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Police say a 31-year-old brain injured Maidstone man was reported missing Friday. Maidstone RCMP say Russell Conlon was last heard from via a text message the previous evening. In that message, Conlon said he was in Winnipeg, Man.

A 42-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after commandeering a running vehicle with several children inside just after 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Frontier Mall parking lot.

Seven people escaped a house fire on Witchekan Lake First Nation early Sunday morning, but police say one occupant, a child, is unaccounted for. Spiritwood RCMP responded to the call about 1:23 a.m.

The filing of nominations papers has begun in the North Battleford city council byelection race in 2014, and a familiar name from municipal politics is first out of the gate.

A bat was used to break into a business on the 1900 block of St. Laurent Drive at about 3 a.m. Friday, according to Battlefords RCMP. Police say a lone perpetrator gained entry through the front door using a bat..

North Battleford city council has agreed to extend a land transfer agreement with Battle River Nations Trade and Tourism Association by an extra year to July 2015.

Wallace George, 38, hasn't been seen since last summer and Pierceland RCMP are asking anyone with information to contact them as they continue their investigation into the Big Island Lake Cree Territory man's disappearance.

The Saskatchwan Housing Authority has announced appointments to several local housing authority boards in the Northwest.

North West Mutual Aid Area hosted a disaster planning exercise in St. Walburg Feb. 22. The mock emergency centre exercise was designed by the mutual aid co-ordinators and was facilitated by Randy Buckland of Emergency Fire and Safety.

Inspector John Sutherland of the RCMP says cold weather is likely the main reason calls for service were down during the month of January compared to a year ago.