Olds News

Olds is now home to a second Lions Den, thanks to another donation by the service club. The Olds Lions Club donated $97,000 to the Mountain View Housing Foundation (MVHF) to benefit seniors living in the Olds Mount View Lodge.

No one was injured after a helicopter fell about 20 feet after it took off from the Innisfail airport Oct. 18. According to an RCMP press release, police attended the scene at 10:39 a.m. Both the male and female in the aircraft were fine.

It was big. In fact, truly massive. So much so it made the national television show of the same name. The former historic 1,220-square foot home of esteemed Olds citizen Alex Zec made an arduous three-hour journey on Oct.

A 40-year-old Mountain View County woman who threatened to blow up a well site and shoot at workers last spring has been handed a conditional discharge. Kimberly Mildenstein pleaded guilty earlier to a charge of uttering threats.

The Town of Olds hopes to be part of any solution between Mountain View County and the Netook Crossing developers, say town officials.

O-Net is up and running and businesses could not be happier. The new fibre optic service provider is earning early rave reviews for its speed and accessibility to markets deemed impossible just a few months ago.

Chinook Arch Victims' Services is awaiting word on whether a funding increase it recently asked the provincial government for will be granted, allowing the organization to increase its services.

Bowden Institution was locked down for about 24 hours after a knife went missing last week. “It was a kitchen knife that had gone missing from our private family visiting unit,” said Rita Wehrle, assistant warden of management services.

Town officials will be meeting with the Olds and District Chamber of Commerce this month to further communicate with its membership on how snow clearing will be done this winter.

Like countless other language arts students, 12-year-old McLaine Carroll was asked to read J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy The Hobbit.