Westlock News

A 58-year-old farmer in Thorhild County was killed on Wednesday when the tractor he was working on rolled over him. Cpl. Guy Perreault of the Thorhild RCMP said they received a report about the incident at 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 16.

Two demolition derby contestants collide during the first round of Sunday's derby at the Westlock Fair — the wind-up event of the 97th annual ag fair. See the Aug. 29 Westlock News for results of the event.

The RCMP’s Commercial Crimes Unit has finished a report on a fraud investigation at the Pembina Hills school division and forwarded the information to provincial Crown prosecutors, Barrhead RCMP’s Sgt.

A Westlock man has been charged with first-degree murder in the drowning death of his wife nearly a year ago. Peter Ernest Edward Beckett, 54, was arrested Friday without incident after leaving a property near Christina Lake, B.C.

It’s official: Ken Kowalski intends to seek his 10th mandate as MLA for the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock constituency. He made the announcement Sunday evening at the Barrhead Golf Club. He was scheduled to make the announcement just past 5 p.m.

Westlock’s thespians, dancers, musicians and drama classes will have a new theatre floor to work on this year.

A destructive fire struck a campsite at the Long Island Lake Municipal Campground on the holiday Monday, destroying three quads and a boat before being put out.

At Westlock County’s July 18 meeting, councillors voted to go ahead with buying nine Apple iPads, but before they made that decision, it was necessary for two councillors to test-drive the machines to make sure they were what the councillors would ne

An early-morning fire ripped through a Westlock home last week, completely gutting the building and rendering it uninhabitable. RCMP Staff Sgt. Bryan Clayton said the exact cause of the fire, which started around 5 a.m.