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HUMBOLDT — Downtown beautification efforts will get a boost this coming year as Seventh Street will get receive decorative improvements. “In 2019, we replaced the water mains in this area,” said Peter Bergquist, Humboldt’s public works director.

EAST CENTRAL — The deadline is approaching to remove fishing shacks from the frozen lakes. For those of us north of Highway 16, the deadline date is Tuesday, March 31. For those south of that highway, the date is Sunday, March 15.

It now appears the Battlefords Humane Society is looking outside the boundaries of the city of North Battleford for its new animal shelter building. According to Dr.

Premier Scott Moe was in Estevan on Friday for the signing of the Coal Transition Fund, a $10 million investment of which Estevan will receive $8 million over the next three years.

UPDATE: RCMP report Odera Alice Louis has been located. BACKGROUND: Biggar RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 21-year-old female from Saskatoon. On March 3, at approximately 10:30 a.m.

TISDALE — Community efforts have begun to fundraise for the family who lost their possessions in a Tisdale fire. The Tisdale Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Wicks' Mobile Home Park at about 5 p.m. on March 1.

EAST CENTRAL — The provincial highway ministry has awarded a $18.8 million contract for the first phase of the Highway 5 upgrades.

The Battlefords Gang Task Force, in operation since November of 2019, has recently made a number of vehicles stops that have resulted in eight arrests and 63 charges related to drugs and weapons. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, at approximately 4:15 p.m.

EAST CENTRAL — As the threat of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, spreads, the Horizon School Division is taking its cues for the provincial government.

By Lisa Joy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An Edmonton couple arrested by Maidstone RCMP on weapons and drug charges are still in custody after making their first court appearance in Lloydminster Provincial Court on March 2.