Humboldt Journal

The Humboldt District Hospital Foundation is teaming up with the Humboldt Journal for this year's Have a Heart Walk, Run or Bike. The Journal will be a major sponsor for the fundraiser, scheduled for Sept. 29.

The Humboldt Broncos have agreed to a new five-year contract with coach and general manager Dean Brockman, the team announced on July 21. The contract extends to the end of the 2017-18 season.

The Heartland Health Region confirmed Saskatchewan's second death from hantavirus this year, but Humboldt isn't off the hook.

On July 22 Major League Baseball announced that Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers would be suspended without pay for the remainder of the season for violations of the league's anti-drug policy.

The Saskatoon Regional Health Authority has been fined $154,000 for offences stemming from an incident at St. Mary's Villa in Humboldt nearly three years ago, in which three residents died from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

Peter Bergquist has shed the interim label and been officially chosen as Humboldt's new director of planning and engineering.

Humboldt native Lyndon Rush returned home on July 20 for a send-off as he continues to prepare for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, likely to be the last chapter in the bobsledder's decorated career.

Despite a sterling regular season, the Muenster Red Sox fell short over the weekend at the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League (SPBL) AA championships in Melville.

GERWING: Fred P. Gerwing July 5, 1931 - July 18, 2013 The family of Fred P. Gerwing sadly announce his passing on July 18 after a lengthy and hard-fought illness. Fred was born in 1931, in Baker, Nebraska, to John and Amalia Gerwing.

SENKO: Jean Phyllis September 30, 1938 - July 11, 2013 The death of Mrs. Jean (nee Kostuk) Senko of Lanigan, SK, occurred in the Lanigan District on Thursday, July 11, 2013. She was 74 years of age.