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Sask Lotteries have unveiled the latest winner of its LOTTO MAX draw. Robert Patton had the winning LOTTO MAX combo ticket on the March 26 draw, winning $187,583.40. He purchased the winning ticket at Cree Way Gas West, 2511 22nd St.

For the first time, researchers have mapped groundwater circulation up to five kilometres below the surface — one of the first attempts to document the deepest parts of the hydrologic cycle.

On May 7, Saskatchewan RCMP officers executed three search warrants, two in the town of Kindersley and one in the town of Eatonia.

A North Battleford man was sentenced to 4.4 years in prison in La Ronge Provincial Court on May 6.

The fate of a rundown property located at 1102-106th St. was back before North Battleford council on Monday. At the meeting council heard the latest appeal from property owner Zia Waraich of Zia Homes, Ltd.

A man arrested in a drug bust in Saskatoon and Bjorkdale was denied bail May 7. Rudi Betthel, 52, of Bjorkdale was arrested after several police forces teamed up and raided two homes on April 26.

A lawyer representing a North Battleford man accused of killing 24-year-old Daxon Levi Hornick-Schmidt asked for an adjournment to go over disclosure. Dwayne Littlewolfe, 35, had an appearance in Lloydminster Provincial Court May 10.

A show cause hearing didn’t proceed for a Lloydminster woman charged with armed robbery after she changed lawyers. The hearing for 20-year-old Kacey Dillon was adjourned in Lloydminster Provincial Court on May 10.

A preliminary hearing has been delayed for two men accused of a shooting on Onion Lake and several carjackings in Lloydminster where people were allegedly shot at.

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