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  • Agenda - Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Editor's note: Due to an email issue at The Havre Daily News this did not print in the Friday, Sept. 4, edition of the paper. The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business 1. Consideration of...

  • Cattle to arrive on Beaver Creek Park Tuesday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Starting Tuesday, cattle will be grazing on Beaver Creek Park which, along with the Montana Department of Transportation, is advising people driving through the area to exercise caution and pay attention to the signs being put up. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the transportation department will be putting up a reader board to indicate that the speed limit on the roads through the park have been reduced to 35 miles per hour at night. Edgar said the park...

  • Bullock discusses COVID spread, fires, during press conference

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Gov. Steve Bullock announced a new relief program through the CARES Act during a press conference Thursday and discussed new COVID-19 cases found in tribal communities and nursing homes. He also provided an update about the fires occurring around the state. “The initial attack was 17 new fires burning over 100,000 acres due to what’s really extreme fire conditions — among those fires we saw several fire events,” Bullock said. “The Huff fire was human caused and started near Jordan (Wednesday), fire burned over 30,000 ac...

  • Commission discusses salaries, elevator and museum board project

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Sep 4, 2020

    The Hill County Commission discussed county employee salaries and this year’s budget at its weekly business meeting Thursday. The budget would cover county government for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. During discussion for the resolution that would adopt the budget, Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said he would not vote for the budget because due to a recent surgery he hadn’t had enough time to look at it. Hill County Clerk and Recorder Sue Armstrong said she didn’t understand his objection since the majority of the b...

  • The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 8,019 with 149 new cases.

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 474 with 150 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 259,988 with 4,328 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 114. The number of recoveries was 5,821 and the number of active cases was 2,084. The new cases by county were in: Hill: 2 new cases, 95 total, 32 active, 61 recovered, 4 active hospitalizations, 2 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 7 total, 3 active, 4 recovered Blaine: No new cases, 15 total, none...

  • Governor declares state of fire emergency

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Staff and wire report Gov. Steve Bullock issued an executive order Thursday evening declaring a state of fire emergency due to extremely hazardous wildland fire conditions throughout Montana, a release from the governor’s office said this morning. “Local, state and federal partners, and the brave men and women on the frontlines are working together to take on this fire season and we are prepared to use every resource available to protect Montana lives and property,” Bullock said in the release. “At the same time, I know th...

  • Musical Soup raises more than $1,000 plus food donations

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Press release The Atrium's Musical Soup event was able to raise more than $1,000 for two critically important nonprofit organizations in Havre. The Atrium held the benefit concert Musical Soup Aug. 29, which was aimed at raising money and food for Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen and The Havre Community Food Bank. The event was also livestreamed over the Atrium's Facebook and had a virtual fundraising page for the Soup Kitchen. The organizers said they are very grateful for...

  • Obituary - Mary Lou (Hauge) Haney

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Mary Lou Haney was tragically taken from us August 12, 2020, from complication of a stroke. She was born in Havre December 19, 1957. She was raised in Havre, graduating from HHS in 1976. She went to college at University of Oregon, Montana State and then Eastern Washington where she obtained her degree in dental hygiene. Mary Lou married Bob Haney on January 4, 1986. She was a shining star whose bright blue eyes, huge smile and infectious laugh endeared her to many. She was...

  • Obituary - Harry L. Plum

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Harry L. Plum of Moore, 80, died early Saturday morning, August 29, 2020, in the Central Montana Health & Rehabilitation Center of natural causes. He was born November 14, 1939, in Roundup, M.T. the son of Louie F. and Faye E. (Baker) Plum. He received his education in Montana, graduating from Bozeman High School in 1957. He then attended college and received an Associate of Arts in electrical engineering. He was active in the U.S. Army Reserve for eight years. He was married...

  • Obituary - Harvey Stanley

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Harvey Stanley, Wah-pun-Ah-Tuk (Morning Star), passed away due to natural causes September 2, 2020, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls. Wake services began at 3:00 p.m. Thursday and continued until his funeral service, which began at 10:00 a.m. today, Friday, September 4, 2020, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial was in the Rocky Boy Cemetery....

  • Obituary - Carolyn B. Richardson

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Carolyn B. Richardson died August 21, 2020, in Coeur d' Alene, ID. Born May 25, 1943, in Sidney, Montana, to Helen (Schwenke) Bailey and Vernon Bailey, Carolyn was raised in Montana and graduated from Havre High School in 1961. July 14, 1961, she married James E. Richardson in Havre, where they raised their two sons, Tony and Lee. Carolyn worked at two Havre banks, receiving an award for customer service from the Havre Chamber of Commerce. Her love of the mountains was well kn...

  • Obituary - Mark 'Speed' Engleson

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Mark "Speed" Engleson passed peacefully the morning of September 1, 2020, in Lewistown. He is survived by his little sister, "K.K.;" his nieces, nephews, and 24 cousins. Mark loved the outdoors, especially when it came to swimming and bicycling. In his life he worked as a ranch hand and was enlisted in the Navy. May he rest in peace. Condolences can be made to Mark's memorial page at http://www.asperfh.com ....

  • From the Courts - Federal District Court: Armed meth trafficker on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation sentenced to prison

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Press release GREAT FALLS —A Box Elder man who admitted possessing a firearm while dealing methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to 11 years and six months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Issac Elias Saenz, 28, pleaded guilty in December to possession with intent to distribute meth and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The prosecution said in court doc...

  • Local News - Davey School safety meeting set

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Davey Elementary School’s regular quarterly safety board meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 14, at 6 p.m at the school....

  • For the Record, Sept. 4, 2020

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Thursday at 5:04 p.m. to ask officers for assistance. -- A caller at a First Street establishment reported a man harassing people at 12:30 a.m. today. Hill County Sheriff's Office Richard Joel Meyers of Box Elder, 31, was arrested on a charge of partner or family member assault after someone at a Box Elder establishment reported suspicious activity Thursday at 8:43 a.m. -- Siddora Danae Johnson of Havre, 18, was...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commissioner's Calendar

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Monday Labor Day — Offices closed Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — LEPC Meeting, Detention center 10:30 am Road supervisor meeting 1:30 p.m. — 911 City Hall 1:30 p.m. — Milk River Levee check-in meeting Wednesday 10 a.m. — Safety Committee Meeting Timmons Room 11:30 a.m. — ECIT Meeting HRDC Thursday 10 a.m. — Business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Time for comments from the public Friday Office Hours...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Havre City Council will meet Tuesday 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 6. 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. Ratification of AFSCME Local 336 Collective Bargaining Agreement for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. 2. Request from Havre Chamber of Commerce to close Third Avenue from First Street to F...

  • View from the North 40: The Earth as we know it ... or not

    Pam Burke|Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Contrary to my grade school learnin’, Europeans of the Middle Ages did not think that Earth was flat only to be proven wrong by one Christopher Columbus, no, the Flat Earthers didn’t really get going until the 1900s. In 400-something BC, just prior to my birth, some Greek scientists, tired of looking at statues of perfect people, sat down and figured out the whole Earth-is-round thing. The problem was mapping that world accurately. Sure, a map works great if you’re looki...

  • The Hi-Line already has a pair of top-ranked football teams

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Fans of Havre High have to wait one more week for Blue Pony football. But, that doesn't mean the Hi-Line will be quiet this weekend. That's because there's some big Class C games, in what is the second week of the season. Remember, most Class C teams, and most teams in Montana for that matter, are playing conference-only schedules this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The action this weekend starts in the Northern C with Chinook taking on Shelby tonight at Hoon Field....

  • A sweep on the Prairie

    Havre Daily Staff|Updated Sep 4, 2020

    The Havre Blue Ponies are four weeks into the 2020 high school golf season. And what Havre High head coach George Ferguson is looking for in his players is steady progress. And Ferguson said he saw that during Thursday's dual meet between the Blue Ponies and Lewistown Golden Eagles at Prairie Farms Golf Course. The dual meet replaced the Jawbone Match Play in Harlowton, which was canceled due to the coronavirus this season. And with progress at the forefront, Havre swept the...

  • Havre gets a Carnegie Library

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    By Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission In January 1905, the Havre Public Library was established in the new First National Bank building on the southeast corner of First Street and Third Avenue. The library was located in the rooms below the office of Carnal and Carruth. Donated books, current magazines and current newspapers were asked for by the association for the library. Over 300 books were donated to the library, along with current magazines...

  • Grief Poem - Seasons Change

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    The flowers bloom, then fade and die, about like humans do. We’re born, we bloom, and hopefully, we choose to follow YOU. Each living thing has a season, like worm to butterfly. We’re not green leaves, turn orange and drop; we do our best — we try. Parents, siblings, child, or our spouse, we’re all to travel on … From dawn to dusk, they lived each day, till one day “they” moved on. Inside our hearts, whatever day, our “aching” never ends. Your leaving us left grief and tears, a wound that does not mend. My joyfulness went w...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    You know, Lord, while looking through the book “Your life is in God’s hand,” by Thomas Lindberg, it’s interesting how he reminds us not to fear, fret, fright, fume or forget. “Don’t fear,” he writes, then gives an example of slipping a piece of paper inside a book, then shutting the book, demonstrates how we’re hidden with Christ (Colossians 3:3). None can touch us without going through Your caring hand, Lord. Long ago, there was a song; “Why Worry When You Can Pray,” a depiction of “Don’t fret.” It reminded us that You, oh...

  • Pastor's Corner: Christians' work is never done

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    We are launching into the three-day weekend that unofficially marks the end of summer. I know, I know … it doesn’t officially end until Sept. 22. Yet I will cite the “proof” I learned in grade school in Mr. Olsen’s music class. The Robert Goulet ditty “Summer Sounds” we learned to sing and xylophone along with emphatically proclaims “June, July and August play a symphony/Under starry skies above, Happy summer sounds/The summer sounds I love.” There is no mention of September. As a kid, I can’t ever remember a Septembe...

  • Out Our Way: Broken cisterns - Jeremiah 2:13

    Updated Sep 4, 2020

    Out our way, good water is precious. Up on the Tiger Ridge, we have reservoirs to hold the snowmelt and occasional rainfall, but by the end of summer, the upper pasture is overgrazed and the reservoirs are drying out. Thus, Charlie and I go up in early fall to move the herd down to the winter pasture, where the feed is lush and the water pure and deep. But sometimes the cattle refuse to go. I have shared before the time Charlie and I tried to move the herd down to the good pasture but they rebelled — running in every d...