Olds News

Royal LePage Wildrose Real Estate has organized a fundraiser for the Mountain View Emergency Shelter Society (MVESS) building fund. It will take place Friday, May 3 at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites.

Olds town council has cut this year's property tax increase. Originally the tax increase was going to be 2.5 per cent but after some debate amongst the members of council it was decided to only go up two per cent. The only councillor to back the 2.

Local hairstylist Lee Cenaiko of Zebedee'z Hair Design placed second in the gala category for the Canadian Cup in Toronto on April 14 during the Revel in Beauty 2019 event.

Olds High School (OHS) principal Tom Christensen is alarmed by the amount of vaping occurring in the school.

Olds RCMP are investigating a graffiti spree in Olds with the hope of catching the person or persons responsible for it. Police received reports of the tagging on April 17 and 18. The reports primarily concerned graffiti in the Uptowne area.

This past weekend the second annual Homestead Feast was held at the Olds College Alumni Centre and there were some big announcements made regarding two new courses.

Mayor Mike Muzychka says the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling, coming to Olds next spring, will be "fantastic" for the community as a whole and local businesses in particular.

BOWDEN -- The Town of Bowden came within $23,000 of balancing its 2018 revenues and expenses, an auditor says.

Police believe gunfire that struck an Eagle Hill area residence on Sunday morning was deliberately targeted at the occupant, according to Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald. At about 4:40 a.m.

For decades, spring runoff had been rotting the east wall of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. No one really knew how bad it was until Ken Weseen took a look behind the drywall in mid February. "I had the insurance guy come.