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It is a dream come true for a young boy and his family. Former Humboldt resident, David Sweeney, was born with giant omphalocele ventricular septal defect.

A meeting of city council June 27 was the last one before the summer schedule takes effect. Council meetings are reduced to one per month during July and August to accommodate summer vacations. Council will meet again July 25 and again on Aug. 22.

Parks and recreation head Keith Anderson had the sad duty to inform city council June 27 that, indeed, the bloodsuckers are coming back.

Dates for a preliminary hearing are likely to be set next week in the case of a woman charged with assaulting a resident at a North Battleford group home.

The review is in, and it points to complex systemic and human factors as to why residents of a Humboldt care home were exposed to carbon monoxide late last year.

It's time for them to work together.

The Onion Lake RCMP Detachment say Erica NAISTUS has been located safe and sound in Onion Lake. RCMP received a complaint July 2 that 13-year-old Erica Naistus ran away from her residence sometime during the night.

Saskatchewan artist Glen Scrimshaw has closed his Duck Lake studio, and many of the contents went under the auctioneer's hammer recently at Ivan White Auctions in North Battleford.

Hafford residents saw something last week that most people don't see every day - a tornado. A funnel cloud was spotted by several eyewitnesses Friday, June 24 around 2:30 p.m.

There are all kinds of ways to celebrate Canada Day in and around the Battlefords. Canada Day celebrations take place behind the Don Ross Centre starting at 8:00 p.m. with entertainment, children's activities and the RCMP Safety Bear.