Weyburn Review

Police dealt with 165 calls for service during the week of Aug. 5-12, including thefts, mischief and alcohol-related offences. A 2003 Red Pontiac Grand Am with Sask Plate 995DWG was reported stolen from Foster Street on Sunday.

Amora Sonnenberg asks about what's underneath the big red wagon carrying a steam-powered calliope, on display at the Heritage Village for the Wheat Festival, on Friday evening.

PetroBakken Energy Ltd. reported a slight decline in production in their second quarter report, but note there will be increased production by the end of the year with drilling and completions planned.

Haying is nearly completed in the southeast, and harvest is underway on winter crops, to soon begin on spring-seeded crops, say area producers. The crop report from Sask.

Some members of Weyburn city council would ask for a period of consultation before passing any bylaws that would outlaw smoking on patios for restaurants and lounges, and Health minister and MLA Dustin Duncan has ruled out making the ban at the provi

Albert Hanson of Ceylon, centre, makes sure the strands are properly separated as two youngsters turn the ends to make a rope, during the Wheat Festival on Saturday.

Christian artist Jill Hagen, centre, from Camrose, Alta., performs for a small but enthusiastic crowd at the grandstand on the Weyburn fair grounds, as part of a multi-band concert put on Wednesday evening by the Weyburn Youth Center.

Saskatchewan building permits set a new record for June, according to a new report released by Statistics Canada. Building permits reached a value of $308 million in June, a 33.5 per cent increase over the figure for June 2011.

The president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Karen Leibovici, has appointed Debra Button of FCM's Standing Committee on International Relations as the Vice Chair.

I sometimes (not often) wonder what I am going to write about when it is my turn to blab and often I have so many topics I want to talk about that I can't decide which direction to go. This is one of those times.