Olds News

A handful of people showed up on a blustery Friday evening for the Katimavik group's open house.

Changes being contemplated to the sign bylaw in Olds will be the subject of a public hearing in February following a presentation to the Policies and Priorities Committee last week.

Olds College made a pitch last week at town council's policies and priorities meeting for council to consider spending $50,000 on a history book that is being written in advance of the college's centennial in 2013.

The Olds detachment of the Commissionaires made a presentation to town council during the latter's Policies and Priorities meeting last week, asking if the town would be interested in securing its services.

Members of the Chinook's Edge School Division went to Olds council on January 17 to ask for council's support for a $225,000 contribution toward a field house at Normie Kwong Park.

Two Olds residents are facing charges of possessing stolen property following a hit-and-run collision late last week.

Town council will be reviewing information gathered from an open house last week to get the public's feedback on selected speed zones throughout town.

Students at Holy Trinity School dropped off a donation of 318 pounds of food on Dec. 21 to the Mountain View Food Bank.

An aspiring local musician is hoping her first music video will help catapult her to the next level of country music fame.

The public recently got their first peek at a plan that will develop old Gaetz Ave. in downtown Red Deer.