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Okotoks RCMP are looking for witnesses after receiving a third report of a man exposing himself to employees at the Reitmans store in town on Thursday evening. Police responded around 7 p.m.

Okotoks’ separate school system hopes to maintain its education standards from 2017 while tackling other issues in the new year.

A Holy Trinity Academy honours student likes to study the situation and take advantage of any opportunity when playing guard for the Knights basketball team.

Okotoks students may have the chance to take French Immersion starting in Grade 5 rather than the traditional kindergarten.

Okotoks’ separate school system is asking for stakeholders’ support to ensure publicly-funded Catholic-based education continues to thrive in Alberta.

Okotoks can now track their household water use online with a new water meter portal on the Town of Okotoks’ website. The new water portal allows residents to watch for trends and spikes in water use in their households. The portal launched on Jan.

Okotoks’ New Year’s baby wasn’t just the first infant born in 2018, she’s also the first girl the Haberlack family has seen in six decades. Eight-pound, six-ounce Iris Haberlack was born on Jan. 2 at 3:55 p.m.

Cars parked on the street longer than the provincial three-day limit are posing a safety concern for snowplows in Okotoks and should be removes, say local bylaw officials.

A Road by Any Other Name is a new monthly series in the Western Wheel, which will tell the histories behind Okotoks’ street names, starting with two of its most iconic downtown roads.

The MD of Foothills is reconsidering its requirements for large-scale fire permits after a controlled burn Dec. 29 to Jan. 13 affected surrounding residents.