Battlefords News-Optimist

Newcastle Disease is being suspected for hundreds of bird deaths around Jackfish Lake and elsewhere over the past month.

Monday night, on the drive home from Lloydminster after my baseball game, I was recapping the game my team lost 5-1.

Three males are now in custody in connection to a break and enter in Leoville where a video store ATM machine was targeted.

Story:Dear Editor, Extreme weather events are regularly occurring locally and globally. Provincially, 100 communities are disaster areas with at least $100 million in damages due to flooding and extreme weather.

Five people were sent to hospital, three of them in critical condition, following a major three-vehicle crash Friday morning on the Highway 16 bypass in North Battleford. Around 9:30 a.m.

As the Battlefords North Stars prepare for the upcoming hockey season, some former North Stars are now preparing for a new challenge in the hockey world.

Two motor vehicle collisions on the weekend, both involving single vehicles, kept emergency personnel busy in the Battlefords. The first incident was a rollover that happened around 3:45 pm on Saturday, August 14 at 35th Street in Battleford.

New curator aims to have Sapp in textbooks

A group of concerned Battleford citizens attended the Aug. 16 regular town council meeting to discuss flooding issues on 15 Street. Don Wakelin, whose property was flooded during the July 22 hailstorm, as well as Aug.

Change is coming at the North Battleford Fire Hall with the retirement of deputy fire chief Bryan Beach Friday. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services is moving swiftly to name Beach's replacement.