Estevan Mercury

The Village of Benson is in clean up mode after a major storm Friday morning.At approximately 2 a.m., an intense storm that included heavy winds and rain hit the community of 200 and left a trail of damage in its wake.

About 165 young people were given their walking papers in Estevan on Monday night. It wasn't a mass layoff notice, it was their high school graduation day and it was an important piece of paper they received.

An 18-year-old man is facing a variety of charges after resisting arrest June 27.

For mother of three, Roberta Derosier, holding down a home, working a day job, and being an on-call volunteer firefighter is a product of her determination; a challenge she finds exhilarating.

It shows a surplus of $7 million, but the figure is misleading insofar as the South East Cornerstone School Division will need all but $53,000 of that money to meet capital project financial requirements within the next budget year.

This year's multicultural day potluck dinner last Saturday at Estevan's St. Paul's United Church drew in a crowd much smaller than the previous year's.

If there was a theme for the 2010 edition of the Estevan Fair, it would have been making the best of a bad situation.

Last Saturday's wakeboard clinic featured a guest, professional wakeboarder, who taught a boat of six girls aged 10 to 21 a few tricks and enhanced their already acquired skills.

The City and RM of Estevan are continuing to be proactive when it comes to health care in the area.