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Area farmers were out in force over the last week with 89 per cent of the crop now in the ground, up from 71 per cent last week according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture's Crop Report for May 29-June 4.

The drive to raise $8 million for a new nursing home in Estevan is continuing along at a steady pace. The Hearthstone Community Campaign announced Monday they have surpassed the $5 million mark and are now less than $3 million away from their target.

Pipe and drum band earn first in provincial competitions

They're anxious to get the word out. The Southest Saskatchewan Airshed Association (SESAA) is probably not the first thing you think about when contemplating quality of life in southeast Saskatchewan, but maybe it should be.

Sun Country Health Region welcomed three new faces to the boardroom on Wednesday, May 30 when the directors met for a regular monthly business session. Gary St.

The CEO of the Sun Country Health Region says the organization will investigate the concerns raised about the Estevan Regional Nursing Home last week. The Mercury spoke to CEO Marga Cugnet, check tomorrow's paper for all the details.

A number of Estevan residents took the opportunity to learn a little bit more about themselves and their health over the weekend.

Joanne Thomson, president of the Weyburn Rotary Club, shows a copy of the children's book, "A Prairie Alphabet" by local author Joanne Bannatyne-Cugnet, before presenting copies to members of a delegation from England, here on a Group Study Exchange.

A Lampman family is frustrated by bureaucracy and red tape after a vehicle of theirs has been left stranded at the North Portal border crossing for nine months.

The results of the Wheatland Senior Centre's activities from May 20 to May 26: Bridge: (Monday) 1st Andy Dumba, 2nd Joyce Hemphill, 3rd Basil Holyer. Bridge: (Friday) 1st Berty Lou Dreis, 2nd Stan Sampson, 3rd Joyce Hemphill.