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A man and a gun pulled on him. An exhusband, his exwife. A domestic dispute outside this lakeland Doctors Office could have turned deadly. Gibson hyacinth went. He went there with love, jealousy, and rage. And the only thing that stopped him from killing addison was that his firearm for whatever reason wouldnt work. Reporter in this surveillance video, they have confronted him. He showed whiteside his concealed carry permit. Then he pull out a gun and tried to shoot him not only once, but twice....

The seacans have finally landed. After two months of consultations, revisions, and tweaks, Yorkton City council has approved of a change to a bylaw regarding shipping containers (also known as . . .

Eger said City Administration consulted with the Yorkton Business Improvement District (YBID), the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and the Economic Development Committee, (EDC), in preparing changes. Program changes were then discussed in detail at the February 11, 2021 EDC meeting. A range of options were considered, with members commenting that: *There are many business owners who live outside the City and still contribute their time and money to local teams, events and fundraisers, ...

West Springfield OKs hiring diversity coordinator Updated Mar 12, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — A more inclusive hiring system in town government will start with a new hire this month, Mayor William Reichelt said. The town is collecting applications for a full-time diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator, a new position approved by the Town Council on March 1. Reichelt said the coordinator’s main duty will be actively seeking to hire and retain minority workers. During debate last month ove...

The property in question is adjacent to the City’s easterly corporate boundary and also adjacent to City-owned lands that lie within the RM of Wallace, explained Michael Eger – Director of Planning, Building & Development with the City. The subject lands are designated for Commercial land use in the District Plan, and zoned High Profile Commercial/Light Industrial (HPC) in the RM’s Zoning Bylaw. In order to accommodate the application, the RM is considering a text amendment to their zo...

Digital billboard zone proposed along Route 5, I-91 in West Springfield Updated Feb 17, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Advertising may be taking to the skies above Route 5 if town councilors support a petitioned zone change. William Fennell, an attorney representing 19 petitioners from West Springfield, spoke at Tuesday’s council meeting about their proposal for an overlay zone to allow digital billboards in the retail district of Riverdale Street (Route 5) and on industrial land facing Intersta...

West Springfield council eyes another alternative to mayor’s racism order Updated Feb 01, 2021; West Springfield town councilors will take up the issue of racism at their next meeting, and this time they’ll have another competing resolution to consider. Following a Jan. 25 discussion that failed to reach a consensus on changing any of the wording in Mayor William Reichelt’s executive order declaring racism an “emergency and public health crisis,” Councilor Michael Eger last week shar...

West Springfield Town Council ready to vote on racism declaration Updated Jan 27, 2021; Several councilors again faulted the language of the proposed order at a study session Jan. 25, but said they didn’t want to delay the start of a town-wide effort to gather information on racial disparities and promote equity. They also said they had started to think deeply about systematic racism after reading the studies and news reports that Reichelt researched before writing the order. “I had some s...

West Springfield councilors concerned over ‘inflammatory’ wording in mayor’s anti-racism order Updated Jan 24, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Town councilors will meet Monday to discuss “inflammatory” and “accusatory” language in Mayor William Reichelt’s executive order declaring racism a public health crisis. They’ll also consider an alternative wording drafted late last week by Council President Brian Griffin, intended to preserve the mayor’s goals while toning down the rheto...

West Springfield council has questions on proposed business advocate Updated Jan 20, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Businesses will need help bouncing back when the coronavirus pandemic subsides, but the Town Council is split on whether funding a new government office would help. At their meeting Tuesday, councilors could not reach a consensus on whether to back a proposal by Council President Brian Griffin and Mayor William Reichelt to hire a temporary economic recovery administrator with a $35,0...