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Donna Loos and Marion Loucks make rhubarb pies in preparation for the Weyburn Wheat Festival. The Soo Line Historical Museum will be selling saskatoon and rhubarb pies, and bread, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday of the Wheat Festival.

Weyburn Comprehensive School is hosting the Canadian Student Leadership Conference in two months. This conference, the first national conference to be hosted in Weyburn, is from September 25 to 29 inclusive.

Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart has recently appointed an advisory committee, made up of livestock industry representatives, to examine industry-led delivery options for livestock brand inspection services in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan livestock producers continue to make good haying progress and now have 79 per cent of the hay crop cut.

Weyburn skateboarder Truman Sorenson does a perfect grind on a railing, while practising his skateboarding moves at the Weyburn Youth Center's skateboard park on July 31.

A 62-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a truck while attempting to cross the street Monday morning. According to information from the Estevan Police Service, officers received a 911 call at 8:50 a.m.

The release of the police reported crime statistics for 2011 contained some mixed results for the city of Estevan.

The recent warm weather has advanced crops and the harvest of some winter wheat crops is underway according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture's weekly Crop Report.

Work has started to extend the City of Weyburn's Boardwalk. Currently the riverfront boardwalk includes a pathway from Third Street to Government Road, lampposts and the donated statue of Tommy Douglas by artist Lea Vivot.