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Editor’s note: This corrects the name of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 member Larry Jess, whose name originally was misreported to the Havre Daily News. A local jeweler is engraving new veteran memorial plaques to replace some plaques on the Veterans Memorial Wall by Town Square. Heirloom Jewelers owner Jan Leibel said they use an engraving machine to do the plaques for the Veteran Memorial. Veteran Larry Jess brought her the plates, she said, he wanted to replace p...
Havre Police Department A First Avenue caller reported Friday at 6:41 p.m. that a vehicle was hit with a McChicken, and no damage was done. -- Raymond Floyd Levi Sederdahl of Havre, 30, was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle without valid registration, driving without insurance, and driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license during a vehicle stop on Fifth Avenue at 7:53 Friday. -- A caller at the hospital reported at 3:27 p.m. Friday that a possible bag of...
A press release issued late Monday morning said Sen. Fred Thomas, R-Stevensville, has called a Montana Legislature Joint Rules Committee meeting for Thursday morning at 11. This will be a hybrid meeting held out of Room 317 in the State Capitol and through Zoom. As the Joint Rules Committee does not have a webpage, the meeting materials will be posted on the Legislative Council meeting materials page at https://webprod.legmt.gov/committees/admincom/lc/meeting-info as soon as they are available. These are public meetings. For...
Hill County now has confirmed its third COVID-19-related death. Hill County Health Department reported in a release Sunday that the death was confirmed over the weekend. The release asked people to do their part to reduce the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, and reminded people a directive enacted by Gov. Steve Bullock requires people to wear masks when in a public place if the county has four or more active cases. People are asked to wear a mask when they can’t socially distance at least six feet away from people n...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 531 with 144 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 285,870 with 5,746 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 138. The number of recoveries was 6,842 and the number of active cases was 2,127. The new cases by county were in: Hill: 2 new cases, 112 total, 19 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 90 recovered, 3 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 15 total, 8 active, 7, recovered Blaine: No new cases, 15 total,... Full story
Montana State University-Northern has started school back on campus and Chancellor Greg Kegel said things went well. “We had a very what appeared to be a normal come back,” Kegel said. Northern returned back to campus by doing face-to-face interactions, but with safety precautions and caution. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the state last March, right as the system went into spring break, the university system ordered campuses to shut down and finish the spring semester using distanced learning. Northern spent the summer set...
The Hill County Health Board discussed during its weekly COVID-19 update meeting Friday hiring temporary workers to address an increasingly heavy workload at the department, as well as the issue of business non-compliance with the Gov. Bullock’s mask directive. In a separate meeting this morning, the board accepted the resignation due to personal reasons of Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy and agreed to combine that position with the Hill County health director position. The board appointed Health Director Kim L...
A Chinook man died at the scene of a fatal crash on Redrock Road in Blaine County at 10:10 p.m. Saturday. Blaine County Coroner John Colby said the deceased is Payton Jones, 19, of Chinook. Montana Highway Patrol reports that the car, traveling westbound, left the road, drifting off the right shoulder into the ditch, after which it rolled one-and-a-half times, coming to rest on its top perpendicular to the road. Jones, the right-front passenger, was ejected and pronounced dead on the scene. Two other men from Chinook, a male...
Press release MontanaPBS has launched a new live streaming option that allows in-state viewers to watch the primary MTPBS channel live from a variety of smart devices including online, mobile platforms and other OTT devices. The station has also launched a new section of their website called Ways to Watch, which includes additional details for how to access the MontanaPBS live stream on the device of your choice. Visit montanapbs.org/watch . “We are regularly exploring and launching new ways for viewers to watch MontanaPBS f...
Press release NEW YORK — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America will host a free virtual educational conference Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time as part of its national Educating America Tour to help Montana residents affected by Alzheimer’s disease during the COVID-19 crisis . The conference, which is free and open to everyone, will provide information and advice from health and caregiving experts. To register, people can go to http://www.alzfdn.org/tour . “Knowledge is a useful and powerful tool th...
Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this agenda before printing deadline Friday Monday 1 p.m. — Building manager meeting Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire restriction conference call 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting Wednesday Office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — County officials meeting 11 a.m. — Commission agenda meeting Friday 1 p.m. — Health Board COVID-19 update conference call...
Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this agenda by printing deadline Friday. The Great northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve last meetings minutes Public comment — anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted. Fair manager’s report — Stall updates Civic groups report Donated hours Rep...
Marlon "Dean" Speak Thunder, "Amáhbiya oha Mani" (Walks in the Clouds), 62, passed away Friday, September 11, 2020, at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes. Dean began his journey on the day of his father's birthday. Daddy came after his boy, and now he is dancing with the angels. Dean was born on June 27, 1958, in Fort Belknap to George and Evelyn (First Raised) Speak Thunder, where he was raised. He became a part of the New Horizon Activities Center in Harlem... Full story
Velma Elaine Christensen, 95, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center Thursday, August 20, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 19, 2020, in Highland Cemetery.... Full story
Martha May Pleninger, 89, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place, and graveside memorial services and a community fellowship reception will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 19, 2020, at the Big Sandy Cemetery.... Full story
Press release HELENA — Carroll College has reached a record 10th year as U.S. News & World Report’s best “Regional College in the West.” Carroll is the only regional college in the nation to have earned this distinction for 10 consecutive years having earned a perfect overall score of 100 with the 2021 rankings providing data on over 1,400 schools. “At Carroll, we are proud to once again be recognized so prominently as one of the nation’s best colleges,” Carroll College President John Cech, Ph.D., said. “Our longstanding te...
ALEX SAKARIASSEN Montana Free Press Over the past couple weeks, county election officials around the state have fielded numerous form emails from Montanans requesting that their voter status be changed from inactive to active. Save for the names, addresses and contact info, the emails are virtually identical and all hail from the same domain: http://votedaines.com . According to its disclaimer, the site is paid for by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines’ re-election campaign. And the campaign spent a good chunk of late August pushing t...
It had been a month of training, including in hot weather, all to finally get to the starting line of the 2020 season for the Havre High cross country teams and new head coach Kari Filius. And when that day finally came, the Blue Ponies didn't disappoint. The Ponies played host to their season-opening Havre Invitational Friday morning at Prairie Farms Golf Course, where the HHS girls placed second, and the Pony boys were fifth. The meet was in conjunction with the Frontier...
Special report shows how to block winter virus attacks (including the coronavirus), and reveals the factors causing our immune systems to weaken faster than in the past; plus: AARP providing detailed state-by-state “How to Vote” guides for the 2020 elections From AARP WASHINGTON — Researchers into the human immune system are discovering that a host of environmental, lifestyle and medical issues not faced by previous generations are causing our immune systems to become routinely “dysregulated,” making older adults more susc...
From AARP WASHINGTON — AARP released a series of battleground state polls of likely voters in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The full survey results will be released Tuesday. “This election hinges on battleground states and these results show either candidate can win,” said Nancy LeaMond, AARP EVP and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer. “Most importantly, people are casting their ballots earlier than ever. The window is closing, so candida...
The home and season-opener for the Havre High football team kicked off Friday night in Blue Pony Stadium, where the Blue Ponies faced off against the 2019 Class A runner-up, the Laurel Locomotives. The game was to be a big one for Havre, as it was senior night for the Ponies, as well. But, at the end of it all, the Locomotives came to town and flat balled out. Laurel spoiled the night for Havre, steamrolling and shutting out the Blue Ponies 42-0 on Havre's home turf. The loss...
There was no better way for the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's cross country teams to open the season than to do it on their home course. Since its beginnings, the Northern teams have had a home meet only every other year, but this fall, Northern will host two meets, starting with the Frontier Conference Preview Meet Friday afternoon at Prairie Farms Golf Course. And it was a great start for both Northern teams, of head coach Chad Spangler. The Lights...
The Havre High volleyball team has been waiting for the first game of the 2020 season and once Friday came around, the Blue Ponies were ready to take the court and impress. That goal started off with a road-game against a Class B school, the Malta M-Ettes. In Malta Thursday evening, Havre started off its 2020 season with an impressive 3-0 win over the M-Ettes, with the set scores being 25-23, 25-12 and 25-20. Havre made quite the impression already early on in the season with...
By Havre Daily News Staff The Havre High golf teams are entering the home stretch of the 2020 season. And this past week, the Blue ponies played in two of their biggest tournaments yet. Thursday, Havre traveled to Glendive for the Glendive Invitational, while the Ponies also played in the full-field Sidney Invite on Friday. And while HHS head coach George Ferguson said both courses were challenging, he thought his teams did very well. “I am excited about how these two t...
