speech sweeps....
Press release Havre Community Pool announced Monday that the lap swims from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. are canceled this week Monday through Friday and next Monday through Friday, along with the 6 - 9 a.m. lap swim Friday of this week. The Havre Community Pool will be closed Monday, Jan. 17, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. In addition, no 6 - 9 a.m. lap swim will be held Wednesday, Jan. 19, or Friday, Jan. 21. For more information, people can call 406-265-8161 or 406-265-5781....
Theresa B. Kvande, 99, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center Thursday, December 30, 2021. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until noon with Theresa’s funeral service beginning at 2:00 p.m., all Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Pastor Curt Curtis officiating. Burial will follow next to her husband Trigve in Highland Cemetery. Her family has suggested memorial donations be made in Theresa’s memory to the Paddy Damschen Memorial Track Scholarship Fund, 128...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2685 Establishing Regular meeting dates of the County Commissioners and Hours of County Offices of Hill County Contracts Board appointments Fair board: Bob Kaul Weed district: Bob Vosen and Arleen Rice Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Maintenance agreement...
A story about recreational marijuana on the front page of Monday’s edition of Havre Daily News left out that recreational marijuana sales are legal in Blaine as well as Hill County but not in Choteau or Liberty County. That is due to a law passed by the 2021 Legislature making recreational marijuana sales contingent on whether the county voters approved the initiative allowing recreational marijuana sales....
Havre Police Department A caller on Fifth Avenue reported Monday at 10:49 a.m. that someone had tried to break in her door during the holidays. -- Curtis George Healy of Havre, 20, and Timothy W. Healy of Havre, 20, were each arrested on a state District Court warrant served at District Court Monday at 1:46 p.m. -- Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 4:30 p.m. to speak to an officer about a fraud. -- Earl Charles Rainingbird of Box Elder, 54, was arrested on a...
TUESDAY High School Basketball Chinook girls at CJI Chinook boys at CJI THURSDAY High School Basketball Rocky Boy girls vs Malta Ricky Boy boys vs Malta College Basketball Skylights at RMC, 5 p.m. Lights at RMC, 7 p.m. FRIDAY High School Basketball Havre boys vs Miles City, 6 p.m. Havre girls at Miles City, 6 p.m. HLP girls vs Turner HLP boys vs Turner Box Elder girls vs Big Sandy Box Elder boys vs Big Sandy CJI girls vs North Star CJI boys vs North Star Chinook girls vs...
As Havre goes through another harsh winter, the Havre High School swimming teams are not afraid to dive right back into the season as they return from their winter break. The Blue Ponies will start the second half of their season this Saturday when they swim against Great Falls and CMR at Havre Community Pool. One swimmer returning to the pool this weekend will be junior Carson Sandstrom. This will be the first time the Ponies will swim at home this season, so Sandstrom is...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights return to the hardwood this week. But Northern head coach Chris Mouat is also building for the future. Mouat has announced the signing of Rachel Van Blaricom to join the Skylight program next fall. Van Blaricom is a 5-9 senior guard from Jefferson County High School in Boulder. To date, Van Blaricom has scored 999 points for the Panthers, which puts her 189 away from breaking the all-time scoring record at Jefferson High. She...
With a wealth of experience now under this belt, former Havre Blue Pony Parker Filius is full steam ahead for the Purdue Boilermakers. Wrestling at 141 pounds, Filius, a two-time All Big-Ten standout, placed fifth at last weekend's Mattmen Open at the University of Illinois. Filius won four matches at the open tournament, which is a prelude to the upcoming Big-Ten season. Heading into the conference season, Filius is 6-0 in duals, and also has a sixth-place finish the Cliff...
Year in and year out, Frontier Conference women's basketball is as good as any in the NAIA. The league routinely sends quality teams to the national tournament, and has recently produced national champions and championship contenders. And though there will be changes to the 2022 season, the fact that the Frontier is the best conference in the NAIA won't. In fact, the league might be better than ever this winter. And that's exciting because, fans are back in the stands, the...
Frontier Conference men's basketball is back, and though the coronavirus is still a black cloud hanging over all of college athletics, this winter is going to look a lot different than the last. For starters, fans are back. Last season, the entire Frontier season was played in empty gyms around Montana. Secondly, the schedule has been changed. Last year, teams played each other on back-to-back days, and four times throughout the year, but the league has now returned to an unba...
