Humboldt Journal

Humboldt residents: Pray for dry weather. The City of Humboldt has contracted Saskatoon-based Dairyland Agro Supply Ltd. to clean out the lagoon's sludge build-up.

A Grade 8 student at St. Augustine School took home a silver medal at the national bowling championships in Winnipeg May 3-5. Dylan Manderscheid won 16 of 21 games at the championships and finished behind only a bowler from Edmonton.

Like many testosterone-addled teenagers, Curtis Klashinsky used to arm wrestle his buddies.

Prairie women of the entrepreneurial world should have given themselves a pat on the back last week as part of the Saskatchewan Women Entrepreneurs Week from May 5-11.

It's just two months away but volunteers are still needed.

It's been the talk of the town these past couple of months and now Humboldt residents have a visual idea of what the future shopping centre will look like. Stromiga Real Estate Development purchased the Humboldt Mall property in December 2013 for $1.

The government of Saskatchewan has scored a victory in its ongoing trade dispute with Quebec that could benefit oilseed producers and processors in the province.

WEYLAND: Linda Rose August 8, 1942 - May 3, 2014 Mrs. Linda Rose (nee Plascko) Weyland of Pilger, SK, passed away at Humboldt District Hospital, Humboldt, SK, on May 3, 2014, at 6:15 p.m. She was 71 years of age.

SARETSKY: Eileen Mary June 26, 1926 - May 9, 2014 It is with sadness that the family announces that the death of Eileen Saretsky occurred on Friday, May 9 th 2014 at Samaritan Place.

Like most kids growing up in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and '30s, Greg Raskob lived in the shadow of a grain elevator. Almost every village, town and hamlet had its own elevator, and they were often a source of pride and economic opportunity.