Westlock News

The Westlock Foundation’s requisition is virtually unchanged from last year.

A belief that the fates of Jarvie School and W.R. Frose School has already been decided was the dominant theme of the two school closure meetings held April 7 and 8.

With the snow cover melting and last year’s dry grasses now exposed to the wind, anyone burning within Westlock County is being asked to take extra precautions.

The final show of the 2013-2014 Cultural Arts Theatre Series held April 4 was Columbus, Ohio-based physical comedian Robert Post, whose performance consisted of numerous short sketches as different, wacky characters including Chef Pasquale.

One of the two men involved in the theft of mail in the Westlock area has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. Tyler Morgan Peters, 29, appeared in Westlock Provincial Court on April 2 to face 80 charges that stem from an incident on Oct.

Westlock’s apartment vacancy rates are among the lowest in the province, according to a study released by Alberta Municipal Affairs last month.

The Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games committee has made the final decision on which organizations will receive the approximately $340,000 in Legacy Grants, but they’re not ready to tell the general public. Committee chair Gerry St.

No one was injured when a tractor caught fire inside an out building on a farm property northwest of Dapp on March 23. The residents on the property along Range Road 10 north of Highway 661 noticed the fire before 9 a.m.

A relatively new annual Alberta tradition, a winter bug count, has turned up an interesting and unexpected find in a Westlock apartment building — a species of warm-climate ant.

Residents of the northern communities that would be affected by closure of the schools in Jarvie and Fawcett will have one last opportunity to have their voices heard before a final decision is made.