Westman

Funeral For: John Giesbrecht
Funeral Date: July 24, 2025 
John Giesbrecht, 91, of Winnipeg formerly of Blumenfeld passed away Sunday, July 13th at Poseidon Long-Term Care Home. He is survived by his wife Marlene, 2 sons, 2 grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, his first wife and all 22 of his siblings. 
A funeral service for John Giesbrecht will be held Thursday, 11am at Bethel Mennonite Church with Burial at Chapel Lawn Cemetery. 
Public viewing will be at Bethel Mennonite Church, Thursday, July 24th at 10am. 

You can call in to ask host Carla Hrycyna all of your gardening questions live every Saturday morning starting at 9:15am: 1-800-374-3315

July 19th Report: 

IPDA (Intoxicated Persons Detention Act) 

Over the past 24 hours ten individuals were arrested for IPDA. They were released once sober. 

Warrants executed for Failing to attend Court 

Funeral For:  John Wiebe 
Funeral Date: Private 
John Wiebe, 91, of Altona formerly of Neuhorst, passed away Friday, July 18th at Eastview Place. He is survived by 1 sister, 1 sister-in-law, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by 4 sisters and 7 brothers. 
A private family service for John Wiebe will be held at a later date. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Altona Tuesday, July 22nd from 1 to 7pm. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Altona.

Funeral For:  Jacob “Gilliam” Hildebrand  
Funeral Date: July 22, 2025 
Jacob "Gilliam" Hildebrand, age 87 years, of Altona formerly of Halbstadt, passed away on Friday, July 18th at Altona Memorial Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Kathy (nee Bergen), their children Jim Hildebrand, and Cindy Hildebrand, as well as 1 sister.  He was predeceased by one son Larry Hildebrand, his parents Diedrich and Maria Hildebrand, 3 sisters and 2 brothers.

Areas over 10.0 mm of rain

              Yesterday's total + today as of 8 am = total amount

Boissevain  9.9 mm + 0.6 mm = 10.5 mm

Deloraine  10.1 + 2.4 = 12.5 mm

Minto 10.2 + 1.9 = 12.1 mm

Oakburn 17.5 + 0.0 = 17.5 mm

Pierson 10.7 + 13.9 = 24.6 mm

Reston 9.9 + 4.1 = 14.0 mm

Sinclair 28.9 + 6.0 + 34.9 mm

Waskada 10.9 + 11.2 = 22.1 mm

The Boissevain-Morton-Whitewater (BMW) Foodgrains committee is pleased with the progress on the 300 acre field at Fairfax for this year's grow project.

Field Manager, Mitch Bohrn, says this year they grew wheat the field west of Minto a bit on the later end when everybody else was seeding wheat in the area and it's actually turning out to be pretty good. "It's caught some really nice rains the last little bit here and things are looking really good," says Bohrn.

The Manitoba Historical Society has a new APP to help folks find hidden treasures they might not otherwise be aware of, that being historical sites that include heritage homes, old train stations, grain elevators and municipal buildings.

Community Futures Westman has launched a new way to help entrepreneurs enter the business world, or current small business owners to expand their business through their new Lending Circle program.

Precipitation that's in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that's blanketed much of the Prairies over the weekend kept some firefighting aircraft grounded and forced the cancellation of a number of weekend events.

In an update posted to social media on Sunday, the City of Thompson said rain was forecast for the area on Monday as the community continues to advise residents to be ready to flee at short notice due to several fires.