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  • Quick Pics: High winds hit the area

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

  • Disagreements arise about beaver trapping alternatives

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    Continued discussion of beaver trapping in Beaver Creek Park sparked disagreement among members of the Hill County Park Board, who met Monday in the Hill County Court House. Discussion of the subject began when park board member Renelle Braaten said Dave Pauli, a senior advisor with the Humane Society of the United States, whom she had brought to a board meeting last year, wanted to come back to Beaver Creek Park with a team and evaluate the area so that they could make recommendations on alternative methods of beaver...

  • Havre approved as Montana Main Street affiliate

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    Havre Mayor Tim Solomon announced during a City Council meeting Monday that Havre was approved to be an affiliate for the Montana Main Street program. “It helps with some technical assistance as far as moving forward and there’s grant funding as far as doing the program,” he said. “One of the first ideas behind it is to make a plan, as far as to help us with the development planning and help finance that, hopefully is what we put in first.” It puts everyone on the same track as far as what they want to see for the downtown,...

  • Havre Streets and Sidewalks Committee continues discussion of SIDS

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    Havre City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee met Monday after the council's regular meeting and discussed what some of the next steps might be for paying for improvements to city infrastructure including fixing the streets. Committee member Denise Brewer said the committee and the rest of the council need to talk about the next steps in the direction they want to go. "We have certain areas in town that we think should be targeted, areas that we want to promote special...

  • Park board receives updates for ongoing issues

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    The Hill County Park Board heard updates on several issues at its monthly meeting Monday in the Hill County Courthouse. There have been no developments regarding the folf course, and no new sponsors have been found, Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said. Assistant to the park superintendent Aubrey Williams presented the board with three reports of cabins in Beaver Creek Park that were deemed deficient. Based on the notes in the reports though she said there were a few more. Those cabins will need to be repaired by...

  • For the Record, March 3, 2020

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

    Havre Police Department A Grant Avenue caller reported debit card fraud at 10:20 a.m. Monday. -- Monday at 1:41 p.m., a caller on Fourth Avenue reported a cigarette dispenser had been stolen. -- A caller Monday at 2:25 p.m. reported from Second Street that someone had stolen car parts from him. -- A damaged mailbox was reported on Wilson Avenue Monday at 3:57 p.m. -- An arrest was made after a caller at a First Street West business reported Monday at 4:54 p.m. that people were...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission business meeting

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission business meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Resolutions Approval of growth policy Ordinances Contracts: Planning Grant agreement Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Ag Exemption HRDC Workplan County needs: COA requests...

  • Correction - North Star school elections

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

    A story on Page A3 of Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about school board elections for North Star Public Schools misreported the name of the board....

  • Obituary - William Laurence Larsen

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

    William Laurence Larsen of Havre, 78, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place and there are no services planned at this time....

  • Harlem holding election for two school board seats

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    The Harlem Public School District has announced its upcoming school election will be held Tuesday, May 5. Two seats are up for election, each with a three-year term, currently held by Johnathan Walker and Dean Doney Jr. To file for a seat on the Harlem School Board, people can contact Business Manager Clerk Lori Owens for candidate forms. The deadline to file is March 26....

  • Early Childhood Screening set in Gildford

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

    Press release Parents of preschool children in the North Star and Cottonwood School Districts and Gildford, East End and Hilldale colonies who would like to have their children participate in a free Early Childhood Screening have been informed that a screening is set for Thursday, March 19 The screening will run from 9 a.m. to noon at North Star Elementary School in Gildford. For appointments, people can call Katie at 376-3183. The screening is sponsored by the Bear Paw Cooperative....

  • 4-H Exchange holding Pizza Hut fundraiser Thursday

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    A pizza fundraiser is set for Thursday to help pay for travel expenses for the 4-H Exchange Program. “The exchange program is called Interstate Exchange and it allows our kids to go and we raise money and we match up with a different place,” 4-H Leader Dominique Preputin said. She said they have not found a match for this summer, but they are still looking, although they may have to put off the program till summer of 2021. “It teaches kids about agriculture, about the animals, about different areas, but it also makes frien...

  • Sports Photo: Squirts wins a state championship at home...

    Updated Mar 3, 2020

  • Belt ends Big Sandy's magical postseason run

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    They say all good things must come to an end. That was the case for the Big Sandy boys and their Cinderella basketball season. On Monday night in the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls, the Pioneers were thumped by the Belt Huskies, 58-39 in a Northern C challenge game. The loss gave the Pioneers third place, while Belt got the second-place trophy, and advanced to next week's Class C state tournament in Missoula. Big Sandy, which finished third at the District 9C two weeks ago...

  • Lights begin Frontier playoff march at Montana Tech

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    Jan. 23, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were 2-7 in the Frontier Conference. Needless to say, with the season halfway gone, the Lights were in tough shape. But, Northern head coach Shawn Huse never wavered on his belief that his team was still destined to be a force in the Frontier. And, eventually, his Lights proved him right. The Lights finished the regular season by going 7-2, knocking off a plethora of NAIA and Frontier powers, and getting to .500 in the...

  • Frontier Notebook: Frontier playoffs are set

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 3, 2020

    To say the Frontier Conference men's and women's basketball season was exciting would be putting it mildly. In many ways, the Frontier may have easily been the toughest league in the NAIA this season. Now though, it's all about the postseason, as the Frontier playoffs begin tonight. On the men's side, Lewis-Clark State (27-3, 15-3) won the league title outright, and earned a first-round bye. The Warriors will host the lowest remaining seed in the tourney in the semifinals on F...

  • Updated Feb 26, 2020