Westlock News

A Morinville man will spend the next seven months behind bars after a police chase and a bizarre incident of mischief last year. Bradley R. Perrott.

Marek Kenneth Ronald Kasawski is Westlock's first baby of 2013, born to mother Trisha Kasawski. Marek was born weighing seven pounds two ounces at 7:52 a.m. on Jan. 2 at the Westlock Healthcare Centre. Marek was due on Jan. 1, but decided to hold off a few hours, his mother said. How does it feel to have her first child also the first of 2013? "I'm a lucky lady,” Trisha said.

Sydney Provencal took advantage of the warmer weather Dec. 28 and headed out to the local toboggan hill at Eastglen Park for an afternoon of fun

The past year has been a “tremendous” one, according to Westlock-St. Paul MP Brian Storseth, with the federal government accomplishing many of its goals in 2012.

Undeniably, the biggest headline maker of 2012 has been the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre.

Overall, 2012 was a good year for Westlock County, but it wasn’t without a few bumps. That was the general message reeve Charles Navratil had when discussing where the county had been this year.

The previous 12 months have been a good time to live in Westlock, with one event overshadowing all others. “The obvious highlight was finally getting the completion of the Spirit Centre and getting that opened up in June,” said mayor Bruce Lennon.

A fifth drunk-driving-related conviction has resulted in a four-month prison sentence for a Westlock-area man.

Kaden Wiegand plays to the crowd as Caesar Augustus during Westlock Elementary School's The Mystery of Simon Shepherd Christmas play on Wednesday.

The Electoral Boundaries Commission for Alberta has recommended for a second time that the Westlock-St.