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Articles from the June 8, 2020 edition


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  • Health Board: increased testing could lead to more cases

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jun 8, 2020

    The Hill County Health Board met Friday and provided an update about other counties decisions to hold their county fairs. Havre Daily News attempted to attend the meeting via GotoMeeting but was unable to connect, but was provided minutes of the meeting. Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester., said Toole, Liberty, Glacier and Pondera County have decided to continue with the Marias Fair in Shelby, but haven’t figured how to do 4-H safely. He said the counties plan to clean bathrooms every two hours and more details are yet to be f... Full story

  • Quick Pics: Rain in the fields

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

  • Library re-opens, some restrictions in place

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Havre-Hill County Library re-opened its doors last Wednesday with some restrictions. The library will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Havre-Hill County Library Director Rachel Rawn said the library is only allowing 10 patrons in at a time with a 30-minute time limit. The first hour they are open every day will be reserved for people who are especially vulnerable, she said, such as the elderly and people with any underlying conditions. She said they are continuing to offer curbside pickup for anyone who... Full story

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 548 with 3 new cases.

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 69 with 2 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 51,592 with 4,214 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 18. The number of recoveries was 475 and the number of active cases was 2. The new cases by county were in: Gallatin: 2 new cases, 164 total cases Stillwater: 1 new case, 2 total cases. People can visit the state tracking map online through a link on http://covid19.mt.gov .... Full story

  • MAT gets back into action with summer programs

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Phase Two of Gov. Steve Bullock’s re-opening plan has put Montana Actors’ Theatre back to holding its shows for the upcoming season. The auditions for MAT’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” are set for Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Creative Leisure Building, 417 First Street. Much of MAT’s season was canceled after social distancing and stay-at-home rules were put in place in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the phased re-opening of the state is relaxing some of the restrictions. Watch for m...

  • New grizzly sightings as bear season picks up

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 8, 2020

    The grizzly bear that killed two chickens at a residence 20 miles west of Big Sandy was spotted again 10 miles south of Rudyard Friday of last week. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bear Management Specialist Wesley Sarmento said the grizzly was not causing any trouble when the landowner scared it away. “It was observed, and the landowner ran it off,” Sarmento said. In an interview last week, he said the bear is likely food-conditioned, but appears to retain its fear of humans. FWP also reported on its Facebook page that the...

  • Obituary - Charles A. "Charlie" Klunder

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Charles A. "Charlie" Klunder, 86, passed away due to natural causes at the Big Sandy Medical Center Thursday, May 21, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and at Charlie's request, no services will be held. His family has suggested memorial donations be made in his name to the Havre Lion's Club or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Charlie's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for... Full story

  • Obituary - Charles "Charlie" Frank Brekke

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Charles "Charlie" Frank Brekke passed away peacefully June 3, 2020, at the age of 86. Charlie was born June 29, 1933, in Chinook, MT, to Knute and Doris (Allen) Brekke and was the oldest of 10 children. After growing up in Harlem, he graduated from Harlem High School in 1951, and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in December of the same year. After boot camp he was assigned to the 17th bomber wing of the 34th bomber squadron as an airman second class. He went on to serve as a... Full story

  • Obituary - Rex and Kristine Dramstad

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    A graveside service for Rex and Kristine Dramstad will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 19, 2020, in Highland Cemetery.... Full story

  • Triangle Communications annual meetings set Oct. 3, Oct. 17

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Press release Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications, is planning to hold its 67th Annual Meeting of Members in a new way, with one northern meeting and one southern meeting. The meetings will be streamed live on the co-op’s website. The northern meeting will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, in Havre on the campus of Montana State University-Northern. The southern meeting will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, in the American Legion Hall in Big Timber. A quorum must be met at both l...

  • For the Record, June 8, 2020

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Havre Police Department A Second Avenue caller reported Friday at 11:55 a.m. that a wallet was stolen from a car parked behind the house. -- A sex offense was reported from the Havre area Saturday at 5:15 a.m. -- Officers investigated a Saturday 7:51 a.m. report of a vandalized truck at a First Street establishment. -- Desirea Lee Writingbird of Box Elder, 39, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller on 13th Avenue reported a woman without shoes passed out...

  • MSU Wonderlust to host online presentation on COVID-19 pandemic impact on China-U.S. relations

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Wonderlust will host an online presentation about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Sino-U.S. relations from the perspective of an expert on China. “Sino-U.S. Relations in the Time of COVID-19” will run 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday. Maggie Greene, an assistant professor of Chinese and East Asian cultural history in the Department of History and Philosophy in the College of Letters and Science, will lead the presentation. Greene will discuss the emergence of the virus in th... Full story

  • MSU research team receives grant to study invasive grass management

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    By Reagan Colyer MSU News Service BOZEMAN — An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Montana State University College of Agriculture received a grant to develop an integrated management framework for cheatgrass, an invasive species in Montana and a growing concern for agriculturalists in the Northern Rockies. The team, made up of professors Lisa Rew, Cathy Zabinski and Jane Mangold of the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences and Bok Sowell of the Department of Animal and Range Sciences, was a...

  • Rabies clinics set in Fort Belknap

    Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Havre Daily News staff A rabies vaccine clinic for cats and dogs, along with free distemper and parvovirus vaccines for dogs, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in various locations on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Tuesday, the clinic will be at the Enemy Killer building in Lodge Pole from 9 a.m. to noon and at John Capture Center in Hays, 12:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, the clinic will be administering the vaccines at Wathatau Center in Dodson, 9:30-11 a.m., and at Horse Capture Park at the agency noon to 4...

  • MSU-N's Shawn Huse named a Top 50 most impactful men's basketball coach

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 8, 2020

    Shawn Huse has won more games than any coach in the history of Montana State University-Northern men's basketball. He's won 372 to be exact. So, it's only fitting that, Huse was named to a list of coaches who are the most impactful at his level. Silver Waves Media, a major high school and college sports service, recently named Huse one of the 50 most impactful men's basketball coaches at the NCAA Division II or NAIA level. Huse was just one of two coaches from the Frontier Con...

  • Northstars battle at home jamboree

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jun 8, 2020

    After tough battles with the Lewistown Redbirds last Tuesday, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club had a four-game weekend next on its schedule as part of the Havre Jamboree that went from Friday to Sunday at Legion Field. Havre was up for a big weekend full of action at home. The Northstars started off the jamboree right with a 10-6 win over the Glendive Blue Devils Saturday evening, but then fell to the Gallatin Valley Outlaws 12-1 right after. Then Sunday,...