Local News

The Maidstone Museum annual corn and hot dog roast was held Labour Day from 4 to 7 p.m. It was enjoyed by more than 80 who attended on a perfect September harvest day.

The sun shone brightly as the community of Maidstone celebrated a little bit more summer during the school community council's Backyard Barbecue and Block Party Sept. 7.

The recent string of suspected vandalism across the community hit Lawrence School Thursday. A playground slide was destroyed by fire, according to North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services.

It's all starting to come together. The new Humboldt Collegiate Institute is starting to enter the last stages of construction.

Battlefords RCMP used a spike belt to stop a fleeing vehicle on Highway 4 Early Friday morning, but not before one officer narrowly escaped injury in a previous attempt to stop the vehicle.

Wednesday, Sept. 14, North Battleford voters go to the polls to determine who will fill the seat on city council left vacant by the departure of Rhonda Seidel earlier this year.

The Town of Battleford says it is still negotiating with landowners on the Highway 4 corridor after passing a bylaw giving the town the authority to expropriate land for the purpose of twinning of the highway in Battleford.

A resident of the Riverbend Trailer Park in Battleford gave Mayor Chris Odishaw and town council an earful about the local streets at a council meeting Sept. 6.

The Saskatchewan Party for the Rosthern-Shellbrook constituency held a fundraising dinner Sept. 1 in the community of Leask.

The issue of whether to open an off-leash dog park has come to Battleford town council. At their meeting Sept.