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The annual award from the M. Junice Headley Music Education Fund with the Battlefords and District Community Foundation was recently given to Amy Gruber of Wilkie.

On Oct. 7, Elks Lodge No. 369 members presented a donation to Holy Family School students and staff of the Light of Christ Catholic School Division. This donation goes towards a speech and language program that focuses on fluency.

LEROY — Humboldt RCMP are investigating a barn fire four miles of LeRoy that they believe occurred under suspicious circumstances. They are asking for the public’s help. The fire took place sometime during the early morning hours of Oct. 20.

The Comfort Inn and Suites was the location for a series of helpful small business-focused seminars titled Taxes over Breakfast. The morning presentations were organized by the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce as part of Small Business Week.

Yorkton RCMP are looking for a suspect in a fraud investigation and have released a photo of Christos Eutathios Fotopoulos, the owner of a construction company.

On the first day of school last year, a Victoria police officer left an investigation, strapped both her children under one seatbelt in the front passenger seat of her police van, and activated lights and siren en route to their elementary school.

VISCOUNT — SaskTel is reporting a service outage that is affecting internet, wireless, and home phone services in Young. The telecommunications company said their technicians are on route. They currently have no estimated time of repair.

John Cairns' Leg Watch

The Battlefords Sharks dropped two to the Regina Rebels in female midget AAA action at Battleford Arena over the weekend. The two losses, by 9-1 on Saturday and 2-0 Sunday, dropped the Sharks to third place in the league with a 3-4 record.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Lex Vipinosa tried to keep his excitement to himself when he found out he had won $100,000 on the September 20 Extra draw.