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A voir dire has been scheduled in the 2009 murder of Gwenda Gregory. Jaycee Mildenberger of Usherville stands accused of killing Gregory in her home in March 2009.

View from the Cheap Seats is a new feature this week, which is kind of an extension of the newsroom.

Jim Treliving of CBC's Dragons' Den and Chairman of Boston Pizza International recently presented a $42,846.

A tea party was held at the New Horizons Senior Center on Sunday, Sept. 29. The party was to honor individuals, or businesses, that had contributed $50 or more to this year's fundraising drive.

A former Yorkton resident was behind a weekend zombie infestation in Regina. Craig Kozachenko was Zombie Obstacle Challenge co-chairman with the Regina Queen City Kinsmen Club.

There are many changes that take place as fall approaches. The leaves fade from green to yellow, the warm morning air becomes brisk and cool, and children are out of the house and back in school.

Every year, on the first Saturday of October at 11:00 a.m., mothers and children at sites across Canada and around the world compete to set the record for the most children breastfeeding at one time.

Parkland College teamed up with Parkland Regional Library on Thursday to co-host an Essential Skills Day celebration in Yorkton.

One Saskatchewan resident has been hospitalized due to West Nile neurological syndrome and six others are under investigation for West Nile Virus infections. The recent cases likely became infected during the last weeks of August and early September.

Residents and staff will soon return to the Invermay Health Centre. Interior work in the resident areas is slated for completion by end of September, noted a report presented to the September meeting of the Sunrise Health Board held last Wednesday.