Innisfail News

Suspected thieves led Innisfail RCMP on an early morning high-speed 20-kilometre chase from Spruce View to Sylvan Lake after an ATM (automated teller machine) was violently yanked out from a Caroline fast-food restaurant.

Innisfail RCMP has bagged a gang of axe- and rifle-wielding Red Deer teens caught prowling Penhold streets and breaking into multiple vehicles and a residential home.

Penhold town council has been slapped on the wrist by Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths for too much meddling into the responsibilities of administration.

Penhold is about to see a new addition as construction of a large strip mall plaza, which will include both a pharmacy and a supermarket, will soon be in the works. The project, which has not been started, is valued at $5.5 million.

Young cadets at the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Training Centre are still exclaiming “awesome” over their soaring experience of flying a vintage Second World War era training plane.

The Innisfail Historical Village is launching a new fundraising event to celebrate the coming of autumn, an event that is geared towards attracting more local visitors. The Fall Festival, which is set for Sept. 7 from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m.

A RCMP investigation has been launched following a serious assault with injuries that occurred last week at the Bowden Institute. At around 7 p.m.

It is the season of big changes at the Innisfail and District Historical Village. Two longtime members are leaving.

The town's tennis courts have just been resurfaced. A work crew from Calgary's Tomko Sports Systems has just completed a $30,000 makeover – the first one at the tennis courts since 1999. “Basically that cycle is nine to 11 years per cycle.

It could have been fatal. That is what Innisfail Fire Chief John Syroid said about a fire that roared through a Iocal residence with two young children inside.