Estevan Mercury

Who is the toughest mudder of them all? A local team of Matt Bakke, Scott Curtis, Chris Gould and Dustin Wilson is heading to Toronto this weekend to prove exactly how tough they are.

It's Affinity.

With the eve of the regular season approaching, the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs are still looking for coaches for their football team.

The Editor: Do you have a relative or friend buried at Green Acres Memorial Gardens in Weyburn? Would you like to have flowers remain on their headstones year-round? I do and I am asking for your help.

It takes a lot of money to run a regional health care system. In the case of local Sun Country Regional Health Authority, an additional cost of about $10 million a year.

Just some casual observations to relate to you this week, dear diary. For instance, did you realize that we, as taxpayers, spent $28 million recently to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812? Apparently "we" won.

A call to Estevan Police Service (EPS) members on the night of Aug. 7 reporting a stolen vehicle prompted police activity in the central part of the city. Information gathered by police indicated that the vehicle was making its way back to Estevan.

Another individual who led police on a chase down the highway was sentenced to jail time last week. During Estevan provincial court on Aug. 9, Oliver Meixner pleaded guilty to two counts of impaired driving, one from Aug.

An Estevan man was seriously injured after an accident yesterday in the city. According to a press release from the Estevan Police Service, a motorcycle and car collided at the intersection of Fourth Street and Ninth Avenue at around 5 p.m.

Goaltenders reigned supreme at Spectra Place last week when they attended the Gold in the Net camp. It was Estevan native Daniel Wenham who ran the programs with some help from other goaltenders of the Gold in the Net franchise.