Local News

A 34-year-old man from Humboldt has been charged with the attempted murder of his wife. On April 7, at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Sometimes crime fighting really bites - or at least, the guy you're trying to arrest does. A Battlefords RCMP member was treated for bite wounds after responding to a fight in progress call at a local bar just after midnight Monday night.

Longtime city employee Keith Anderson has been hired as the new Parks and Recreation Director. City Manager Jim Toye announced the appointment at Monday night's city council meeting.

Two fires in North Battleford kept fire fighters busy Saturday, April 9. A vehicle was discovered on fire in the rear parking lot of North Battleford Comprehensive High School at a little after four in the morning.

Nine years after David Kennedy and Hughie Sayers were brutally murdered with an axe, the man found not criminally responsible for their deaths will be free to live in the Battlefords again.

A North Battleford teen snagged a $2,500 gift card for himself and a $5,000 cheque for John Paul II Collegiate by participating in The Decision, a contest connected with an ad launched in movie theatres last fall by SGI and Students Against Drinking

There are many ways to spend money on the Internet - music downloads, poker games, bidding on a zombie attack survival kit on eBay. You can also help reforest the Battlefords River Valley by purchasing carbon credits online at www.carboncreditcanada.

The Battlefords went to the dogs last weekend as the Chautauqua Canine Club hosted their annual kennel and obedience show at the Battleford Arena, April 8 to 10.

They couldn't decide on one or the other, so they decided to go with both. Moonlight Madness in Humboldt will be held on two nights in 2011.

Some people will go to great lengths to support a cause they believe in. For Victor Quijada-Sawitsky, that length will be 110 kilometers on a bicycle.