Olds News

The Town of Bowden will set up two $250 scholarships for students at Bowden Grandview School entering into post-secondary programs that could lead to a career in municipal governance or administration.

An Olds College student in his 20s was struck and killed by a northbound train early on the morning of April 23 at the rail crossing on 50 Street in downtown Olds.

Bowden council has agreed to designate a 2,800-square-metre parcel of green space on 22 Avenue for a potential skateboarding park.

All it took was for a four-and-a-half-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever named Gus to sit down for police to lay their hands on up to half-a-million dollars in suspected drug money. The cash seizure happened on Highway 2 near Olds just after 2 p.

Local teacher Gayleen Roelfsema has been nominated for a provincial Excellence in Teaching award.

Roughly 85 per cent of residents in Olds are happy, but more than half of us are experiencing too much stress in our lives.

There will be at least one race for a town council seat in October with current councillor Arvin Bull saying he will be bowing out at the end of his fourth term on council later this fall. “I've been there long enough.

The town's representative on the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission is upbeat that a meeting taking place on April 17 in Edmonton with provincial officials will see some movement on the funding arrangement for the wastewater line.

Cat owners will need to license their cats on an annual basis beginning next year as Bowden council has passed a newly updated animal control bylaw .

The Olds and District Rural Crime Watch Association is looking for cash to upgrade its aging communication system. Members of the association discussed the need for an upgrade at the association's annual general meeting in Olds earlier this month.