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After a months-long search for a new organizer, Havre's Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic is back on track for 2022 after two years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Havre resident and business owner Cassie Denny is now organizing the event in the wake of The Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic Planning Committee losing two key members in Allen "Woody" Woodwick and committee chairperson Sherri Simonson, who left the committee earlier this year. Last...
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 Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Gifted land to the Molitors County needs Closed-door litigation meeting Auditor — denied claim Mail procedure Quit claim deeds...
James L. "Jim" Lowen, 66, passed away surrounded by his family at Benefis Healthcare on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Jim's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Rick Hodshire officiating. Jim's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to the Havre Trails, Friends of Beaver Creek Park, or the charity of the... Full story
Mable “Delores” Ball, 83, passed away due to natural causes at the Care and Comfort Home Friday, May 20, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 26, 2022, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Megan Hoewisch officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Delores’ family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to the Care and Comfort Home or the charity of the donor’s choice.... Full story
Lyle Ophus, 83, passed away May 20, 2022, at Big Sandy Medical Center in Big Sandy, MT. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2022, at St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church in Big Sandy.... Full story
Havre Police Department David Taylor Eagleman of Havre, 62, was arrested on charges of forgery-counterfeit and theft of labor, services or use of property and on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a First Street West business reported Monday at 10:09 a.m. receiving a fake $20. —— Monday at 10:43 a.m., Child Protective Services reported a sex offense in the Havre area. —— Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 7:05 p.m. asking to speak with an officer about suspicious activity. —— A Monday 8:37 p.m. c...
Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher met with the Hill County Commission Monday morning to discuss the city’s plans for urban deer management and seek the commission’s support. Kaercher said the plan is still in draft stages at this point, but it has been sent to members of the city council was well as Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and he hasn’t heard any objections to it yet. He said this year’s plan would only apply within city limits, but the county owns adjacent land so he wanted to keep them informed and hoped they would s...
Press release The Montana Early Childhood and Family Support Division recognizes that the need for summer care and summer programming for school-age children is important for a child’s development and to the economic viability of Montana. The scholarship is for children entering kindergarten through fifth grade in the fall of 2022. Parents must be employed, attending school or have special circumstances. Families must demonstrate they are paying for summer care — summer/sports camps, Boys & Girls Club, babysitters, nannies, a...
This past week, I was honored to help bring together educators, the Montana Board of Regents, legislators and agricultural industry leaders for the first Montana Education and Agriculture Showcase. The event couldn’t have happened without planning and assistance from Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel, Sen. Mike Lang, Sen. Shannon O’Brien, Pad McCracken and the great work of Jodi Kueffler, executive secretary for the chancellor. All said and done, 128 people were able to eat a delicious meal entirely sou...
Editor, The Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association wishes to extend a huge thanks to all the people, institutions, grant providers and the Northern Agricultural Research Center that have assisted in rehabilitation work on the historic Officers Amusement Hall at Fort Assinniboine. The project, which will near completion in June, is being completed by Clausen and Sons, who were awarded the contract and are performing the work. Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association...
While all eyes are on Havre High sports wrapping up their spring seasons, other athletics are taking place on the Hi-Line. Over the past few weeks, the youth soccer team, the Hi-Line United Soccer Club 19U team, has competed in several games. While the United have been through several ups and downs through the spring, head coach Jayson Burrington believes they have played well this season. "The season is going pretty well," Burrington said. "A lot of improvement as we have...
A pair of local products are about to be the newest members of the Montana High School Association/Wendy's Hall of Fame. Last week, the MHSA announced its Class of 2022 Hall of Fame inductees, including former Havre High great Gary Wagner, who graduated from Havre High in 2005 and was a three-sport star. As a starting quarterback, he was 22-2 at Havre High and 27-1 at Carroll College, for a mark of 49-3. At Havre High, Wagner was all-conference and all-state in football both...
They beat the weather. With horrible weather last weekend, the Class C and B state golf tournaments got done just in time. At the Class C state tournament in Sidney last week, Fort Benton's Casha Corder won the girls state championship by seven strokes with 174. Chinook meanwhile, was led by Shay Hauer with a 218, Morgan Friede with a 235 and Hallie Kralich with a 261. On the boys side, Chinook's Braden Eoff shot 208, while Fort Benton's Andrew Ballantyne shot 208 and Jackson...
