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A local man was sentenced Monday to federal penitentiary time after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine and money laundering. Bobby Jo Dickau has been on remand for the last couple of weeks since turning himself in to the Estevan Police Service.

A report of a break and enter incident in progress on the city's south side on the night of June 5 turned out to be a domestic dispute that members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) managed to diffuse before it escalated to a more serious level.

The Weyburn Police Service responded to 155 calls for service in the week of June 4 to 10, including thefts and mischief.

Since Doug Mulhall began working at the City of Weyburn in July of 1984, starting out as an assistant in the Building department, he has seen the development of some 22 new streets and about 1,400 new dwelling units, just over a quarter of the proper

Issues of detention and right to counsel came up last week at a trial in which the accused is charged with making false statements, evading paying duty and smuggling. Brian Wilson of Cold Lake, Alta.

The CEO of the Sun Country Health Region says the organization will investigate the concerns raised about the Estevan Regional Nursing Home last week.

Chelsea Woodard is one of 100 young singers who are competing to get cast as Dorothy, in the upcoming CBC reality TV show "Over the Rainbow". The Weyburn singer was in Winnipeg on June 4 for one of the regional auditions.

Pangman (cpd) - There will be a Saskatchewan's Only Tour Train fundraiser, at the Pangman school at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 15. Plans will be made for a platform to be built in Pangman for the train to stop at.

Proposed bylaw changes may herald a shift in how city residential areas will look in the future, with the changes coming as the city's top building official prepared for his last week at work with the City of Weyburn.

The Estevan detachment of the RCMP are continuing their investigation into a car/train collision on the morning of June 10 that resulted in the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle suffering serious injuries.