Westlock News

Westlock County’s deputy reeve Conrad Sehn has died at the age of 67. Sehn was approaching the end of his second term on Westlock County council, to which he was first elected representing the Busby and Pickardville areas on Oct. 15, 2007.

Hypnotist and comedian Wayne Lee dances across the stage at Westlock Memorial Hall on Saturday in front of a row of sleeping participants (save one girl who was hypnotized to believe Lee wasn't wearing pants). Over 80 people turned out to the show, which was a fundraiser for Santa's Anonymous.

Westlock County council isn’t happy with the recommendation to close two of the three schools north of Westlock, but will respect the decision. “The parents made the decision and we live with it,” reeve Charles Navratil said last week.

In a perfect world Westlock would have two or three more doctors, but overall it looks as though the community is in good shape. Dr.

Town councillors are open to finding ways to keep the Westlock Seniors and Disabled bus running beyond the planned July 2013 shutdown. After listening to a passionate crowd at the Jan.

Former Pembina Hills school division Supt. Richard Harvey was scheduled to appear in Barrhead Provincial Court Tuesday, Jan. 8, to face fraud charges, but did not attend and has requested a disclosure file from the Crown and six weeks to review it.

Icy roads are being blamed for a collision near Villeneuve last Sunday, Jan. 6, that claimed the lives of two Westlock residents.

Depending on who you ask, a merger between the Hope Resource Centre and Family and Community Support Services is not in the cards.

The Westlock Ukrainian Dance Society put on a show Saturday night at the Memorial Hall for the fifth annual Malanka celebrations. Gage Babiak (left), Kendel Butler and Riley Behan perform a mixed Paltava.

The Westlock North Task Force will soon bring a recommendation to Pembina Hills trustees to establish a consolidated K-9 school in Dapp within the next three years, while shuttering Jarvie School and W.R. Frose School in Fawcett.