Olds News

The Olds Sports Complex will be the venue for some high level hockey on Dec.

The Olds RCMP detachment was dispatched to help the Three Hills detachment locate escaped Drumheller Institute inmate Donald Fowler on Oct. 18.

Town council will be discussing at a future date whether or not family members of council members should be attending council functions such as conferences or events in town.

More than 270 people showed at the Alumni Centre to attend the Olds Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2011.

Bowden town council approved the governance and administration requisitions passed onto it by the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission at its regular meeting last week. The requisition to the town was $6,005 for 2012.

Bowden Library's grand opening on Wednesday, Oct. 12 saw about 140 people drop by to visit its new location beside the town office at Bay 2, 2101 20 Ave.

Olds RCMP found a local man on Oct. 14 who had been missing since Oct. 1. Last week police said Clayton Garrett Friedley, 28, had been officially declared missing after not being seen by family and friends for two weeks. Olds RCMP Cpl.

Municipalities covered by the Parkland Regional Library board will be receiving a requisition of $7.07 per capita for the 2012 budget year, following some adjustments from PRL administration.

The Town of Bowden is looking at several different options with regard to problems at the recycling centre near town hall. Councillors discussed the issue at their regular meeting last week, but decided to defer action on the item.

A group of three students from Olds High School attended the Canadian Student Leadership Conference, getting a chance to develop leadership skills and network with 1,200 peers across Canada.