Battlefords News-Optimist

This weather is sure feeling like spring. We are enjoying it but, holding our breaths in case there are more surprises coming. Did the weatherman predict this last blizzard? Once the blizzard was started, then he reported a blizzard.

Easter has hopped in and out. Hope everyone had safe travels and lots of fun family memories to cherish. Now if this elusive spring would ever arrive . So far the melting has taken place slowly.

30-1-1 is a number sequence that might not mean anything to the average person, but it was significant for each member and coach of the Unity Lazers Midget A team.

The Humboldt Broncos have done it again. The class of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League have earned a berth in the league's Canalta Cup final after a 4-1 series win over the Flin Flon Bombers.

The sexual assault charge against Harry Michael Dekker continues to be at a standstill in court, as it has been through much of this year.

Norman Carter's Scholastic Book Fair wrapped up March 26. The original schedule for the book fair was Wednesday, March 20 - Friday, March 22 however, with the atrocious weather that blasted our region, it was extended to the following Tuesday.

Get well wishes go out to Robert Greer on his recent back surgery at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. After his surgery, he spent a few days in Lloydminster with his youngest daughter Christine Greer.

Driving down the highway you see the familiar orange sign with a worker on it.

Maidstone RCMP are requesting the public's help with respect to a theft of copper wire and electronics.

Randy Dittmar has a story to tell. A true life story of a journey as he walked alongside his wife, Joanne, while she battled a rare form of breast cancer.