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Sunrise health board said in surplus position with revenue exceeding expenditures by almost $500,000

The Preeceville and District Musher Rendezvous scheduled for February 3 to 5 will feature a wide variety of entertainment for all ages, according to organizers.

A light tower has been determined to have been stolen from a Canora business at the beginning of the new year. The Canora/Sturgis RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in finding a Magnum MLT5080 light tower.

With the Parkland Music Festival deadline looming organizers are looking for entries. “Deadline for entries are January 31 and can be submitted to any member,” said Nathan Seghers, organizer of the festival being held at Preeceville and Sturgis.

Two farmers from Norquay received an award for reaching the highest gross dollar per acre in 2016.

The Preeceville School announced that it will be part of the Fish in Schools program in which the school is scheduled to receive 100 perch fish eggs at the end of January.

The Preeceville and District Lioness Club is a not-for-profit group that does various fundraisers to provide funding for different projects in the local area and health district.

The Preeceville hockey teams have been busy with three home games held at the Preeceville Skating Arena. The Preeceville atom hockey team faced off against Kamsack in a home game on January 10.

The Sturgis Composite High School mixed curling team brought home a bronze medal from the Yorkton Regional High School invitational bonspiel held January 14 and 15 among 13 teams.

Now that we have some colder weather, the idea of getting out on the ice to do some ice fishing seems a bit more popular. Every year officers get asked many questions related to ice fishing.