Candace Derksen

Police are looking for two people following a Break and Enter at a Carman business last month. 
    
According to Pembina Valley RCMP, video surveillance shows two suspects come up to the back of the local flower shop around 2 a.m. on April 13th, and then attempt to gain entry through a side entrance before using a plank of wood and a crowbar to forcefully get in through a back door. Once inside, police say the duo cut phone wires, broke a flower pot, and stole cash before taking off on foot, heading north into the back alleyway 20 minutes later. 
    

An effort to improve cellphone service in and around Plum Coulee has come farther than ever before. 

Bell MTS is proposing to erect a 104-metre guyed tower about 700 metres north of Highway 14 and Road 15 West and is now inviting feedback from the public.

"We've never seen (it get) that far before, so this is encouraging!" said Reeve Don Wiebe. 

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.