Residents cautioned that hot weather brings rattlesnakes to town

Warm weather may bring rattlesnakes out of hiding and into populated areas, meaning encounters with humans are inevitable.

While local authorities have said they have not received any complaints this year about rattlesnakes, several Havre residents have reported seeing them within city limits. The hospital typically treats at least one person a year for rattlesnake bites.

"People just need to keep it in the back of their minds, so that if they do see one crawling across the road, they have an idea of what's going on," said Hill County Sanitarian Clay Vincent.

Havre resident Ron Miller has seen...