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Severe weather, including supercell storms and up to three tornadoes, pounded parts of Mountain View County and Red Deer County last week.The high-impact weather conditions left their mark, uprooting and tossing trees at nearby buildings.

Regulating cloud seeding in Canada is a must under the federal Weather Modification Act ñ but how successful the practice is, or what effect it has on the environment, isn't actively watched by the government, said Stewart Cober, who conducts cloud p

Plans for an expanded recreation park in the Village of Delburne got a $50,000 boost from Red Deer County Council last week.

A Sundre-area woman is measuring community support for a daily shuttle service to Calgary.

Mountain View County council last week ordered the cleanup of Water Valley Campground, closed since the site flooded in late May.

After years of battling the provincial government over the future of a flood-protection berm they constructed along the Little Red Deer River on their property in Westward Ho, MarieAnne and Bryce Schacher have finally been given a little bit of good

Environment Canada received reports of three tornadoes in the region last Thursday between 4 and 8 p.m.One was spotted 10 miles northwest of Bergen, another was reported at a campground 15 km west of Innisfail near Rge. Rd. 21 and Twp. Rd.

A plan to repair and expand the Dickson Jubilee Recreation Centre is set to go ahead after Red Deer County councillors agreed to partner with the Spruce View and District Agricultural Society on the project.

A heated public hearing for a rezoning application by a Mountain View County councillor's sister was put on hold last week after the new county planning chief recommended a site visit.

It was going to happen this year if possible ñ but it wasn't possible.Mountain View County council decided last week to put the reconstruction of Big Prairie Bridge on hold and re-tender the project for an Oct. 30, 2012 completion date.