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A 14-year-old boy was in court Tuesday morning facing several charges after a truck was stolen from in front of a residence in North Battleford Monday at about 10 p.m.

Between 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 20 reports/occurrences. Monday 6:01 a.m. - Report of young man looking into vehicles amd trying to get into vehicles on 107th Street. Patrols negative.

The sexual assault charge against radio personality Harry Michael Dekker is still not resolved. The case remains in mediation, as Dekker's lawyer Mark Brayford indicated in provincial court in Saskatoon Tuesday morning. There, Brayford set Feb.

Some major stories stood out in education in 2013 in the Northwest region. Many of the biggest education stories of the year concerned the Living Sky School Division, faced with some tough decisions in the face of a budget crunch.

Battlefords RCMP made 15 arrests between 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 3 and 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, while responding to more than 70 calls for service/occurrences. Also attended were two alarms and there were four false/nuisance 911 calls. Friday 7:15 a.m.

A year of celebration and reflection came to a conclusion New Year's Eve at the North Battleford centennial closing ceremonies.

2013 was a big year of happenings in provincial politics. The Saskatchewan Party government could point to a year of accomplishments and steady economic growth, while the opposition NDP chose a new leader and set forth on its own rebuilding efforts.

The year 2013 proved to be an important one as far as building projects were concerned in the Battlefords. Several noteworthy projects were completed and had their grand openings in 2013 while others saw shovels in the ground.

The Battlefords and area made the news in a big way in 2013. Not only were the crime severity numbers a major focus of news media from across the province and across Canada, but so were other happenings during the year.

Connaught School hallways have been given another shower as a result of a malfunctioning sprinkler system. In March of 2012, the North Battleford Fire Department responded to a call at the school, where a broken sprinkler line had caused flooding.