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Gordan Lee Chiefstick, 28, passed away at CHI St. Alexius Healthcare in Bismarck, ND, Friday, March 13, 2020. Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2020, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2020, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Burial will follow in the Chiefstick Family Cemetery.... Full story
Press release HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that uninsured Montanans, who receive a recommendation from a provider, will be eligible to receive coverage for COVID-19 testing and treatment. “This is a significant step in containing the spread of coronavirus in our state. We know that the lack of health insurance often results in the delay of seeing a doctor or being turned away, which could further fuel this pandemic and put other Montanans at risk,” Bullock said. “It’s going to take all of us working t... Full story
Havre Daily News staff The Havre Elks Lodge wants to help ease the concerns of the Havre community over COVID-19. Health and government officials are recommending social distancing — trying to stay at least six feet away from people and reducing trips into the public as much as possible and not gathering in groups. Havre Elks Lodge #1201 is offering services to help with that. A post last night by the lodge said that to help people older than 60 and people at high high risk reduce exposures, it is offering to run errands, b... Full story
Press release HELENA — Attorney General Tim Fox and Motor Vehicle Division Administrator Sarah Garcia announced changes and issued an important reminder Tuesday for Montana’s drivers and vehicle owners For all driver licenses due to expire in March, April or May, Fox and his staff are working with the governor’s office on the possibility of an executive order extending the renewal deadline by 90 days. The goal is to limit the need for visits to MVD stations during the COVID-19 outbreak. Note that an extension of Monta... Full story
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum has announced that, to reduce possible exposure to COVID-19, it is closed to the public until further notice.... Full story
Havre Public Schools held an emergency board of trustees meeting Tuesday to approve the aggregated hours for the 2019-2020 school year. This meeting was held electronically under 2-2-302 Montana Code Annotated. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said as the board is not required to provide notice under 20-3-322 because it was an unforeseen emergency declaration. He said the public schools system is about to run against its aggregated hours, the sum of hours worked by all people employed by the school district... Full story
Havre Daily News staff Along with closing in-facility dining and drinking in restaurants and bars, Hill County now is closing its courthouse and is requiring people to call in if they need access. The Hill County commissioners have made the decision to change our procedures during this effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus," Commissioner Diane McLean said in a statement released this morning. "The courthouse will be locked and we are asking the public to call and make... Full story
The Hill County Sheriff's Office this week announced, to reduce the chance of exposure to novel coronavirus 2019, it was suspending all visitation, religious services and Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the Hill County Detention Center. Inmates will have to communicate with family and friends through mail and telephone. The Sheriff's Office is trying to handle as much casework as possible by telephone and is asking people, especially people who are...
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research held its 45th Annual Economic Outlook Seminar over the internet instead of in Havre Tuesday due to concerns about COVID-19, which was a major theme of the event. Most of the speakers in the seminar, the seventh in its nine-presentation schedule and the first held remotely, addressed the coronavirus issue. Over the five-hour seminar, economists from BBER presented outlooks on the economies of the country and Montana, but many said COVID-19 has made many of their projections...
With work underway to erect the first phase of Montana State University-Northern’s athletic complex — a new football stadium on the practice field on the west end of campus — the university announced it has received two more major donations to bring it closer to its $3 million fundraising goal. See more about the work on the stadium in Sports on Page A6. Recent gifts of $25,000 from Duchscher Kapperud Insurance in Havre and $100,000 from Ezzies Wholesale in Malta bring the university within $400,000 of its goal, North...
Despite the chance that the 2020 Great Northern Fair could be canceled due to coronavirus concerns, The Great Northern Fair Board continued to discuss and vote on projects in preparation for this year’s fair. During the public comments section Stacy Baldwin of Baldwin Insurance, who has expressed interest in sponsoring a band for the fair discussed the logistics of doing that. The board did not make any solid plans for the sponsorship because it is something they’d never done before. “We don’t have a mechanism for that,...
Rita Kay Robertson, 74, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the Missouri River Medical Center Nursing Home in Fort Benton, Montana. Cremation has taken place and services will be held in May. A full obituary will follow.... Full story
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported Tuesday at 12:14 p.m. that someone broke into her home, damaging the door. -- An arrest was made during a vehicle stop on Fifth Avenue Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. No details on the charges were provided. -- Officers investigated a theft report made Tuesday at 6:04 p.m. on Third Street. -- An arrest was made after a caller on Third Street reported at 5:28 a.m. today that an tried to cut the caller with a cup. Hill County...
Havre Salvation Army announced some changes it is making due to the presence of the novel coronavirus 2019 in the state to protect its employees, volunteers and customers, including not accepting donations until further notice. Salvation Army said people should not leave items outside the store with the intention of donating them as they will be disposed of. The store’s hours are set at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and it is closed Sundays. The store staff will be cleaning the store following guidelines put o...
There are myths of COVID-19 that need to be addressed. This is not another flu. Some data suggests that the mortality rate of COVID-19 is 10- to 30-times higher than seasonal influenza (flu). There are no drug treatments. There are no current vaccines and a vaccine is not expected for another 12-18 months at best. Yes, most people will have a mild illness with COVID-19, roughly 80 percent, but the most vulnerable in our population will pay the price if nothing is done. Persons aged 60 and above and those with preexisting...
It’s a very gray day. Today is exactly the sort of day I am most grateful for dogs. Walking in my neighborhood, everyone feels the need to share the latest dire news. Meeting in the street, we almost feel irresponsible if we don’t express our concern and our dismay and our confusion. The people with dogs, however, have it easy. Because dogs don’t care. Nearly every day, I encounter dogs. There is Graham, the black Lab, who is supposedly being trained as a service dog. Graha...
After the abrupt end to the basketball season, many teams across Montana were crowned co-champions, while some were left wondering what would happen next. Regardless, the Havre High basketball teams made some strides this season and now, some of those players have been recognized in the Northeast A All-Conference/Class A All-State selections. Blue Pony boys head coach Walynn Burgess was glad to see such a great list of athletes across the conference and from his team be...
There hasn't been a lot to smile about as of late. But, with the sun shining on a Havre blanketed in a late winter snow, Montana State University-Northern head football coach Andrew Rolin was all smiles Tuesday afternoon as he looked over what is no longer his practice fields on MSU-N's campus. The reason the practice fields are gone? Because, on Tuesday, tractors and other heavy equipment were busy tearing up the area that once housed the Lights' practice fields and will even...
