Estevan Mercury

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced $15 million in funding for development of agricultural technology, or agtech.

Thick black smoke spreading over Estevan on Aug. 14 could be seen from miles away. The smoke was coming from the Regens Metals scrap yard.

The provincial government has amended its back to school plan for students, with a new first day of classes. In a Facebook video posted Saturday, Premier Scott Moe said that school would be starting on Sept.

Just one new case of COVID-19 was reported in Saskatchewan on Aug. 17, bringing the total to 1,581 cases. The new case is located in the South West zone. Of the 1,581 reported cases, 172 are considered active. A total of 1,387 people have recovered.

The Southeast U18 AAA Twins (8-10) wrapped up their regular season by splitting games on the weekend. The Twins opened the weekend with a doubleheader against the Regina Athletics at Lynn Prime Park. First was a 10-2 loss to the Athletics.

If you can’t go anywhere due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you might as well find a cottage and spend some time there.

Southeast College has been successfully navigating through the pandemic and now they are ready to greet the new students at all of their campuses.

One more person has died and 15 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan on Aug. 16, bringing the total to 1,580 cases. The person that has died, was in the North Central zone and was in the 80-89 age range.

Saturday night turned out to be busy for the Estevan Police Service. Police attended to a report of a loud party in the Trojan subdivision. The property owner was spoken to and warned under the bylaw.