Olds News

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.

Sometimes local legends are sports heroes. They can be community leaders who make their mark through accomplishments, grand or small. Legends can also be contributors. Often they are uniquely different from everyone else.

More than $2,000 was raised at a special fundraiser Sept. 28 at the Olds Recreation Centre to help send a local registered massage therapist to Vietnam to provide infant and pediatric massage to challenged children.

The shelves of Sobeys and Co-op food stores will be stocked with meat from High River's Cargill plant as the temporary shutdown of its rival XL Foods in Brooks continues into its second week.