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Results from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) released in June may indicate fewer Yorkton residents are completing high school. In 2011, 28.

The Village of Rhein was hit Saturday by heavy rains, and what residents are terming a tornado. The storm hit mid-afternoon Saturday, said Mayor James Herman Sunday as he drove through his community assessing damage.

Persons visiting Kenosee Superslides Waterpark on June 26, 2013, may have been exposed to waterbourne communicable disease, due to poor water quality.

Saskatchewan has designated a new protected area nearly two-thirds the size of Prince Edward Island.

It's All Happening The Yum Dee Days 8-out-of-10 Released on America's birthday, It's All Happening, by mysterious Brooklyn rockers, The Yum Dee Days, is as slack as summer itself.

The Health Foundation has a new crop project under way to help raise funds for a new hospital in the city. The City of Yorkton has 750 acres of farmland bordering the city that it donated to our Farming for Health project.

Mark Saturday, July 13 on the calendar if you are a fan of live rock music. That is the day Music Attack!, a multi-band concert, hits the ANAVETS in the city. The show will feature; Hello, Lady an alternative rock band from Regina, SK.

Planned work at the Yorkton Municipal Airport has been pared back after tenders for the planned work exceeded budget.

Regular readers may recall last July I took a month break from actual board games to offer up a few outdoor game/sport alternatives.

Audrey Parisloff, organizer of the Kidney Foundation Walk presented a cheque for $1,255 to Ross Fisher of The Health Foundation for use in the local dialysis program.