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CARROT RIVER — Roman Charko has been elected the new mayor of Carrot River. In a May 12 byelection, Charko received 171 votes. His opponent, Dylan Borody, received 127. No ballots were spoiled. Charko will serve the community until November 2024.

HUMBOLDT — Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools has been informed of a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Humboldt’s St. Augustine School. The Saskatchewan Health Authority informed the division about the case May 12.

Light of Christ School Division has been honouring its long serving staff members this month and a number of them are at John Paul II Collegiate in North Battleford.

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TISDALE — The Tisdale RCMP is asking for assistance to find an individual connected to a break and enter at the Shell Gas Station in town where liquor was stolen. The incident is believed to have occurred between May 1 at 11:30 p.m.

HUMBOLDT — A $3,500 grant will help the Humboldt Soup Kitchen in its mission to feed those in need, a mission the organization said is getting larger in the face of the pandemic.

A Biggar man facing charges of sexual assault, sexual exploitation, making sexually explicit materials available to a child, transmit or distribute sexually explicit material to a child, and touching a child for a sexual purpose, was released on bail

Vaccines Reported An additional 6,737 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 537,044.

HUMBOLDT — Over the pandemic, local businesses have begun shifting their focus to marketing virtually, bringing more normalcy to online purchases.

Regarding the eight-unit rental housing project at 1942 Kramer Place