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Southern Manitoba already had one rare weather occurrence earlier in the week when severe thunderstorms rolled through region, prompting brief warnings in the Morden, Winkler and Emerson areas. You can add in a second unusual meteorological event for this time of year, with hail being reported in the Altona area, as well as a few small hail stones in Winkler, Thursday afternoon.

On September 20th, police received a report of an assault that occurred earlier that evening at a local park.
    
Police spoke to the victims who confirmed they were assaulted and wished to proceed with charges. 
    
A female Morden resident was arrested for Assault, Uttering Threats, and Mischief and released on an undertaking. She has a court date coming up next month at Morden Provincial Court.

Although not unheard of, it is pretty rare for the month of October to begin with Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Warnings, but that's what Tuesday morning brought across much of Southern Manitoba.

With the assistance of the public, a lengthy investigation by the Winkler Police Service concluded last week with the arrest of a 37-year-old male.

Over several weeks prior to the arrest, the department had received numerous complaints about a male looking into residential windows at night.     

Last week, police arrested a 37-year-old male resident of Winkler with 8 counts of Trespassing by Night, 2 counts of Criminal Harassment, and 8 counts of Voyeurism.

The male was released on an Undertaking with a December court date. 

Winkler Police Service is looking for assistance in identifying the person in the picture above. 

The individual is a person of interest, and may be able to provide police with information regarding a theft.

The image is being released for identification purposes only. The subject may, or may not, be responsible for the aforementioned crime. 

If you are able to identify the person, please contact the police department at 204-325-0829.

Family, friends and the community gathered Friday evening at Morden's 55+ Activity Centre to celebrate the silver medal Colleen Voth won in 10-pin bowling at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games held June 17th to 25th in Berlin, Germany.

After showers throughout Friday and Saturday, the damp conditions this weekend continued overnight into Sunday morning.

“As we talked about throughout the week, that low pressure system moving through the Dakotas has been throwing wave after wave of precipitation northward,” explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. “We have had some breaks in the rain, and there were even some peeks of sunshine late Saturday afternoon in areas east of the Red River. We may see the same thing Sunday, but I would expect another mainly cloudy, damp day, for the most part.”

Thursday through this morning appears to be the start of what's looking likely to be a rainy weekend, at times, throughout Southern Manitoba. Our PembinaValleyOnline Rainwatchers were quick to call in totals, with many regions still much drier than usual at this point in the season.

A Winkler event was part of Wednesday's "1 Million March 4 Children" marches held across the country Wednesday. The Winkler march started at Bethel Heritage Park, and saw participants take a route through a portion of the city.

According to the march's website, the group is, "Uniting diverse backgrounds and faiths, we share a resolute purpose: advocating for the elimination of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum, pronouns, gender ideology and mixed bathrooms in schools."

And really, what can we say about Tuesday?. A burst of Summer weather in the middle of September. Lots of sunshine and heat had a lot of people thinking it was the middle of July! It looked like a lot of people were trying to take advantage of it, with bike and walking paths full last night, and the odd lawnmower going, too.