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From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding Montana’s hemp growers that verification of license information and additional fees are required before growers can be issued their hemp production license, which is needed to harvest and process or sell their crop. The department sent letters to each license holder at the beginning of July asking growers to verify the crop information that will be printed on each grower’s license certificate. The department’s hemp program invol...
Havre Police Department Audrey Mae Bauer of Havre, 48, was issued a summons on a charge of assault with minor injuries, after a 12th Avenue caller reported an assault at 7:20 p.m. Thursday. -- An arrest was made after a 16th Street caller reported an intoxicated driver Thursday at 8 p.m. No details on the charges were provided. -- Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 57, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller at Eighth Avenue and Second Street Thursday at 9:28...
Hill County Health Department Public Health Director Kim Larson said the department has received some photographs which show what could be a toxic harmful algal blooms on both Beaver Creek Reservoir and Bear Paw Lake south of Havre. "They look pretty similar to the harmful algal blooms we've had in the past," she said. Harmful algal blooms, commonly called blue-green algae, can potentially be harmful to both people and animals, she added. The blooms are created by accumulation...
Big Equipment is back, moving into its new building almost two years after the previous building burned down on Christmas Eve, and owner Ron Harmon has set his sights on addressing a growing issue in the agricultural industry. "We want to be different," Ron Harmon said. "So when we burned to the ground, one of the things that I wanted to do with this facility is to change that perception and change that whole thing." The new building is primarily office space with the work on...
For its inaugural Youth Day, the Milk River Gobblers group is bringing experts to Havre Trap Club Saturday for youth, along with their parents and guardians, to enjoy fun activities and a free lunch as they learn about Montana game birds, their habitat and how to hunt them safely and effectively. The event is set for 11 a.m. to about 4 p.m. at the trap club off the south end of Fifth Avenue on the same road as the softball complex, Milk River Gobblers member Jeff Dibblee...
Hill County officials were introduced at their meeting Thursday morning to two new officials, Hill County Superintendent Marie Deegan and Hill County Extension Agriculture Agent Tom Allen. The Ag/4-H position has been empty since March of this year. Allen will start Monday and his duties will include working with farmers and producers in the agriculture and natural resources fields, as well as sharing 4-H Youth Development responsibilities. “In those five months the need for Tom’s position was felt in our office because we...
Press release A nationally best-selling author will be in Havre Wednesday, Sept. 11. Jamie Ford, author of the acclaimed “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” published in 2009, and his following novels, “Songs of Willow Frost,” 2013, and “Love and Other Consolation Prizes,” 2017, will start his presentation at the Havre — Hill County Library at 7 p.m. Ford, who was born in Eureka, California, and lives with his wife and children in Great Falls, will be at the library at 7 p.m. to discuss his books. Copies of his books...
From C.M. Russell Museum GREAT FALLS - Friday, Sept. 6, in Great Falls, the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and the C.M. Russell Museum will celebrate the second "Saddle of Honor" to be awarded to a famous Montana cowboy. This year's recipient will be "Montana's Storyteller in Bronze," Jay Joseph Contway of Great Falls. Contway has spent a lifetime creating western sculpture. His knowledge and respect for the working cowboy shows clearly in his art. Appreciation for the history,...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building Manager meeting 5 p.m. — Mosquito Board meeting Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — DNRC conference call 10:30 a.m. — Road meeting Wednesday Office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approvals Subdivision/survey approval Time for comments from the public. Friday Office hours...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 8. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Ordinance No. 908 (First Reading) — An Ordinance Amending Title 1, Chapter 4, Section 20, Filling Vacant City Council Seat, of the Havre City Code. 2. Resolution No. 3800 — A RESOL...
Don’t be fooled by the current Washington rhetoric about “reforming” the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, Sen. Chuck Grassley has been promoting his bill which would place inflation-based caps on Medicare drug prices. There are also proposals to eliminate “middlemen” and increase transparency in pricing. While these things would be an improvement, they don’t address the fundamental problem of a drug industry gone wild. Thanks to our system for granting patents for new drugs, these companies are given a virtual mon...
I was going to start this column with the eye-catching phrase: I am tired of being a woman. But that’s not true. I’m just tired of all the falderal around the status of womanhood as a whole. Are we objects like doormats or arm candy? Are we being reviled, or are we being too sensitive? Are we being paid less than men; or is it the same amount in some financial mathematics form of “separate but equal,” making that discrepancy true; or is it less because we deserve it? Are fem...
Delores Lynn “Lori” Parisian, 55, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Saturday, August 10, 2019. Wake services will begin at 4:00 p.m. today, August 16, with a Rosary being held at 7:00 p.m. today, all at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Box Elder. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 17, 2019, also at St. Anthony’s. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Lori’s online memorial... Full story
Elizabeth Valencia, 38, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019, at Adventis Health Castle in Honolulu, Hawaii. Wake services will begin at 4:00 p.m. today, Friday, August 16, 2019, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 17, 2019, all at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Elizabeth’s online memorial page and lea... Full story
Brenda Anne Behlke Cremer left us July 18, 2019, to join her husband and love of her life, Terrance “Skip” Cremer, in heaven. Born April 5, 1943, in Sheboygan, WI, to Arnold Ferdinand Behlke and Mabel Eleanor Dodd Behlke, she had two sisters, Carol (Vic) Howard and Elaine (Ward) Brown. All are now deceased, as is her first husband, Ingmar Gjersing Sr. She is survived by five sons — two are stepsons — and a daughter, Darrel (Pete) Cremer, Ingmar (Dawn) Jon Gjersing Jr., John (W... Full story
Mavis Wastweet (Filler) Farnham, died Aug. 13. 2019. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 31, 2019, at Fifth Ave. Christian Church, 2015 Fifth Ave., Havre, MT. Mavis Farnham was born Sept. 11, 1947, in Parker's Prairie, Minnesota, to Leo Marvel and Ellen Caroline (Felt) Wastweet. At the age of 4, Mavis moved with her family to Shelby, Montana. Her Minnesota roots stayed strong, traveling there to visit grandparents and other family in the... Full story
Jon Kalish Gormley, 47 passed away Tuesday August 13, 2019 with his family and friends by his side. Born in Moscow, Idaho, June 24, 1972, to John K. Gormley and Patty J. (Purkett) Gormley, Jon attended high school and went to college in Havre while working at 4Bs and Tire Rama to obtain his degree as a diesel mechanic. Jon was a well-liked and hard-working man and was loved by all his colleagues at BNSF. In his spare time, he liked to make knives and spend time with his... Full story
Fifteen years after it first opened its doors, Artitudes Cooperative Gallery is continuing its mission to provide a location for emerging and established artists to display their original fine art. "They asked us in the beginning, 'What does success look like to you?'" Kris Shaw, one of the founding Artitudes members, said. "And I said, 'If we're here in five years we've been successful.' So we've been successful three times already." Shaw said that she first got the idea in 2...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, Aug. 19-23 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m.; Walmart shopping 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. March Menu by Earlene DeWinter (Subject to Change) Monday — Cabbage rolls, au gratin p...
Jerry Wagner vowed he was going to have fun coaching the Montana State University-Northern Skylights in what is his triumphant return to his alma mater. Well, one match into the season at least, it's mission accomplished as the Skylights had a whole lot of fun in their season-opening win over Medicine Hat College Thursday night inside the Armory Gymnasium. Northern bested the Rattlers, who also played Providence earlier in the day, by scores of 25-18, 25-21, 20-25 and 25-17....
I just returned from a vacation in Florida, where we spent time with our youngest son, who is stationed there in the U.S. Navy. While there, I spent a significant amount of time soaking in outside hot tubs. During one of those soaking times, I ended up conversing with two men about my age or older (mid-50s) about the value of U.S.A. citizenship. One man, Ivan, was an immigrant from Cuba; the other man, Pablo, an immigrant from Indonesia. When I asked them why they left their respective home countries to come to the U.S.A.,...
Some of the most legendary players to ever suit up in the Frontier Conference had one thing in common - they played the running back position. It's true. Some of the league's biggest stars, for decades now, were running backs, whether at vaunted Carroll College, Montana Tech, Montana Western, Rocky Mountain College, or, guys like Montana State University-Northern's Zach McKinley. The league has produced some of the very best. And, as the 2019 Frontier football season draws...
In September of 2018 I had the good fortune of becoming the chaplain of Northern Montana Health Care. My duties are primarily in the Northern Montana Care Center, the long-term care facility. In my 31 years of pastoral ministry I didn’t get as involved with nursing home ministry, largely because my churches tended to be younger. Coming to the Care Center is a new chapter for me. I have found that it is a good fit for me at this time in my career. As such, I want to encourage others — pastors and lay people alike — to consi...
You know, Lord, it was surprising to discover that some of us have incorrect blinking habits. There are even exercises designed to develop correct blinking so that the fluid movement of the eye lids prevents dry eyes. That’s when “time” or seconds become real. One learns correct blinking as in: relax, close eyes, count three seconds, open eyes, count two seconds, repeat. Another exercise is: shut eyes, flutter the lids but don’t open your eyes, flutter and count slowly to 100. The Devotional’s Daily reading told about the...
Out our way, “Pride goeth before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18) is not mere Bible thumping but a reality every cowhand knows. Some can learn it from wise older hands and some of us have to learn it by hard knocks. I fear I have been in the latter category far too often. Somehow, riding at full gallop and thinking myself a tried and true cowboy has too often ended up with me tossed from the saddle and hitting hard ground. Yes, I can ride. Yes I have cowboyed for several years — but no, I am not a good rider nor an accom...
