West Central Online Staff

UPDATE: Thursday, Jan 18, 2024, 11:00 AM

The extreme cold warning is lingering Thursday, as periods of very cold wind chills continue around west-central Saskatchewan.

Wind chill values around -40 and colder can still be expected around parts of southern Saskatchewan, stretching across into southwest Manitoba. Any wind chill values that do moderate Thursday afternoon could return at night for some areas.

UPDATE: 7:00 AM, Friday, January 5, 2024

The fog advisory has ended as of 5:26 AM on Friday. Local highways are looking mostly seasonal, and should continue to improve throughout the morning.

UPDATE: 5:36 PM Thursday, January 4, 2024

There is currently a Fog Advisory in effect for the Kindersley, Rosetown, Biggar, Wilkie and Macklin areas.

Near zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring.

Dense fog continues over southwestern Saskatchewan this evening with visibilities worsening as the sun sets.

The results are in and a winner has been chosen for the Guy's Furniture Great Bake Exchange Contest. Accumulating over half the total votes, the bragging rights go to Tosha Kozicki who entered the baking contest with her Salted Caramel Brownie Bottom Cheesecake.

Kozicki will now be able to bake as many of her contest winning cheesecakes as she wants with her new Kitchenaid 30-inch 4-Element Induction Slide-In Convection Range.

Watch the video of the grand reveal below, and also click to listen for the winners reaction!

UPDATE: Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024, 11:33 AM

The fog advisory issued for the West Central region has been lifted. 

UPDATE: Wednesday, Jan 03, 2024, 9:35 AM

Foggy conditions have shifted north, causing poor visibility along Highway #7. Highways #317, #307, and Highway 21 north are also reporting the reduced visibility, same with Highway #31 to Plenty. 

With another trip around the sun nearly complete, it's time to take a look back at what made 2023 special. 

Find below the local news stories that our audience gravitated to throughout 2023. Some heartwarming, some telling a special story, as at the end of the day our local audience is what makes so many stories great.

View the top five news stories for each month in 2023 below.   

UPDATE: 10:46 AM CST Tuesday, November 7, 2023

The Fog Advisory for the West Central region has ended. 

Original Article:

Wet conditions and foggy skies began to develop on Sunday around west-central Saskatchewan and seem to be sticking around as we start the work week.

The SGI Traffic Safety Spotlight this summer was fixed once again on distracted driving. The Crown insurer reports in its latest release that the Regina Police Force have a valuable asset in catching those who aren’t paying attention behind the wheel.  

Back in 1999, Ted Devine established T&E Pumps Ltd. out of Consort, Alberta after 24 years working in the oil patch. T&E Pumps is a perfect example of ingenuity born of necessity, of perseverance, and the entrepreneurial spirit evident in many oil boomtowns.

Now celebrating 75 years in business, Redhead Equipment continues to thrive and expand their presence in Saskatchewan.

In 2018, Redhead Equipment celebrated the acquisition of Norsask Farm Equipment Ltd, an agricultural and powersports equipment dealer in North Battleford. That move created Redhead Equipment's eighth location in Saskatchewan, joining the seven other branches located in Estevan, Lloydminster, Melfort, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon and Swift Current.

UPDATE: 2:30 PM Tuesday, September 5

Power has been restored to Milden and surrounding areas.

Original Article:

Three separate power outages Tuesday morning kept SaskPower crews around the region busy.

Unlike the other two, the outage in the Rosetown, Dinsmore, Wiseton region was unplanned and left crews looking for answers.

"Crews are working to repair damage caused by a line down and estimate power to be restored at approx. 12:30 in Milden, and surrounding area." stated the SaskPower website Tuesday morning.