Olds News

The Town of Olds has brought in nearly 95 per cent of the $10.9 million in taxes it expects to collect in 2013. That total includes the portion that the municipality collects on behalf of the provincial government in education taxes.

Construction on upgrades to the interchange of highways 2 and 27 east of Olds could begin this week.

Local construction companies are concerned that a new median installed on Highway 2A just south of that highway's intersection with Highway 27 has made the roadway too narrow for large vehicles or trucks carrying wide loads.

Olds powerlifters Ben Worsell and Archie Ulry came home with gold medals from the Alberta Powerlifting Union Provincial Championship, held in Calgary on July 5 and 6.

Employees from the Town of Olds will be aiding the Town of High River at some point in that community's flood recovery effort.

Mother Nature almost ended up interfering with another major event in Olds.

The owners of a new business coming to a heritage building on 51 Street this fall are ready to let their secret out of the box.

A 53-year-old man from the Olds area was killed in a head-on collision on July 2 east of the intersection of highways 2 and 27. Olds RCMP said an eastbound pickup truck attempting to make a northbound turn from Highway 27 onto Rge. Rd.

More than $10,000 will go towards flood relief efforts in southern Alberta thanks to a pancake breakfast fundraiser in Olds on July 7. The event was held in the parking lot at the Olds Royal Canadian Legion.

Staff in the Town of Olds operations department has been kept busy over the last week trying to protect the community's facilities and clear debris from the a powerful on the evening of June 29.