Request for sewer variance discussed by health board

Editor’s note: This version corrects the name of Lodestar Land and Home.

The Hill County Health Board met Monday with Michael Winchell, owner of Lodestar Land and Home, to discuss a variance that would allow him to install a septic system in a property he built on 32nd Avenue East instead of hooking it up to the public sewer system.

Winchell said designs for the property were based on data provided by the City of Havre.

He said the original plan was to hook the property up to the sewer system, but its actual proximity would require the creation of a lift station, which he said is econom...