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CARROT RIVER — Roman Charko has been elected the new mayor of Carrot River. In a May 12 byelection, Charko received 171 votes. His opponent, Dylan Borody, received 127. No ballots were spoiled. Charko will serve the community until November 2024.

HUMBOLDT — Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools has been informed of a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Humboldt’s St. Augustine School. The Saskatchewan Health Authority informed the division about the case May 12.

TISDALE — The Tisdale RCMP is asking for assistance to find an individual connected to a break and enter at the Shell Gas Station in town where liquor was stolen. The incident is believed to have occurred between May 1 at 11:30 p.m.

HUMBOLDT — A $3,500 grant will help the Humboldt Soup Kitchen in its mission to feed those in need, a mission the organization said is getting larger in the face of the pandemic.

HUMBOLDT — Over the pandemic, local businesses have begun shifting their focus to marketing virtually, bringing more normalcy to online purchases.

LEROY — LeRoy’s Carter Timmerman is excited to take his golf career to the next level. The son of Kelli Timmerman has committed to study and golf this coming school year at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

HUMBOLDT — Work has begun on the replacement of water mains under 16th Street and its subsequent repaving. The cost of the project was higher than budgeted. At a special meeting May 3, council approved a $2.

PORCUPINE PLAIN — A rural resident living near Porcupine Plain had left some posts piled on a property they planned on fencing, only to find they’d gone missing. They called the Porcupine Plain RCMP May 7 about the theft.

NIPAWIN — A rainbow sidewalk will soon be in front of L.P. Miller, after Nipawin council passed a modified proposal by the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance to temporarily paint the surface.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin’s Jubilee Arena is receiving about $1.2 million in federal and provincial funding to add four permanent dressing rooms with washrooms and showers.