Estevan Mercury

Harvest is underway in the region, with some farmers starting to combine and many more desiccating. By Aug. 10, one per cent of the crop was combined and three per cent was swathed or ready to straight-cut.

Thirty more tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 14, bringing the total to 1,541. The majority of the new cases, 23, are located in South West region. Others are in the North Central (1) and South Central (6) regions.

I spent another few but painful hours in hospital last week. It turned out to be relatively easy to deal with this time and a shot of morphine helped dull the agony.

The Estevan Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) were called to a wildland fire on Tuesday at about 2 p.m. The fire occurred by the Highway 39 bypass northeast of Estevan right by Bert Baxter Transport yard.

A major storm moved through the Southeastern part of Saskatchewan on Wednesday evening and into the morning Thursday, with heavy rain, some hail and damaging lightning.

The southeast corner of the province saw some wonderful lightning shows last night.

There were 27 new cases of COVID-19 registered in Saskatchewan on Aug. 13, bringing the total to 1,511. The new cases are located in the South West (18), South Central (4), Saskatoon (3) and Regina (2) regions.

Despite extremely sluggish drilling activity in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, the Aug. 11 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $2.4 million.

The Carlyle RCMP sent out a notification reminding the community to be wary of scams seeking payment of money. “In the last 24 hours there has been $10,000 lost to scams. These fraudsters may insist for your personal information e.g.