Olds News

Bowden town council has set dates and times for two important meetings. An open house, to enable councillors to receive praise and concerns from Bowden residents will be held Oct. 20, 7 p.m. at the Friendship Centre (located west of the arena).

Five thousand acts of good by June 2015 — that is the goal Dorothy Negropontes has set for the Town of Olds. On Sept.

More than 70 people gathered at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites on Sept. 9 to hear members of the O-NET board of directors clear the air about the company at its town hall meeting.

As of Monday, Sept. 15, members of the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) were still looking for two dogs who escaped when a van towing a trailer with 30 dogs rolled near Olds.

Two dogs were killed, several were injured and six were missing after a vehicle rollover near Olds on Saturday. Two women transporting the dogs were sent hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

An Olds High School student charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement, uttering threats and two counts of assault was acquitted in Didsbury court on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

The snow that hit Olds and area Tuesday and Wednesday will hit local farmers hard in the pocketbook, according to Richardson Pioneer inputs manager Kent Clifford.

An Olds High School student charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement, uttering threats and two counts of assault was acquitted in Didsbury court on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Olds Town crews were out Wednesday morning helping to clear downed trees and overhanging branches as a result of Tuesday night's snow, but an even bigger concern was the fact the snow set back the Uptowne Olds rehabilitation project yet again.

Two people who helped contestants become healthier though the Olds Lifestyle Challenge say it was well worth it. The challenge may be offered next year, possibly even expanded to more contestants.