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The driver's side window of a truck parked on 106th Street in North Battleford was smashed out sometime overnight Jan. 14. Nothing was taken from inside of the vehicle.

The Rotary Club of the Battlefords had a special presentation Monday for the fundraising campaign for Saskatoon's Ronald McDonald House. Gerald W.

It's very close to done. The Habitat for Humanity build in Humboldt is nearly ready for the families to move in.

It's been a deadly winter on Saskatchewan highways and two of the main contributing factors to traffic fatalities, non-seatbelt use and distracted driving, are the focus of this month's traffic safety blitz.

North Battleford city council's deliberations on its operating/capital budget were supposed to take place this week, but at Monday's council meeting, it was announced that the meetings had been delayed for several weeks.

Another Battlefordian received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recently, and he was awarded the medal at the North Battleford city council meeting Monday.

Good news for cellphone owners in Radisson and Marshall - SaskTel has enhanced the 4G wireless network coverage to both. SaskTel finished installing new carriers in both communities that will increase the capacity of the 4G network in the area.

Grade 4 were treated to a hearty dose of the drama, tedium and decorum of the political process last week, as the Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature, Dan D'Autremont, came by to put on an "educational outreach program.

The process for setting up Operation Red Nose, the Christmas-season ride home service to reduce drunk driving, is a long one. The process starts in April, when the North Battleford Lions, who work as drivers, are contacted.

As of Jan. 10, the precautionary drinking water advisory for the village of Neilburg has been lifted. It had been in effect since Dec.