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Editor’s note: This version corrects that Ed Norman had been on administrative leave. Havre High School Principal Ed Norman has resigned, Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller announced Thursday night. Norman had been on paid administrative leave since early November after a controversy arose over the high school administration and staff's handling of a costume a student wore the Friday before Halloween, a costume some said raised racial implications. Mueller said in T...
A panel of school teachers, staff and administrators spoke at Havre High School Wednesday night about their experiences implementing and working with a four-day school week, which Havre Public Schools is considering shifting to next year. The group spent the majority of the time answering drafted questions that commonly come up during any given community's transition to a four-day week, but they did answer some followup questions from the audience afterward. The schools...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 275 new cases, 2,888 active cases, 172 hospitalizations and 2,788 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 193,543 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that 8 new cases were reported and none met the criteria to be considered recovered with 10 active cases in the county and 3,511 total cases. No active hospitalizations were listed. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update W...
DeMarise St. Mark, 37, passed away at her residence on Sunday, December 5, 2021. Wake services will begin at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, December 9, 2021, and will continue until her funeral service, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 11, 2021, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Michael Vohs officiating. Burial will follow in the Courchane Family Cemetery....
Joanna Toni (Peressini) Kurtz, 74, passed away on December 4, 2021, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on July 22, 1947, and grew up in Havre, MT. She was the daughter of Tony and Carmela Peressini. She attended St. Jude's high school and Northern Montana College in Havre. In 1962, she met her best friend and future husband, Bob. It wasn't until 1992 that they finally married and became one happy couple. In the interim years, she married...
William R. “Butch” Welter, 64, passed away due to natural causes at his residence on Sunday, December 5, 2021. His family has suggested memorial donations be made in Butch’s memory to the Friends of Beaver Creek Park for Camp 39 or to the charity of the donor’s choice....
Havre Police Department Matthew Jared Olson of Havre, 44, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, failure to provide proof of vehicle insurance and failure to yield right of way at a stop sign after officers were called to a two-vehicle, non-injury crash at Third Avenue and Ninth Street Wednesday at 11:29 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street business reported at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday that a dog bit...
from Havre Community Pool The Havre Community Pool schedule for the remainder of December is as follows: Dec. 9-10 Lap swim • 6-9 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. today • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Dec. 13-17 Lap Swim • 6-9 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Monday-Thursday — but no 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lap Swim Friday, Dec. 17 • 6-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Aqua Exercise • 6-7 p.m., Monday and Wednesday Dec. 20-23 Lap Swim • 6-9 a.m., Monday-Thursday • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Monday- Thursday • 6-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursda...
By Havre Daily News staff The Havre-Hill County Library is offering a special musical selection in the holiday season. Mary Stevens and Barbara Zuck will be at the library at 10:30 a.m Saturday, Dec. 11, playing harp duets. They will be playing Christmas music in addition to other classics....
Editor, While families are counting down to the holidays, many are also anxiously watching a different clock — the one that is running out for the Senate to take meaningful action to address hunger and poverty in communities here in Montana and nationwide. Unless Congress acts before the end of the year, families will get their last monthly check this month through the enhanced Child Tax Credit, one of the programs of the Build Back Better Act now under consideration in the Senate. This benefit has been a lifeline for f...
Well, it is, you know. The season of too much. Christmas begins in August in the stores. There are too many presents under the tree. Excessive decorating until what would have been pretty becomes tasteless. Too much spending. Too much eating. Too much guilt. As you might surmise, I have managed to pare down my life even more. Here on the Rancho, every year we exchange little gifts. In one breath I announced that nobody was going to get a gift from me and begged my neighbors...
Heading into this season, the Havre High boys basketball team had a lot to overcome as they lost four starters from last season. However, their lone returning starter, senior Caden Jenkins looks forward to stepping up and leading the young team this winter. "(I'm looking forward to) helping these younger guys since our team is young," Jenkins said, "(help them) build a program for the future. I just want to set an example for them." Jenkins is one of three seniors on the team...
After a first-place finish at the Havre Invitational to open the season last weekend, the Havre High wrestling team will be looking to carry over that performance into the Jim Street Mining City Dual in Butte this weekend. But if the Blue Ponies want to finish high again, they will need to improve from their performance to open the season. "I think we just keep getting better each week," HHS head coach Beau LaSalle said. "You got to put last week behind you and move to the...
Sometimes I wonder, do we as fans of the Montana Grizzlies or Montana State Bobcats know how good we really have it? I mean, hang around bars, or water coolers or the golf course, or, if you dare, visit a an online message board such as Egriz or Bobcat Nation, and you see an awful lot of angst, consternation, frustration and downright anger. I'm plenty guilty of all of that myself. I readily admit that. But every once in a while we get a reminder of how truly good we do have...
