Humboldt Journal

EAST CENTRAL — Significant seeding progress was made from May 7 to May 13 as 38 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, ahead of the five-year average (2014-18) of 31 per cent for this time of year. Crops are slow to emerge due to cool conditions.

SIMPSON — Watrous RCMP are looking for a firearm stolen from an unlocked truck parked in a field 15 kilometers west of Simpson. The theft of the Cooper Arms Phoenix 223 rifle with a long range Leupold Scope happened around 10 pm on May 15.

TISDALE — The 7th annual North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is taking place in Tisdale, for the first time in the group’s history. Typically the event is held in Melfort. Its fifth year was held in Nipawin.

HUMBOLDT — The Screen Program for Breast Cancer (SPBC) mobile bus is providing free mammograms to women 50 and older at the parking lot of the Canalta Hotel.

HUMBOLDT — The city has determined how it’s going to levy its taxes for 2019. A median home in Humboldt with a taxable assessment of $189,600 will be paying $1,913.02 in municipal tax, an increase of $47.05 from last year.

HUMBOLDT — A process has begun that could see the west end of Ninth Avenue near the Humboldt Smiles Dental Studio paved. The project would cost nearly $48,000, with property owners with frontage on the street on the hook for almost $37,000.

NIPAWIN — The Town of Nipawin and the Saskatchewan Health Authority has hammered out an agreement for a duplex used to house medical professionals.

WATSON — Caring for the world around them was the main focus of a convention of Catholic Women's Leagues from around the Saskatoon Diocese that took place in Watson.

HUMBOLDT — The city’s marketing committee is starting off its efforts with a survey of the community.

HUMBOLDT — In the last 40 years, humankind has seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the smartphone, the birth of Queen Elizabeth’s great grandchildren and the death of half of the Beatles. Through it all, Pastor Clint Magnus of the St.