Candace Derksen

A barn in Neubergthal was destroyed by fire late Tuesday afternoon.

According to a social media post by Altona/Rhineland Emergency Services, crews were called to the blaze at 5:08 p.m. They arrived to find the barn fully engulfed in flames. 

Fire Chief Greg Zimmerman said the flames spread and started a grass fire. 

Additionally, the Winkler Fire Department assisted in the fire fight with one load of water from its water tanker.

Fire fighters were on scene for about three hours.

Motorists dodging the significant potholes on Altona's Main Street might be wondering when the road will be redone, as promised by the Manitoba Government last fall. 
    
Public Works manager, Clint Derksen, says a pre-construction meeting with contractor, Bituminex, is set for this week Thursday. There, he expects a timeline for the project to be firmed up.

Spring run-off has forced officials to hit pause on the on-going drain restoration work left over in the R.M. of Morris after last year's unexpected flood.

"We are fairly optimistic that this year will not flood significantly," said Reeve Scott Siemens. "As soon as it dries up, hopefully in the next three weeks or so, maybe sooner, we can begin that again."

It's been just over a month since the R.M. of Morris officially opened Phase 1 of its Prairie Hearth residential development in Rosenort.

"Things are progressing along fairly well," explained Reeve Scott Siemens. 

Of the 53 lots opened up for sale, 24 are already spoken for.

"So, we're pretty pleased. That's just about halfway there already," added Siemens. 

More funding is now available for Manitoba food processors under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).

Non-repayable cost-shared funding is now available for small and large businesses engaged in Manitoba’s value-added food processing sector towards the purchase of processing-related equipment. Eligible amounts available under the Capital Infrastructure and Investments program range from $50,000 up to $2.5 million depending on project size.

Council for the Municipality of Rhineland wants to develop an overall drainage strategy for the municipality. 

The effort stems from a priority that came out the group's strategic planning session at the end of 2022, calling for a review of the Municipality's drainage network, explained Reeve Don Wiebe.

"We want to do this in light of changing weather patterns, field drainage, irrigation and tile drainage."

2022 was a year of significant change, evolution and growth for Access Credit Union, according to board chair, Kevin Beresford, who delivered a review of the past year at the institution's annual general meeting on Tuesday.
    
The year started off with membership approval of a merger with Noventis and Sunova credit unions in January.

Service at the Pembina Manitou Clinic is going to be disrupted for the next four to six weeks. 

The Southern Health region is seeing cases of pertussis - more commonly known as whooping cough - approach pre-pandemic levels.

"It's not at the point where we'd say it's an outbreak," says Dr. Davinder Singh, a medical health officer with the regional health authority. "But it's at the upper end of what we had seen before the pandemic in terms of years where there was a high number of pertussis cases in the region."

Ten residents from the Borderland constituency were presented with the Queen's Platinum Jubliee Medal at a ceremony Monday at the Manitoba Legislature.