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Manitoba Health reports the analysis of the adult mosquitoes trapped for the week of June 13 found low numbers of Culex tarsalis mosquitoes in some communities in southern Manitoba.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises motorists, especially truckers, that repairs to the Trans-Canada Highway east of Winnipeg will result in more traffic lane reductions starting tomorrow.

On June 23, 2010, at about 1:30am, RCMP Manitou Detachment along with the Notre-Dames-de-Lourdes Fire Department were dispatched to a fire at a local area hog barn near Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes in the RM of Lorne.

The Office of Manitoba’s Fire Commissioner has indicated it plans to extend provisions of the Buildings and Mobile Homes Act to cover the construction of new or expanded agricultural buildings.

The City of Steinbach reports on their 2010 projects including sewer watermain renewals, asphalt projects, lagoon expansion and residential developments.

On June 22, 2010, Lac du Bonnet RCMP responded to a complaint of an adult male exposing himself to two female youths near the community’s elementary school in Lac du Bonnet.

On June 18, 2010 a group of Manitoba hog producers discovered a severe case of animal neglect in a barn near Notre Dame de Lourdes.

RCMP continue the search for a missing boater who remains unaccounted for after a boating mishap on the Valley River this past weekend.

Around 1:30am, on June 20, 2010, officers from the Dauphin Municipal RCMP Detachment received a report of a noisy party at a home on Gertrude Street in Dauphin.

At approximately 3:15pm on June 22, 2010, Falcon Beach RCMP responded to a head-on collision that occurred on the two lane portion of Highway 1 just outside Falcon Beach.