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More schools opened up last week with re-opening plans tooled to the COVID-19 pandemic and told The Havre Daily News how the first week had gone. Harlem starts school today. Chester-Joplin-Inverness Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schools planned to return back to school at full capacity and with face-to-face instruction. “It really went pretty smoothly,” Superintendent Tim Bronk said. “The first day, like any school year we had our hiccups along the way and things we had to adjust.” He said everyone is getting their tempera...
Montana State University-Northern hosted new student orientation Saturday to get ready for school starting. Classes started today with face-to-face instruction. Enrollment Management Vice Chancellor Maura Gatch said this past weekend was where students were able to get connected with all the resources on campus from student health to academic resources. She said that it gets the students really set off to start out on the right foot for the semester. "I'm incredibly excited,"...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidelines on asymptomatic testing and Montana State University Northern’s upcoming opening were topics of discussion at Friday’s COVID-19 update hosted by the Hill County Health Board. Hill County Public Health Officer Jessica Sheehy said she is still looking through the new guidance put out by the CDC, which says that asymptomatic contacts for people who test positive may not need to be tested, as well as information recently provided by the National Institute of Healt...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 436 with 134 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 250,238 with 3,577 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 104. The number of recoveries was 5,330 and the number of active cases was 1,987. The new cases by county were in: Hill: 1 new cases, 86 total, 38 active, 46 recovered, 2 deaths Liberty: 1 new case 5 total, 5 active, 1 recovered Blaine: No new cases, 15 total, none active, 5 recovered Chouteau:... Full story
The Hill County Commission approved grants and announced resignations at their weekly business meeting last Thursday. Hill County Commissioner Mike Wendland read Hill County Commissioners Administrative Assistant Brittany Pfeifer’s written announcement that she would be leaving her position. Pfeifer’s announcement said she has taken the position of Human Resources Legal Assistant under Hill County Attorney Karen Alley and would be starting in that role today. “I want to thank you all for everything and that it’s been a very...
Always and Forever Kids Clothing Boutique owner is holding a fundraiser to raise money to make masks for the community. “It is masks for a cause,” Carissa Anderson said. “It is for people who can’t afford to put masks on their children or even homeless people, or even people that don’t have a lot of money and don’t just have disposable income to put toward masks.” She said it normally takes anywhere from $2.50 to $3.00 to make a mask. People can donate on the Havre’s Masks for a Cause Facebook page at https://www.fac...
During the COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation and stress caused by it, many people are looking for resources for themselves and others who need support. Following are a list of some numbers people can call for help and support. • Montana Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) • RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 • Tumbleweed Runaway and Family Crisis Program: 406-259-2558 and, toll free, 1-888-816-4702 • Friendship Line by Institute on Aging is both a crisis intervention hotline and a warm-li...
Frances Marie Brekke passed away peacefully at home in Havre Friday evening, August 14, 2020, at the age of 81. Fran, as she liked to be called, was born Oct. 31, 1938, to Knute and Doris (Allen) Brekke of Harlem, MT, where she was raised and attended school. She married James Newfield and later married John Shreve. Surviving family members are her children, Katrina (Jim) Welch, Russel Newfield, Drue Newfield, Shawn (April) Shreve; grandchildren, Daisy (Bryce) Alexander, Emily... Full story
Editor’s note: After this obituary was posted, the location of the wake and services was changed to the Harlem Baptist Church. Fred R. Stump was born March 28, 1926, to John Stump, Sr. and Elizabeth Black Tongue. He passed away August 28, 2020. Fred was a diligent worker, working for the BIA for 33 years. He had a great sense of humor and was well-liked by people he worked with. He took his responsibilities as a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather seriously, m... Full story
James Christopher Dahl Jr. was resentenced again for stealing money from a local store. He pleaded guilty in a plea agreement Oct. 10, 2017, to a charge of theft alleging he took money from a safe in a store where he was a night supervisor. In November 2017, state District Judge Dan Boucher imposed a five-year deferred imposition of sentence and ordered him to pay $9,960 plus fees for restitution. In December 2018, Dahl admitted violating conditions of his release and Boucher revoked the deferred imposition and sentenced him...
Veronica M. Moccasin had her deferred imposition of sentence revoked and reimposed and was ordered to participate in chemical dependency treatment for violating conditions of her release in a 2018 sentence. Moccasin was charged in November 2014 with a felony count of theft, unauthorized control of a motor vehicle, and misdemeanor counts of failing to remain at the scene of accident, failure to give notice of an accident and right-of-way violations after she fled from the scene of a two-vehicle crash. In a plea agreement, she...
Havre Police Department A caller at Second Street and Third Avenue reported Friday at 11:06 a.m. that a Ford pickup truck had backed into a minivan. -- Officers investigated a Friday 12:28 p.m. report of a vehicle crash on Second Street. -- Frank Eli McConnell III of Roseville, California, 43, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license during a vehicle stop on 12th Avenue at 4:03 p.m. Friday. -- A Friday 7:07 p.m. caller reported tires...
Markian Hawryluk: [email protected], @MarkianHawryluk Kaiser Health News In the 2014 elections, Republicans rode a wave of anti-Affordable Care Act sentiment to pick up nine Senate seats, the largest gain for either party since 1980. Newly elected Republicans such as Cory Gardner in Colorado and Steve Daines in Montana had hammered their Democratic opponents over the health care law during the campaign and promised to repeal it. Six years later, those senators are up for reelection. Not only is the law still around, but it’s g...
To the Editor, The U.S. Postal Service is in trouble now thanks to Trump’s misguided appointment of DeJoy as Postmaster General. The removal of the post boxes and mail sorting machines to influence the election is hurting millions of people. A family in Montana with a small business shipped hundreds of orders only to start getting calls that packages had not arrived in time, if at all. COVID-19 is hurting businesses. Trump and Dejoy have effectively made sure your postal-dependent business will suffer. This is happening! N...
Local chapters of “People’s Rights” are popping up in Montana communities. We’ve sounded the alarm that the person behind creating People’s Rights is Ammon Bundy, a member of the insurrectionist family that orchestrated armed standoffs in both Nevada and Oregon. He was arrested recently for leading an armed mob into the Idaho State Capitol to disrupt and intimidate lawmakers during a special legislative session. Some local People’s Rights activists argue Bundy has nothing to do with their groups. On social media, Bundy has d...
It may be a different look, with a lot different rules and procedures, but, the 2020 high school volleyball season officially got going on the Hi-Line this past weekend. And with that, I'd like to take a moment to remind all area Athletic Directors and coaches to please send us your volleyball and football box scores as soon as games are over, so that we can include every single one of your varsity competitions in our weekly Hi-Line Roundups, which will normally run every...
High school football in the COVID-19 era on the Hi-Line has begun. After falling to the Park City Panthers in the 2019 season, the Chinook High football team was ready to get some revenge and start off the 2020 year right. That's exactly what the Beeters did, pulling away with the win over the Panthers 30-24 in Park City for a great start to the season. Park City did start off the game strong, though, as the Panthers battled to put up two touchdowns in the first quarter, with...
