Hill County officials want fencing along Highway 87

A series of complaints about livestock on U.S. Highway 87 has prompted Hill County officials to ask landowners to fence property adjacent to the highway.

The Hill County Commission and County Attorney Cyndee Peterson have asked two landowners to petition to have their land annexed into an existing herd district northwest of Highway 87. Such a move would require the landowners to fence their property.

The County Commission has also asked the Chippewa Cree Tribe to form a herd district along the highway.

The requests stemmed in part from a Dec. 13 crash in which a Havre woman was hospitalized...