Westlock News

A handful of local businesses were hit by thieves last week, who broke in and stole cash during a spree of early-morning break and enters. The businesses affected by the Sept.

Signing out materials from the Westlock Library could soon get a lot harder for Clyde residents.

A meeting between Westlock’s administration and Alberta Transportation representatives last week was a productive one, CAO Darrell Garceau says. Progress was made on two fronts.

Two Westlock-area residents died Tuesday afternoon as a result of a head-on collision on Highway 18 near Clyde.

Revitalization of Westlock’s downtown core is still on the agenda and a three-dimensional digital model of the proposed changes will soon be available.

An area woman is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a pickup truck during an early-morning bicycle ride. The collision occurred at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14 on Sunniebend Road, just west of Range Road 11.

A head-on collision between a cube van and a mini van on Highway 18 near the weigh scales east of Westlock last Tuesday afternoon left two area residents dead.

A Westlock-area man will spend six months behind bars and another 24 months on probation for shaking his four-month-old daughter in 2009 and causing serious injuries to the child.

After fire ripped through a strip mall in Westlock’s west end earlier this month, causing over half a million dollars in damages, business owners were faced with the decision to rebuild or cut their losses.

A big paving job being done this fall is good news for residents in the northern part of Westlock County.