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A former resident, who is a Calgary-based musician, is in Europe this week as a member of his band called The Northern Beauties, performing in Germany’s largest club festival.

Preparations for the municipal election, doctor recruitment and funding Riverside Golf Course were among items to concern town council at its regular meeting on September 12.

For the fourth year in a row, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has placed first in SaskBusiness Magazine ’s list of the Top 100 largest companies in Saskatchewan, and the Yorkton Co-operative Association is among the 19 retail co-operatives also

About 200 people, both children and adults, learned to swim at the Kamsack Swimming Pool this summer, according to information compiled by the Kamsack recreation department.

A woman from Cote First Nation began work as a teacher at the Keeseekoose Chiefs Education Centre at the beginning of the term. Farrah Pelly was hired to teach the grades 4 and 5 classroom.

Two teachers new to the Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex began working at the school this month. Melissa Johnstone, a member of Mistawasis First Nation, was hired to teach Grade 1 students.

Like many other district backyard gardeners, Jack Leis of Kamsack has been busy harvesting the remainder of the produce that was grown during the summer season.

A group of 17 adult students are enrolled in a year-long course being held at Keeseekoose Chiefs Education Centre that is teaching them how to become educational assistants.

Representatives of 21 groups were among the persons to attend the Norquay Recreation Board’s annual general meeting on September 12.