Olds News

Mayor Mike Muzychka says the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling, coming to Olds next spring, will be "fantastic" for the community as a whole and local businesses in particular.

BOWDEN -- The Town of Bowden came within $23,000 of balancing its 2018 revenues and expenses, an auditor says.

Police believe gunfire that struck an Eagle Hill area residence on Sunday morning was deliberately targeted at the occupant, according to Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald. At about 4:40 a.m.

For decades, spring runoff had been rotting the east wall of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. No one really knew how bad it was until Ken Weseen took a look behind the drywall in mid February. "I had the insurance guy come.

The Red Deer Doula Association (RDDA) is making a humanitarian trip to Honduras in June and among those going on the trip is Olds resident Christa Duquette.

A Sundre man voluntarily turned himself in last week after being charged in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the life of an Olds resident, said police.

A movie theatre, arcade, casino and more housing could one day be built west of Walmart, if a proposal by a developer becomes reality. Centcom Construction Ltd. is in negotiations to purchase a 12.

On Wednesday, April 3 Olds residents Helen and Jake Siemens did something very, very few couples ever get to do. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends, who came from as far as B.C. and the Edmonton area.

Shop teachers throughout Chinook’s Edge School Division became students themselves, as they’ve worked alongside Olds College journeyman welding instructors for the past two years.

A vehicle collided with a power pole east of Olds on Friday, April 5, causing some small fires which were put out in less than an hour. The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. on Rge. Rd. 284.1 about a mile south of Highway 27.