Local News

Prices have risen significantly in the cattle business compared to those seen last year, according to some whose fingers are on the pulse of the industry.

The owners of the iconic Peters' Drive-In have chosen Red Deer County as the location for their first restaurant outside of Calgary.

Mountain View County council will be considering contributing to a major Town of Sundre project, which would fix a beaten road in Sundre that is commonly used by county residents.

When a young man entered Penhold Crossing Secondary School and nervously told Daryl Brown he didn't know how to earn his high school diploma he soon learned his problem was easily solvable.

Farmers will be hoping for warm, dry weather in order to get a diminished crop off the field in light of an early snow that damaged yields of crops this year.

Crop yields were dealt a major blow with the snowstorm that hit Central Alberta beginning on Sept. 8.

Country Residential 1 District landowners in Mountain View County now have more housing options available to them.

There were over 20 people in attendance at the Carstairs Community Centre on Sept. 8 for an open house to gather input on Mountain View County's proposed Wessex Area Structure Plan (ASP).

Snowstorms on Sept. 8 and Sept. 10 contributed to power outages and road hazards throughout parts of Red Deer and Mountain View counties.

The key harvest management issue with snow on standing canola concerns not so much the precipitation (although heavy snow can cause lodging) but the frost that comes with it, according to the Alberta Canola Producers Commission.