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From USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency county committees begins Thursday, June 15. “County committees allow farmers and ranchers to make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally to best serve their needs,” said Acting FSA Administrator Chris Beyerhelm. “We strongly encourage all eligible producers to visit their local FSA office today to find out how to get involved in their county’s election. There’s a...
The chair of a Havre City Council committee plans to request the creation of an ad hoc committee to look at what should be done about vacant properties after a committee meeting Tuesday to discuss Havreite Samantha Clawson's suggestion the city create a vacant property registration ordinance. Clawson said during Tuesday's Ordinance Committee meeting that she thinks the city needs to do something to make sure empty properties are cared for. "A lot of vacant properties, the...
A man denied using methamphetamine around his 1-year-old and causing her to test positive for the illegal and dangerous drug. Kevin Bigby pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of endangering the welfare of children Tuesday afternoon in District Court. A case worker from Child Protective Services called Havre Police Department dispatch April 7 to report that someone was using meth around a child, a court document says. The case worker reported they had received a report March 18 that Bigby was using meth around his 1-year-old...
Havre Daily News staff The Box Elder schools boys summer basketball program is going to Pizza Hut Thursday to raise some money for the program. If people making a purchase Thursday at the restaurant, whether sitting in, picking up or getting delivery, say they are donating to the Box Elder summer basketball program, Pizza Hut will donate 20 percent of the purchase to the fundraiser. Coach LaVon Myers said the fundraiser will help pay for the summer activity, including a trip to Missoula for the Griz Camp, playing in the...
Road safety is something that benefits us all and should not be a polarizing political issue. Period. During this recent legislative session road safety, specifically a bicycle safe passing law that died in the Senate, became politically divisive. Why is bicycling such a hot button political issue at the state Legislature? Is it due to the misperceptions and myths about bicycling being spread by anti-bicycling political forces? One myth is that bicyclists don’t pay for the roads. Local and state road maintenance is p...
Havre Police Department Officers conducting a 24/7 Sobriety Program check issued a summons to Kyle Webster Brockie of Havre, 34, on charges of criminal contempt and revocation of deferred or suspended sentence at the police department at 8:03 a.m. Tuesday. —— Officers arrested Heather Rose Cochran of Havre, 28, on two Justice or City court warrants at 8:21 a.m. Tuesday at an 11th Street West location. —— Officers served a City Court warrant on Robert Allen Bradford III of Havre, 24, at 8:57 a.m. Tuesday at the Hill County Det...
Front-page articled in Tuesday’s and last Thursday’s editions of the Havre Daily News about Memorial Day services misreported the name of Dena Rudio, who sang the national anthem....
Dennis Paul Bergvall was born March 25, 1955, in Havre, Montana to Richard and Ruth (Frandsen) Bergvall, the oldest of four children. Dennis graduated from Havre High School in 1973 where he excelled as a student leader and debater. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington in 1978, where he was active in the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1981, Dennis married Pattie (Ross) Meis in Havre, and they were blessed with three children....
GREAT FALLS - Edward W. Hedstrom, 94, passed away from natural causes at Peace Hospice May 23, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. A memorial service was held in Great Falls Saturday, June 24, in the Rose Room Chapel at the Croxford Funeral Home. Ed was born in 1923 in Kalispell, Montana, to William and Karen Hedstrom. He was the youngest and last surviving of six children. He graduated from Flathead High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946 and was statione...
Lance Clark Peeler was born to Clark and Grace Peeler July 12, 1948, in Havre, Montana. He lost his hard-fought battle with cancer May 10, 2017. He had three siblings, Theresa (Juel) Crawford, Richard Peeler and Michael (Dawn) Peeler. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, and brother, Richard. He married the love of his life, Marion Saylor, Jan. 23, 1971, in Great Falls, Montana. They had four children, Cindy (Brian) Hope, Scott Peeler, Amber (Chester) Brown and Angela (Devon) Younger. They had eight grandchildren,...
By FWP Region 6 Upland Game Bird Specialist Ken Plourde Haying season is fast approaching, along with critical nesting and brood-rearing periods for Montana game birds like pheasants, grouse, Hungarian partridge and waterfowl. Many of these birds try to nest or raise their young in hay fields, which can cause big problems for them when haying equipment comes around. Each year, many nests are destroyed, and hens, chicks and deer fawns are killed by haying equipment. However, just a few small conservation measures during the...
Jake Sedahl/Nate Korb, Havre Tennis An incredible season came to an end in thrilling fashion for Havre tennis doubles duo Nate Korb and Jake Sedahl. The seniors wrapped up their brilliant 2017 season with a Central A title two weeks ago in Bozeman, as well as a second-place finish at the State A tournament last weekend in Kalispell. Sedahl is now a two-time All-State performer, while the tandem capped an impressive record of 33-3 this spring. Sedahl also plays baseball,...
An incredible Montana Grizzly track and field career came to an end for former Havre High standout Sammy Evans last weekend. Evans was competing in the NCAA West Regional in Austin, Texas, where she needed to finish in the Top 12 in the triple jump to advance to the NCAA outdoor championships in Eugene, Oregon. Evans scratched on two of her three jumps but did record a stellar 42-6.25. Unfortunately, that jump was short of the Top 12 by five inches. Evans would finish in 19th...
With school letting out at the end of this week, and with my tennis season - another great one - in the books, I will now be joining the rest of you on the links. I'm not sure for my league teams that's a good thing, as obviously I'm a lot rusty, but for me, golf season has officially begun. And one thing I always look forward to is volunteering at the Golfing For a Cure Tournament every summer. That day comes Saturday. Cancer is an important cause to us all, and I, like so...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team was in action Memorial Day, spending the holiday in Great Falls for a pair of non-conference games. The North Stars took on the Missoula Pioneers in the first game of the day and lost a hard-fought battle 12-5 in 11 innings. Havre then lost to the Great Falls Outlaws 9-1. The North Stars are now 1-4 on the young season. Brendan Garden was on the mound for the game against Missoula and put together a solid outing that had the...
Veronica Jolene Sears of Fort Belknap, 79, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017, due to natural causes. A wake will start today, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at 5 p.m. at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap with a Rosary at 7 p.m. and a funeral service at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1, 2017. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Veronica's online memorial and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandb...
