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Editor’s note: This corrects the location of a vehicle-caused grass fire that resulted in the death of an Ohio woman. The biggest news in this part of north-central Montana this year was fires - huge fires. One of the first major wildfires in the state was the July Fire that charred 11,699 acres in the Little Rocky Mountains, leading to evacuation orders for the towns of Zortman and Landusky. Many other fires occurred, including a grass fire north and slightly east of G...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights have just one non-conference game left on their schedule. And it's a big one. On Saturday, the Skylights will be in the Armory Gymnasium for an NAIA showdown with the Our Lady of the Lake Saints. The matchup pits two highly ranked teams against each other as the Skylights (8-4) come in at No. 22, while the Saints (9-4) make their first-ever trip to Montana ranked No. 17. The Saints are also the first nationally ranked team not...
Press release Every New Year’s Eve, thousands of people across Montana resolve to improve their lives, vowing to give up their bad habits in exchange for healthy lifestyles. The Montana Tobacco Quit Line wants to assist people who attempt to quit tobacco and has free programs designed for all Montanans. The Quit Line has expanded services and now offers a dedicated American Indian Quit Line, dedicated female coaches and additional incentives for pregnant and pre-natal women, with electronic enrollment for all services. For 20...
Contractors hired by the city of Havre to cut down tree branches left dangling after last October's snowstorm could not begin work this week because of snow and frigid temperatures. Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said Thursday a two-person crew from Davey Tree Surgery Co. in Billings had been contracted to begin work Tuesday, but that start date has since been postponed. A new date for when the contractors will start work has not been set, he said. "It's all weather...
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Havre Daily Staff Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and the city of Havre are working together to collect Christmas trees that will be used to create fish habitat to enhance fishing at Fresno Reservoir. Trees will be stored through the winter then distributed at various locations around Fresno Reservoir in the spring by Montana FWP personnel and Fresno Chapter members. A collection bin is located at Memorial Park on Fifth Avenue, next to the Memorial Softball Complex. The dedicated...
By Emily Mayer Last week's column focused on what the Havre churches were doing for the Christmas season. This week, what was going on in Havre during the weeks of Dec. 22 and 29, 1917, will be featured, and there is quite the collection of activities. First, the good news. Hill County's generosity was in full-force as explained in this article that ran in the December 22, 1917 issue of The Havre Plaindealer: HILL COUNTY AGAIN SHOWS GENEROSITY Oversubscribes its Allotment for...
North Central Montana Transit buses will not run Monday in observance of New Year’s Day. The buses will resume their normally scheduled routes Tuesday....
Call me a snowflake, I don’t care, but I refuse to participate in the scam called New Year’s resolutions because it is an affront to my emotional well-being. You know the drill. Along with lists of Top 10 Whatevers of the Year, along with the Best This and the Worst That recaps, we get this pressure to come up with awesome ways we are going become the new and improved version of ourselves — eat right, get more sleep, exercise more, lose weight, get a raise/...
Donald "Mac" G. McKnight of Havre, MT, 59, passed away peacefully of natural causes Dec. 17, 2017, at Benefis Health Care. Celebration of life will be held spring of 2018. Condolences for the family maybe left at http://www.hi-linefuneralservices.com. Memorials can be made to "Make a Wish Foundation" or person's choice. Donald was born Dec. 21, 1957, to Jeanette (Potaracke) and Richard McKnight in Joliet, Illinois. The family moved to Montana and settled in at Vaughn, MT. He...
The Hill County Cemetery District Board meeting scheduled for this morning was rescheduled to Tuesday, Jan. 2. The board will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre City Council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 2, in Havre City Hall at 7 p.m. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 5. 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. Oath of Office — Mayor 2. Oath of Office — Newly elected officials 3. Election of council president. 4. Presentation of the Auditor’s Report for Fiscal Year ending June 30...
Monday Courthouse closed for New Year’s Day Tuesday 10:30 am — County Road Department meeting 2 p.m. — Contractor meeting Wednesday Regular office hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public Friday Regular office hours...
The Hill County Water District meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the District’s shop/office at 104 Second St. in Hingham. • Recognition of visitors; public comments, limited to any matter not on this agenda and within the jurisdiction of the District Board — three-minute time limit per speaker. • Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting • Old business • Other old business • New business: 1. Employee report 2. Financial report • Other new business • Other: 1. Delinquencies 2. Bills • Next m...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, Jan. 1-5 Monday — Closed for New Year’s Day 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.; cards at 1 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; pinochle at 1 p.m.; Kmart and Walmart shopping 1 to 4 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. No cards were played this week. Menu by Earlene DeWinter Mo...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Sixth Avenue caller reported Thursday at 12:22 p.m. a noninjury motor vehicle crash. —— Officers arrested two people during a motor vehicle stop Thursday at 2:34 p.m. on 12th Avenue. No further information on the arrests was available. —— Officers investigated after an 18th Street caller reported Thursday at 4:02 p.m. that a vehicle was missing from her residence. —— Officers arrested two people involved in a motor vehicle crash on First Street reported Thursday at...
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Press release MISSOULA — The University of Montana had 809 students who were degree candidates for fall semester 2017. The Montana students listed below are UM degree candidates or have been awarded their degrees for fall semester 2017. Box Elder Colton Galbavy, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Management Information Systems. Harlem Amy Stiffarm, Master of Public Health: Public Health. A single asterisk after the student’s name indicates the student is expected to complete degree requirements and graduate wit...
Press release DICKINSON, N.D. — Melissa Sullivan of Chester, Montana, has been named to Dickinson State University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2017 semester. At the end of each regular semester, the university recognizes those students named to the Dean’s List. Eligible students must be enrolled full-time and must earn a 3.5 GPA or higher....
By Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission This year, 2017, is the 100th year that the United States entered the Great War, or, War to End All Wars, War Involving World, World War One, or the European War. This war was started on July 28, 1914, after the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. A complete timeline of the war is in the Havre Plaindealer...
Out our way, we know the cowboy's work is never done. The end of one trail merely leads to the start of another. The cattle are moved from spring to winter pasture - but then comes the task of hauling feed and, naturally when it is coldest and darkest, the pulling calves who have been born backwards, as well as the care of cows and calves who needed no help in delivery. But although that phase is finished, the work is not. Same for farmers as well as ranchers; one task...
An unnamed author wrote this one, just in time: “Day After Christmas.” DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS ’Twas two days after Christmas and all through the house, every creature was hurting, even the mouse. The toys were all broken, some batteries dead, Santa passed out with ice on his head. Wrappings and ribbons just covered the floor, while upstairs the family continued to snore. And I in my T-shirt, new Reeboks and Jeans, went into the kitchen and started to clean. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the s...
In Forsyth, wrestling and the name Weber go hand-in-hand. It's starting to become that way at Montana State University-Northern, too. A pair of former Forsyth greats in Brandon and Matt Weber are currently juniors for the Lights of head coach Tyson Thivierge. But when they're seniors, they'll have another Weber in the Northern wrestling room. On Thursday afternoon, Thivierge announced the signing of Forsyth senior Nathan Weber to an NAIA national letter of intent. He'll begin...
After taking a break for Christmas, the Montana State University-Northern Lights will be back on the court today, taking on a rival from north of the border. The Lights, who are 9-3 overall and 1-1 in the Frontier Conference, will close out non-conference play with consecutive home games against Concordia University of Edmonton. Northern will host the Thunder inside the Armory Gymnasium tonight at 7. The two teams will meet again Saturday at 3:30 p.m. as part of the Duck Inn C...
This has always been one of my favorite time's of year. I love Christmas and I love New Year's and not just because of the Rose Bowl. Every year is a fresh start and it's exciting to think that we are about to enter 2018. Even saying that number sounds weird to me. I remember starting high school around the year 2000, watching Michael Jordan and my beloved Chicago Bulls win a championship back in 1998, which is now almost 20 years ago. Sometimes, as we certainly all do, I sit...
