Olds News

Three community groups will be splitting $10,000 of surplus funds from the NU-2-U thrift store following town council's approval of releasing the funds on Dec. 12. A total of seven community groups submitted applications for the funds.

As Jeffrey Leinen begins serving a 14-year prison sentence for killing Olds College student Nicholas Baier in October 2010, Baier's family is still trying to come to grips with their loss.

A Calgary man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Olds College student Nicholas Baier. Jeffrey Leinen's Court of Queen's Bench jury trial in Calgary ended late Wednesday night with a guilty verdict.

Last week, Greg Lendvay, Olds College director of health and wellness, learned that his proposal had won the institution's $100,000 Centennial Innovation Fund. “His proposal is for a Canadian Centre for Rural High Performance Sport,” said Dr.

People wanting to make a donation to Olds College can now do it through a new online auction site. The site, which went live on Dec. 1, currently has 23 items available to bid on.

Olds College dean of agriculture Tanya McDonald received some good news on Nov. 25.

Town of Olds administration is hoping there will be no major snowfalls for the remainder of December in order to preserve its 2011 snow-clearing budget.

An Olds resident is facing three weapon-related charges in Didsbury court. On Sept. 27, Olds RCMP executed a search warrant at an Olds residence on 51 Street.

Olds town council passed the 2012 operating and capital budgets of $21.2 million and $4 million at its regular meeting yesterday, hiking residential property taxes by an average of $55 a year.

The Crown and defence are scheduled to make final arguments today (Tuesday) in the Court of Queen's Bench jury trial of a 26-year-old man charged after 18-year-old Olds College student Nicholas Baier was run down and killed in October 2010.