Heavy rains soak fields, floods streets

More than 2 inches of rain fell on Havre over the weekend, a good thing for area farmers and ranchers, a bad thing for those driving on city streets, some of which were flooded.

Rain, according to the National Weather Service, could continue in the Havre area through Tuesday and tail off by Wednesday.

Parts of First Street, at the intersection of Thirteenth Avenue and at the intersection of Second Avenue West, were closed Saturday night by city police because of flooding, according to Chief Kevin Olson.

The rain, however, did do some good, bringing Havre close to its normal precipitation amoun...