Estevan Mercury

Estevan Police Service and Estevan Fire Rescue personnel responded to a fire alarm at a hotel on the city's northeast side around midnight on Feb. 27.

False alarms are once again causing big headaches for the Estevan Fire Rescue Service.

The board of directors of the Sun Country Health Region chose Estevan as their meeting place for a general business session on Feb. 26. The board and a few key administration personnel gathered in the main auditorium with chairwoman Marilyn Charlton.

If the comments of NDP opposition leader Cam Broten are any indication, the spring sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislature could be a lively one.

After pleading guilty to several charges, a local man received the maximum sentence available for a domestic assault that the judge called a "severe beating.

It pays to have people with clout as your best friends. Naturally and obviously, I don't have any friends like that. Most of my buddies are cloutless, and that's a good thing.

For the first time in 26 years, an Estevan Bruins player has won the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League scoring title.

The City of Estevan has found its new top cop. Mayor Roy Ludwig announced at Monday night's regular meeting of council that Paul Ladouceur of Brockville, Ont., has been hired to replace the retiring Del Block.

While everyone is counting down to spring with varying degrees of impatience, no group is marking their calendar with as much anticipation as the force behind the upcoming community garden.

The journey toward the Relay for Life in Estevan has begun as the committee announced their 2014 chairperson last week.