Local News

The Weyburn Public Library Annual General Meeting will be held Tuesday March 4 at 7 p.m. in the library. Dianne Sander, board chair will present her report, along with the secretary report by Librarian Kam Teo and the financial report.

Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers and the Weyburn Police Service are asking for public assistance in solving the following crimes.

The Weyburn and Yellow Grass Housing Authorities have appointed new directors to their boards. Don Shumlich and Myron Fletcher have been reappointed to the Weyburn Housing Authority Board of Directors.

Weyburn City Council has deemed the trial period of the Brown Crescent wind turbine to be over and decided to disallow wind turbines at residential locations within Weyburn city limits at their regular meeting February 24.

The Estevan RCMP detachment is looking to expand its community presence by taking advantage of a pilot program in planting community constables into the service.

Some unruly patrons at local lounges and a few charges being laid against marijuana smokers absorbed a lot of the shift time for members of the Estevan Police Service during the past few days. On the Feb.

The Weyburn Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in solving some outstanding cases of theft and fraud. On Dec. 3, 2013, two males, approximately 18-20 years old, entered a local business and used rolled coins to pay for merchandise.

The first full-length novel published by Weyburn author Anne Lazurko, "Dollybird", has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Award for 2014.

A vertical wind turbine located in Weyburn's northeast corner will have to come down by mid-summer, city council decided on Monday evening, after receiving numerous letters of complaint from neighbours.

A number of former employees and local businesses are among those who have been left in the lurch by the closure of Do All Industries. As was reported in the Mercury last week, the local company was placed into receivership Feb.