Steinbach

*Update as of 10:30 a.m.*

The collision was cleared by 10:25 a.m. and traffic is now flowing freely through the intersection.

*Original story posted at 10:00 a.m.*

A collision has occurred at the intersection of Main Street and Brandt. 

RCMP, ambulance, and fire crews are currently on scene. 

Funeral For:  Katherine Bartsch 
Funeral Date: June 25, 2025 
Katherine Bartsch, 94, of Gladstone passed away Saturday, June 14th at Gladstone.  
The celebration of life for Katherine Bartsch will be held Wednesday, June 25th at 2pm at Gladstone Christian Fellowship with burial at Austin Sommerfeld Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at the church one hour prior to the service. 
Donations may be made to MCC Manitoba. 
Arrangements by Clarke’s Funeral Home, Gladstone/MacGregor. 

The Steinbach Family Resource Centre is throwing a party tonight, and everyone’s invited!

Executive Director Jo-Anne Dalton joined us on the Country 107 morning show, served up by A&W Steinbach, to share all the details about tonight’s annual Community Celebration BBQ. It’s an event that kicks off summer, recognizes hardworking staff, volunteers, board members and community partners, and brings families together.

The Sioux Falls Canaries (20-16) evened their series with the Winnipeg Goldeyes (16-19) Wednesday evening, using a nine-run fourth inning and five total home runs to secure a 15-2 win at Blue Cross Park.
 
The Canaries opened the scoring in the first inning after a dropped fly ball in left field allowed Mike Hart to score. The Goldeyes answered immediately in the bottom half of the frame, as Tanner O’Tremba delivered a two-run double to left-centre, scoring Ramón Bramasco and Roby Enríquez to briefly put Winnipeg ahead 2-1.

A dairy farm west of Grunthal is reporting a very good first cut of hay.

Reutter Dairy is located between Grunthal and St. Pierre. Lukas Reutter says they cut about 400 acres a little earlier than usual this year. He says May 30th and June 1st were their cut and harvest days. 

Reutter says even though it was a cool spring, the crop seemed to wake up quickly and when the plant is ready to go, it is ready to go.

"Alfalfa is kind of what we grow for first cut," he says. "And when it's in the budding stage we like to go for it."

After years or battling on the ice, Anastasia Boge fought even harder to have a team from her community join the Manitoba Women's High School Hockey League, and while she won't be able to play, her hard work did pay off.

As wildfires forced evacuations across parts of Manitoba this spring, officials in the Rural Municipality of Piney say a long-standing problem is putting their residents at even greater risk: the lack of reliable cell phone service.

The annual Canada Day celebration in Vita is shaping up to be one for the books, with organizers promising a dynamic blend of long-standing favourites and exciting new attractions. Ang Boychuk, one of the lead organizers, says the two-day festival offers something for everyone.

"We have a lot of recurring things happening that we've had in past years like our strong man competition, baseball tournament, some rodeo ring activities, and lots of kids activities," Boychuk says.

Another successful Summer in the City has come to a close, but the work isn’t over yet for the board behind the event. 

Board chair Audrey Harder says this year’s festival was one of the best yet. 

At the 75th graduation ceremony of Steinbach Christian School, 32 grads will be crossing the stage this Friday, walking into the next chapter of their lives.   

Thor Barkman, principal and CEO of Steinbach Christian School says that while honoring the new grads, it is encouraging to look back at previous years.