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The spring melt has had an immediate flooding impact on highways in and out of the Battlefords. Warm conditions on Saturday produced the bulk of the activity, with water overflowing right onto the highway from nearby ditches.

Several Northwest area communities were under state of emergency orders as they dealt with widespread flooding from the spring runoff.

Plans and preparations are heating up for the annual Summer Sizzler. An agenda has been established and final details will be ironed out during a second planning meeting held in the upcoming weeks.

Battlefords RCMP are reporting an armed robbery took place at a business in North Battleford shortly after 9 p.m. April 24. According to police, the lone male suspect entered a business on the 1900 block of St. Laurent Drive.

The man found not criminally responsible in an axe-killing in North Battleford was back in front of the Saskatchewan Review Board Thursday, April 25.

Emergency crews in North Battleford were called to the scene of a natural gas leak Thursday afternoon. The incident happened around the 1500 block of 95th Street.

It's a unique, fun way to raise some funds and give people something to do at the same time. The Humboldt District Hospital Foundation's first annual Spring, Health, Home and Leisure Show is right around the corner.

Water flows out of Alberta on the Battle River have increased over the past week and these flows, along with local inflows over this past weekend, are expected to peak early this week.

The impaired driving trial of Red Pheasant chief Stewart Baptiste has been moved to North Battleford. The trial, originally scheduled for last fall but later pushed back to Aug.

The Broncos celebrated the end of the 2012/13 season with an awards banquet in recognition of the team's achievements and supporting community contributions made over the season.