Closed for Vacation
The Local Press staff will be out of office from August 15-19.
Fair days – join the fun!
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Claresholm’s Fair Days will be three days jam packed full of something for everyone to do.Megan McClung, the engagement coordinator for the Town of Claresholm, is helping coordinate Fair Days.She said the goal was to have three full days so people would come for the weekend, stay, and see what Claresholm has to offer.The … Read more…
Bike, car, truck show returns after two-year absence
By Rob Vogt Local Press WriterAfter a two-year absence, the second annual Granum Vendor, Bike, Car and Truck Show returned with a vengeance.The area behind the Old Jail and Museum was packed with more than 30 vendors, about 30 motorbikes, and a multitude of vintage cars and trucks on Saturday, Aug. 6 for the show.It was co-hosted by the Granum … Read more…
Conservative leadership hopeful in Fort Macleod
By Lawrence Gleason Local Press WriterUnited Conservative Party (UCP) leadership candidate Brian Jean took his campaign to Fort Macleod on Saturday, Aug. 6.Of the three leading candidates in the leadership race, polls have placed Jean running neck and neck with candidate Danielle Smith, the first former leader of the Wildrose Party. Brian Jean was the second Wildrose leader and also … Read more…
Local boy cleaning up Clear Lake
By Rob Vogt Local Press WriterCole Visser is doing his part to clean up the Clear Lake shoreline one piece of broken glass at a time.The 10-year-old boy who goes to West Meadow Elementary School and lives at Clear Lake, has filled a jar full of broken glass he has picked up.“He is a big fisherman,” said Cole’s mother Mireille … Read more…
Claresholm woman is the weight loss queen of Alberta
By Rob Vogt Local Press WriterAlthough Velda Weisensel of Claresholm had lost an impressive 122.75 pounds, she did not think she would be the 2021 queen of Alberta, because that title was going to someone in Lethbridge.However, when the final numbers were tallied, Weisensel was in fact the Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, or TOPS, 2021 Alberta Queen because she lost … Read more…
Conservative leadership hopeful stops in Claresholm
By Rob Vogt Local Press WriterTravis Toews wants to be the next leader of the United Conservative Party, and premier of Alberta, because he feels he is uniquely positioned to unite the party and bridge the gap between rural and urban voters.Toews made a stop at the Bridges at Claresholm Golf Club on July 25, where a crowd of approximately … Read more…