Local News

Award winning country singer, Gary Fjellgaard will be heading to Red Deer County next week.“I sure love the small communities. It's more one-on-one,” said Fjellgaard of starting a tour this week that will take him from his home on Gabriola Island B.

Wild Rose leader Danielle Smith made a campaign stop west of Cremona on April 2 to announce her party's third pledge, the Alberta Energy Dividend.

Landowners in the Netook Crossing Business Park may have to consider paying a local improvement tax in order to get piped water and sewer services to the Highway 2 and Highway 27 area.

GuZoo quietly reopened last Sunday.After a rocky year marked by controversy, owner Lynn Gustafson decided to close the Three Hills area zoo last November for the winter for the first time in 21 years.

The board of trustees approved changes to the traditional Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools calendar for both the Olds and Rocky Mountain House catchment areas at its regular meeting on April 3.

Residential property owners in Mountain View County will be paying 4.1 per cent more in taxes this year then they did in 2011 while farmland taxes are rising by 2.7 per cent.

A spokesperson for Alberta Municipal Affairs has confirmed that a dissolution study will be undertaken for the Village of Cremona.“The petition has been deemed to be sufficient,” said Jerry Ward, public affairs officer with the ministry.

More grazing land could be removed from the Potential Multi-Lot Residential Area under changes to the draft Municipal Development Plan recommended last week by Mountain View County council's policies and priorities committee.

Recent mild late-winter and early-spring weather in the region has prompted officials to call on residents and visitors alike to start exercising bear awareness and caution right way.

A 61-year-old Mountain View County woman has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of her husband 15 months ago.