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There were a number of races decided by voters at the ballot box in the Northwest region's rural municipalities Oct. 24. Most of the seats had already been filled by acclamations after the Sept.

There will be faces new and old at council meetings around the Battlefords, with new mayors and councillors being elected in many communities. In Blaine Lake, former councillor Andy Ciona was elected as mayor.

A business located on the 1800 block of 100th Street in North Battleford was broken into during the night of Oct. 20. Perpetrators pried open change boxes and a small amount of change was taken.

The Humboldt Habitat for Humanity project, now heading into its fifth month of construction, is looking for new volunteers. There have been many hands that have contributed many man-hours since the build began in July 2012.

It hasn't made their jobs any less stressful, but it's allowed them to focus on their patients. There are now 12 doctors at the Humboldt Clinic. A good dozen family physicians practising in the city - a number that was once down to seven.

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox is back at work in the legislature and looking forward to some of the new initiatives being put forward by the government this fall.

They are using new technology on a new mine. During a media tour of the BHP Billiton Jansen potash mine site on October 29, the company showed off a new piece of equipment used to drill the mine shaft.

The investigation has been completed into the sudden death of a 21-year-old Saskatoon man. Mark Stone, 21, was found dead in North Battleford last week in what was initially labeled a suspicious death.

Guy Turcotte and his family have been frightening Battlefords residents for 12 years with elaborate Halloween displays.

A man has been arrested in connection to break and enters in the Battlefords. According to an RCMP news release Monday, Liam Bassingthwaighte has been arrested and faces several charges.