Local News

About 2,000 people of all ages attended the 61st annual Water Valley Stampede Rodeo on June 7 and 8, with guests treated to some great competition under warm weather condition, say organizers.

Three months after approving $4,600 funding for the project, Mountain View County (MVC) has installed floating islands on Hiller's Dam reservoir northeast of Didsbury.

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff About 40 area residents attended the public open house for the Bergen area structure plan (ASP) review now being undertaken by Mountain View County.

The provincial government has launched a new program aimed at helping disabled Albertans gain meaningful employment. The government is spending $2 million to create the Employment First Innovation Fund.

Mountain View County council has adopted an updated vision statement and strategic goals, both of which Reeve Bruce Beattie says will help guide future council decisions and directions.

Mountain View County councillors have OK'd financing for the repair of a cattle bridge in the county's Division 2. Located in the Dogpound area between range roads 34 and 35, the bridge was built more than 100 years ago.

Motorists are reminded to follow all the safety rules when transporting or otherwise encountering farm equipment on area highways and roads.

Members of Mountain View County's municipal planning commission (MPC) have made comments on a new rural commercial district designation being proposed for the county.

Mountain View and Red Deer county farmers are being encouraged to be on the lookout for herbicide resistant weeds in their fields this spring.

The Medicine River Wildlife Centre (MRWC) west of Bowden is going green, say officials.