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Between 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, Battlefords RCMP responded to 30 calls for service/occurrences. Among those calls were four alarms and three false/nuisance 911 calls. Monday 7:31 a.m.

More than 35 calls for service/occurrences were responded to be Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 and 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Three false alarms and three nuisance 911 calls were also dealt with Friday 6:47 a.m.

A report of a possible structure fire at 50 - 1401 114th Street Sunday at about 4 p.m. turned out to be a vehicle fire. North Battleford Fire Department quickly extinguished the blaze, but were on the scene for about 50 minutes dealing with incident.

Between 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 and 6 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 30 calls for service/occurrences. They also dealt with four false/nuisance 911 calls and two false alarms. Saturday 9:18 a.m.

It was a quiet 24 hours for Battlefords RCMP as members responded to less than 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 and 6 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14. There were four alarms responded to, but all were false. Thursday 11:07 a.m.

The battle against invasive weeds continues.

A 20-year-old man is facing weapons charges after an assault at a business on 101st Street Friday at about 7 p.m. Battlefords RCMP responded to a call to the business and found a 52-year-old man suffering from head injuries.

Crime statistics of the past five years for Battlefords RCMP detachment are showing a slow but sure downward overall trend. The statistics for North Battleford, released this past week, confirmed what detachment Insp.

There were some developments Thursday morning in the indecent assault case against Morris Hryniuk. In provincial court in North Battleford, Judge Lloyd Deshaye made an order for court-appointed counsel for Hryniuk.

North Battleford Fire Department crews responded to the 1400 block of 106th Street in North Battleford on Wednesday in response to a smoke alarm. It turned out to be a false alarm.