Innisfail News

So many Penhold residents descended on town council that they couldn't all fit into the council chambers during the July 16 meeting. Most of the crowd came out to hear Ken McCarthy address council.

An old schoolhouse west of Innisfail is the setting for a new romance novel about to be released.

Former Bowden councillor Steve Blamire was forced to resign from council earlier this month due to him moving to Red Deer County.

Just three years into the sport, Charlie Whatley has become a national champ. During the Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships July 11 to 14 in Saskatoon, Whatley placed first in the Elders D division.

The former Innisfail RCMP officer who was convicted of criminal harassment, extortion and mortgage fraud is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 6.

Heavy rains caused two vehicles to lose control with a third receiving damage as well Saturday morning on the QEII highway, said police. Just after 10 a.m.

Inmates at the Bowden Institution handed off a year's worth of woodworking and leather work to local charities last week.

Election delayed Court election was delayed again in the case of a man charged in relation to a collision that left four Filipino workers dead and one injured. Tyler James Stevens had a court appearance in Red Deer provincial court on July 16.

The value of building permits issued in Penhold as of the end of June has already exceeded the total value of permits issued in 2011. Penhold town council received the numbers current to the end of June during the July 10 meeting.