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Four Northwest students have earned 2013 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarships. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced ten winners from across the province this week.

A portion of Campbell Crescent (Fairview Heights) will remain closed for most of today (May 22nd). The Department of Public Works and Engineering is digging to repair a damaged curb valve.

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker continues to move slowly in the courts. The Dekker case returned to provincial court in Saskatoon Tuesday following a one-month adjournment. There was one significant new development.

The owners were crushed about their pet being "put down" by a North Battleford bylaw enforcement officer recently, says Supervisor Ross MacAngus, but once he'd had a chance to discuss the circumstances with them, he felt they were able to understand

The long weekend is over, and from now until lake season starts, there are plenty of things to see and do around the Battlefords.

Prairie North Health Region is receiving $2,767,521 from the Saskatchewan government to improve the quality and safety of surgical care while increasing patients' access to surgery, according to a PNHR press release.

The first spring session for the new NDP leader Cam Broten is now in the books.

There's no provincial funding for the project, but the Living Sky School Division board of education has given its approval to administration to call for tenders on renovations to the North Battleford Comprehensive High School to accommodate relocati

Blaine Lake Gospel Chapel hosted a ladies' brunch May 11. The organizational committee did a commendable job on decorations, seating arrangements and bountiful food items.

My path to Humboldt has been an unlikely one. I never expected to be working in a small town. It's not that I've never spent time in small places - my parents are both from tiny Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and my grandmother still lives there.