Local News

The road to the Olds Golf Club will be fully upgraded in one year instead of two under a plan approved by Mountain View County council last week.Rge. Rd. 12 north of Highway 27 was originally slated to be rebuilt this year and resurfaced in 2013.

Summer is fast approaching, and businesses and artists are getting ready to start Art Walk 2012 come June 28.The Art Walk, which was first begun in 2007 by Dee Poisson and Caroll Smith, is put on by the Wellspring Visual Art Network Association.

The annual migration of wild swans through the region brought the largest numbers ever seen by longtime Mountain View County resident Norm Lissel.

A pamphlet to inform property owners of their options and resources during land deals should be jointly produced by the two stakeholder synergy groups active in Mountain View County, council agreed at last week's regular meeting.

Summer road construction season in Red Deer County is fixing to be a busy one if the weather cooperates.“We have quite a bit of road work we want to do this summer,” said Marty Campbell, director of operations for the county.

Two area seniors are dead following a head-on collision north of Sundre April 25.A 75-year-old woman from Sundre was pronounced dead at the scene of what RCMP are calling a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 22 near Highway 587, on April 25.

Fish and Wildlife officers have captured and relocated two grizzly bears that had been causing problems northwest of Sundre recently.

A spokesperson for the Olds & District Hospice Society (O & DHS) said there needs to be a “paradigm shift in thinking about health care.”“This is especially true in palliative care,” said Charlene Schramm, secretary for the society.

Red Deer County received a clean audit of its 2011 financial statements presented during council April 24.“I'm confident our books are very accurate,” said Mayor Jim Wood after listening to a review of the audit conducted by Meyers Norris Penny LLP.

The largest combined residential and commercial development currently proposed for Mountain View County could contribute over $17 million to the municipality's bottom line over 20 years, say project proponents.