Guided walking tour of Original Humboldt this Thursday

Original Humboldt, located 8 km west of Humboldt just off Highway 5, has a wealth of stories, many of which have been unearthed by archeological digs and preservation of its artifacts and history.  

Humboldt and area residents have a wonderful opportunity to explore the site on a guided tour happening on Thursday evening, September 12.  

Meal in the Field with the Arnst Family

The Week 3 winners of the 2024 Harvest Edition of Meal in the Field were Brandon Arnst and his family from the Leroy/Jansen area. 

Arnst said the family farm began operation with his grandpa during the 40’s. The terrain has evolved with the bush being removed over the years.  

Along with his father, Brandon operates the farm with his sister and brother-in-law.  

Level crossing repairs upcoming on Highway 2

Motorists heading on Highway 2 north of the Highway 5 junction need to be prepared for another detour coming on Thursday, September 12.  

CN will be upgrading the crossing on Highway 2 north of the Highways 2 and 5 junction on September 12 to smooth out what has been a slow zone crossing on the north Highway detour to Saskatoon.  

Repair and paving are scheduled to begin at 7:00 am and should be wrapped up by 7 pm the same day.  

Sarah Dale, Joel Taphorn and Chad Hofmann join administration team in Horizon SD

We wrap up our introduction to new administrators in the Horizon School Division with a trio of long-time professionals serving communities near Humboldt.  

LeRoy School welcomes newly appointed principal Sarah Dale. Sarah obtained her Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan in 2010. In May of the same year, she was employed by the Englefeld School, where she taught grade 7/8 until the end of the year. She was employed with them again in the fall to teach K/1/2.  

Harvest progressing with drier weather in the mix

The east central region of the province is playing catchup with this year’s harvest, but relatively dry weather during the week of August 27 to September 2 has done much to move the process along.  

The weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture for the week shows that harvest in the region is at 38 per cent completion. All told, harvest was nearing the halfway point in the week with 42 percent in the bin province wide. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 34 per cent.  

Humboldt RCMP seeking assistance to locate individuals responsible for a gas and dash

 

The Humboldt RCMP are asking the public's help in identifying individuals responsible for a gas and dash recently at a gas station on 8th Avenue in Humboldt. 

On Thursday, August 22 at around 10 am, a black Dodge Ram with Saskatchewan licence plate 800 GYC pulled up to a gas station with two occupants.

It appears this vehicle was involved in an incident of Dine and Dash on August 20 at the Classic Buffet in Regina.