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Emergency Response Teams from Nutrien Lanigan spent April 26 in heated competition at their Emergency Response competition. Four teams of six competed in six events, including a written exam, first aid, fire fighting, and a mine problem.

MELFORT — The Melfort Chamber of Commerce is considering selling off its office building after finding out it owes around $36,000 in payroll deductions.

Thursday afternoon, fire crews responded to a small fire in suites of the unfinished hotel off Carlton Trail. Deputy Fire Chief Lindsay Holm said the fire took place between two walls.

Earl Hanson was a passionate and dedicated community member. Now there's a camp named after him. The Earl Hanson Graduate Co-op Camp, which Innovation Credit Union is sponsoring, takes place July 29 to Aug.

It was a way to thank donors, but also a way to show off their facility at the Humboldt Community Gathering Place Open House on April 25.

MELFORT — This year’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes honoured three people who had died in the last year that made a lot of effort to help those affected by domestic violence.

Award-winning community newspapers were honoured at a Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Better Newspapers Competition banquet in Saskatoon Saturday, and among those earning accolades were the Battlefords News-Optimist, Battlefords Regional O

BURSTALL — Farm equipment, several vehicles and buildings were vandalized in early April on a farm near Burstall. Leader RCMP say the damage was done sometime between April 1 and 19.

It was a sad day at the St. Peter’s Abbey on April 28 as the community said goodbye to the Prairie Messenger newspaper and the St. Peter’s Press.

It started out as something simple. Wendy Toye with the Haus of Stitches in Humboldt wanted to make quilts for the 29 people that were on the Humboldt Broncos bus on April 6.