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The week ending Aug. 31 marks the final week of operations for the Battlefords Community Corrections Centre and the North Battleford Youth Centre. Both are slated to close Aug. 31.

Crop Producers took advantage of the warm and dry weather to make considerable harvest progress before light showers later in the week put field work on hold, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report.

TISDALE — Copper wire was stolen from a work site in Tisdale. The theft occurred on 100th Avenue between the night of Aug. 16 and morning of the 17th. The wiring was taken from a scrap pile.

Smokestack will be demolished

MELFORT — Melfort was 25 years old when local citizens first formed the Melfort Public Library on the second floor of the historic post office. Sept. 22, 2018 will mark its 90th birthday. On Sept.

MELFORT — Melfort’s Maude Burke Elementary is starting the year off with two brand-new classrooms. “Over the last couple years we’ve seen a sharp increase of students,” saidRandySteciuk, the school’s principal.

The Humboldt Sarcan location had a lot to celebrate this past year, including their grand opening at their new depot location on 13th street on Aug. 22.

North Battleford officials are sounding the alarm about the amount of contamination found in recycling carts in the city. The issue came up at last week’s city council meeting. Administration noted that Loraas Environmental Services Ltd.

City Hall and provincial officials appear to have figured out a plan to fix the crumbling service roads along Highway 4 North in North Battleford.

A 19-year-old grain farmer named Justin Rewerts, who is a member of the Cut Knife rural fire department, has decided once again to “pay it forward.