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The nominations are in and the votes have been counted and two deserving individuals will be given the citizen awards. This year Brian Grest will be awarded Citizen of the Year.

Young offenders in custody in connection with a break and enter at a residence in Denholm early Thursday morning of last week have had their matters adjourned. Two young offenders were in court Monday.

An application to build a new dressing room for the Carrot River Outback Thunder connected to the arena has been denied. Carrot River council unanimously voted to deny the application at its Feb. 21 meeting. Coun.

A Tisdale athlete earned a silver medal Saskatchewan Winter Games. Viktor Shramko got a silver in Class 2 male free skate figure skating. Amy Svenson placed 11th in Class 3 female free skate.

Rodeo, pool, shouldn’t be affected by construction

Battlefords RCMP responded to 142 calls for service over the weekend. According to RCMP, there were 36 charges in total, 35 of which were charges for driving infractions including one traffic collision and two impaired driving charges.

Sherry Anderson’s victory in Tisdale was very much a repeat of her victory in Melfort.

Sherri Cooper wanted to start her own business because she loves to cook. Cooper says she saw the need for a restaurant in Watson and wanted to provide homecooked meals and desserts to her community.

Team McKee built on the strong showing they had during the round robin portion of the Affinity Senior Curling Provincials and won the championship against Team Schick.

Firefighters for North Battleford Fire Department got a crash course in how to save people from the freezing water last Feb. 15. They did rescue training in the pond at the David Laird Campground.