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After months of dead ends, an Okotoks woman collected enough history and anecdotes about a former manse to pen a 47-page book.

A 35-year-old man is going to knock down a few pins with his family to help an organization that gave him a little brother. “We definitely don’t bowl,” said Dan Flynn with a laugh.

Speeding raced to the top in regards to tickets issued by Foothills County peace officers. “Speeding is by far the most common ticket that we are issuing,” said Sgt. Darlene Roblin Protective Services co-ordinator for Foothills Patrol.

An Okotoks mother plans to use an appeal system to keep her children at the K-Grade 9 Westmount School next year after the Foothills School Division revised its boundaries due to the opening of Meadow Ridge School in the fall.

Some Okotoks students have recently learned that when you fall, you must get right back up.

The Okotoks Recreation Centre has taken some heat recently on social media for what some residents claim is poorly-executed snow removal in the parking lot.

The Okotoks United Church and the Rowan House Society are teaming up for another International Women’s Day celebration on March 8.

Okotoks is getting an Optimist Club, joining the ranks of High River, Calgary, Red Deer and almost 3,000 other clubs in over 20 countries.