Week of April 24, 2025
Week of April 24, 2025
Havre Police Department Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Officers responding to a report of a disturbance at 6:43 a.m. on the 1300 Block of Jefferson Avenue issued a written or verbal warning. -- Officers responding to a report of a disturbance on on the 200 Block of First Avenue West at 7:48 p.m. arrested Brett Warren Landon of Havre, 58, on a Justice or City court misdemeanor warrant. -- Services were rendered after a caller from Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street reported at 9:50...
A North Dakota district court judge expressed surprise about being questioned by U.S. Border Patrol agents when he was a passenger on Amtrak’s Empire Builder during a stop in Havre April 13. Judge Larry Baer said he was getting off the train to stretch his legs when two men in camouflage military-style uniforms asked him — and other passengers — if he was a U.S. citizen. "It was intimidating," Baer said last Thursday. He said he told them he was - he first asked if they were joking, he said, and they repeated the...
A decades-old tradition returns to Havre Saturday to give people the chance to spruce up the town. Havre Area Chamber of Commerce said in a release that the Chamber is partnering with the Hill County Community Foundation and the City of Havre Public Works Department for the 2025 Spring Community Cleanup, formerly known as Havre Pride! “We encourage the public to meet at Town Square, 322 First Street,. at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, 2025, to grab complimentary trash bags, map out their cleanup route, and enter drawings for...
By Jenna Pringle, LifeCenter Northwest Do you have a little red heart on your license? You could be a lifesaver. Your decision to donate organs, corneas, or healing tissues like skin, bones, or veins, can save up to eight people, restore sight, and improve the quality of life for dozens more. But if not - April is Donate Life Month, which aims to bring awareness to the life-saving impact of organ donation and the 100,000+ patients across the country waiting for an organ...
Press release On May 6th, Recycle Montana, the Winifred based statewide non-profit organization, will offer e-waste recycling in the area to anyone wishing to dispose of worn out or broken electronics. The group will also accept paper products that will be recycled. The event will be held in the parking lot of Hammerin’ Hanks and will run from 9 am to 1 pm. Organizer, Candi Zion states, “Volunteers from Recycle Montana and Recycle Hi-Line will be on hand to load e-waste into gaylord boxes. Yellowstone E-Waste Solutions...
According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a garden near the crucifixion site (John 19:41), just outside the city (John 19:20; Hebrews 13:12). In addition, the entrance was low and sealed with a stone (Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; John 20:11) and on the right side it was possible to sit where the body of Jesus had lain (Mark 16:5; John 20:12). Based upon the Biblical description and upon other known...
Senior Center News April 28 to May 2, 2025 Weekly Menu Menu subject to change Mon. 28. Turkey Club Sand, Potato Wedges, Fruit, Cookies Tues. 29. Tatortot Casserole, Dinner Rolls, Fruit, Dessert Wed. 30. Hot Ham & Cheese Sandwich, 4/B’s Tomato Soup, Fruit, Dessert Thurs. 1. Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Fruit, Dessert Fri. 2. Hot Cakes, Sausage, Hashbrowns, Fruit Brad Taylor: Music Tues. April 29th, 2025, 10:00am-12:00pm. Bingo: April 29th , 1-3pm. $1.00 per card. Tops: Wednesday April 30th Tops Weigh-in 8:30-9:00am Meeting...
Montana Actor's Theatre will be performing "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" by Neil Simon at the Little Theater in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall starting Friday. Audrey Barger will be directing this performance. "I have always been fascinated with scripts written by Neil Simon. He possessed a unique style of writing humor which arose out of his observations of the everyday grind, relationship struggles, and political landscape, particularly in the 1970s,"...
Construction work for 2nd Street is planned to begin on Monday, April 28th for the Lead Service Line Replacement Project. A graphic provided by Havre Public Works shows a region from Third Avenue to 16th Avenue on Second Street. While work zones are active, vehicle traffic will be detoured around the current block of the active work zones with traffic control signs. Pedestrians should keep at least 25 feet from active work sites. No parking signs will be posted before work...
by Mara Silvers Filed by Montana Free Press April 17, 2025 Montana public health officials have identified five cases of measles in Gallatin County, the first confirmed instances of the infectious disease in the state since 1990. In a Thursday, April 16, evening press release, the state Department of Public Health and Human Services said the individuals — children and adults — are isolating at home in Gallatin County. All are unvaccinated or their vaccine status is not known, the release said. County health officials...
Press release CASA of Hill County is celebrating happy childhoods. With its Third Annual CASA Kids Carnival. The carnival will run Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. Jude Parish Center. Kids can enjoy free carnival games, lunch and activities at the...
MONDAY – April 28, 2025 8:00 a.m. – Center for Mental Health Meeting in Great Falls, MT 9:30 a.m. – Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzA0YTJmYmUtMTM3MC00N2Y4LTkzNmYtMGQ0Nzc5NTJjZTVh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227b00d4a1-cb26-4a36-b112-66dd1ed5f2f6%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22189b3402-9c9d-470c-9a51-74c4ce679488%22%7d 10:00 a.m. – Safety Committee Meeting at Beaver Creek Perk Coffee Shop 1:30 p.m. – Building Manager Meeting in the...
Leviticus 19:32 "You shall stand up before the grey head and honor the face of the elderly, and fear the LORD your God. I am the LORD." Out our way, folks not raised on a ranch or farm may have a good deal of book learning, but not much savvy when it comes to some other things - like working cows. As a greenhorn pastor for a small church in Wyoming, I was invited to the round up at the Diamond V ranch - and when I arrived they introduced me to "Blackie" who was to be my...
Hill County Public Cemeter District Board will meet Wednesday, April 30. 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in the cemetery office. The agenda is: • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business ...
You know, Lord, a friend shared these interesting thoughts about mid-April - so here goes: She mentioned that after keeping the house closed up through the winter, she was always relieved when there was a warm enough day to open the windows. She enjoyed the breeze that wafted across her office that first nearly balmy morning. The squirrels were especially active, bouncing from off the tree branches onto the nearby house roof and that the fence top was the safe road around her...
Press release Tonight, April 24, at 7 p.m. is the Havre-Hill County Library Foundation annual meeting. The business meeting will be followed by speaker Louise Ogemahgeshig Fischer, presenting “Living with the Land.” This program explores “medicinal plants and their uses, Indian History, ways of life, hunting, fishing, foods, clothing, gatherings, stars, storytelling, Indian games, and so much more.” This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be...
Bruce Edward McLain, 69, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2025, at his home in Superior, Montana. A funeral mass will be held 10 a.m. Monday, April 28, 2025, at St. Jude Catholic Church in Havre with his burial to follow at the Highland Cemetery where he will be laid to rest next to his soul mate, Mary. Please visit Bruce’s online memorial page to leave a message of condolence for his family at https://www.hollandbonine.com . Bruce was born on December 14, 1955, in Havre,...
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Joseph R. Yellow Robe, of the Assiniboine Peoples and an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Reservation, on April 16, 2025. Joe died at Northern Montana Hospital while surrounded by his loved ones. Born on August 29, 1939, Joe was a beloved son, brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend to many. As a young kid, Joe was sent to the Montana Industrial School for...
Deborah Jean Solum passed away unexpectedly on March 3, 2025 at the age of 59. Deb was born December 10, 1965, in Chester, Montana. She grew up on the family farm enjoying the lifestyle of farming and ranching. She attended school in Rudyard, graduating in 1984. She then went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Agronomy from Montana State University in Bozeman. Following graduation she accepted a position in the agronomy department and worked in Bozeman for many years. While there she enjoyed elk hunting trips in the winter...
Larry Duane Anderson, 87, passed away on April 12, 2025. Born on September 30, 1937 to Joe and Anna Anderson. Larry spent most of his life in Chester, where he worked as a dryland wheat farmer south of town. Deeply rooted in his community, Larry's life was marked by hard work, service, and a deep love for family and faith. On September 8, 1962, Larry married Carolyn Peters. Together they raised their family with a strong work ethic and a heart for service. Larry was an active...
Sherry (Bogut) West of Havre passed away in her home on April 11, 2025. She was born on March 21, 1939, in Long Beach, CA. She is preceeded in death by her parents, Lenard and Grace Bogut, as well as her husband, Carl F. West. Surviving Sherry are her children, April (Randy) Brooks, Kathi Hill, Peggy (Rick) Held, Rebelle (Brian) McNichol and Chuck (Mary) West; grandchildren, Micah and Rachel Brook, Christian and Chad Ackerman, Charles West, Brandi Garza and Kallie Godina, as well as Nathan and Vanessa Held. Also surviving...
Long-time resident Lois A. Dochterman, 80, passed away on April 19, 2025, at her home in Havre, MT. Lois was born on November 16, 1944, in Lennox, CA, to James and Zelpha Chastain. She graduated from Lennox High School, then met and later married Joseph Bulter Sr. in 1963. Later in life, she met and married Walter Dochterman in 1977. They later moved to Iowa, Oklahoma, then Montana. She worked various jobs in Montana before moving to Havre, MT, in 2002. She worked at Kmart...
Gary Floyd Wallace passed away April 21, 2025. Per Gary’s wishes, a private family Celebration of Life will be held. Full obituary to...
Robert LaVern Funk of Granbury, Texas, passed peacefully on February 16, 2025. He was born December 22, 1934, in Poplar, Montana, and spent his early years in Great Falls and other Montana towns before moving to Dallas, where he attended college and met his wife, Jane. Bob proudly served in the US Army in post-war Germany before returning to complete his bachelor's degree at UTA and begin raising his family. His biology degree led him to a successful career in laboratory...
Only a handful of us who served in the legislature under the old 1889 Montana Constitution still survive. That constitution reflected the dominant power of the copper mining industry when Montana achieved statehood. It was also ridiculously verbose and prescriptive, and by the late 1960s a consensus had developed that the time had come for our 1889 Constitution to be replaced. Among the people’s major concerns was the secrecy by which laws were made within the Legislature. It was 1971 when, at 23, I took my seat in the...
Editor, Our congressional delegation – Daines, Sheehy, Downing, and Zinke – are doing and saying nothing while our constitutional republic is being dismantled. They say nothing when Trump pardons violent criminals who attacked police officers. Musk and his associates – unqualified and unaccountable – are consolidating government information about us, allowing it to be weaponized. Our delegation says nothing. They fired thousands of Social Security workers and are closing dozens of Social Security offices. And are...
Not on my mountain. Not the mountain on which I live. But over toward the east, far enough away that the glow was huge, lighting the sky scary. Far enough that I could not smell smoke, even though wind was blowing from the east. This event occurred a week ago but I cannot get it out of my mind. Night. It was night. When dark descends, I retire to bed with my current book, propped on a huge “reading pillow”. The pillow doesn’t read; the pillow allows me to read...
by Eric Dietrich Montana Free Press It’s a time-honored April tradition at the Montana Legislature that, as spring flowers begin to blossom and lawmakers barrel into the late-session time crunch, bills knocked back to the dirt sprout back to life. So it was for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signature property tax relief proposal Friday, as lawmakers prepared to take a long weekend for their Easter holiday. That proposal, one of the Republican governor’s key priorities, would scale down taxes on primary residences and...
by Mara Silvers Montana Free Press Attorneys for the state of Montana on Monday sought to ward off a long-term judicial block being placed on House Bill 121, a recently passed law that creates strict sex segregation of multi-user bathrooms, locker rooms and sleeping areas. The law, endorsed by Republican legislators and signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte, has been challenged by transgender and intersex plaintiffs who say it forces them to use public facilities that don’t match their gender identities or appearance. Attorneys...
by Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press This story was posted by Montana Free Press Monday and put into Havre Weekly Chronicle Tuesday, the deadline to send the paper to the press. Montana lawmakers last week advanced two bills seeking to change the allocation of taxes on recreational marijuana as the 69th Legislature closes in on its final days. Both bills revise the funding for conservation initiatives that the Legislature established in 2021 following voters’ passage of Initiative 90, which legalized recreational marijuana...
Staff and wire report The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis, the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died. He was 88. The Vatican reports he died after suffering a stroke and heart failure. His body is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, with the funeral scheduled for Saturday. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced the Pope’s death Monday morning. “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Farrell’s...
