Community News

Donation day – Foodland Mount Forest donated $3,000 worth of soup made by The Raw Carrot Soup…

DRAYTON – Adam Surnoskie of Drayton won $100,000 when his ticket matched the last six of seven Encore numbers in exact order in the April 21 Daily Grand draw. He also won $4 on his Daily Grand selection, bringing his total winnings to $100,004.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The OPP is investigating after several Pride flags and decorations were damaged or destroyed recently in Perth and Wellington counties.

PALMERSTON – Nature didn’t produce rainbows on June 12 but the community certainly did, as Palmerston hosted Minto’s Pride in the Park – its first Pride picnic in two years.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Police have charged a Kitchener man in connection with a hit and run last week that left a teen cyclist with serious injuries.

HARRISTON – The Town of Minto has finalized an agreement to sell 1.2 acres of land in the Harriston Industrial Park.

PALMERSTON – Minto council has endorsed a draft plan of subdivision for the Clair Ridges development here and is recommending approval to the County of Wellington.

MINTO – Council here will return to meeting in-person for its next regular session on June 21. Mayor George Bridge noted the change during the June 7 meeting, held via video conference.

MINTO – Mayor George Bridge and several members of town council have spoken out against recent vandalism of decorations installed by the Minto Pride committee.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – While the province's mask mandate for hospitals ends this weekend, local hospitals will still require face coverings for everyone entering the buildings.

MOUNT FOREST – Wellington Heights Secondary School student Victoria Herrington has won the silver medal at the OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) Girls Singles Open Tennis Championship.

GUELPH - There have been no cases of monkeypox in this region, but Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is keeping an eye on the situation.

MOUNT FOREST - Councillor Steve McCabe presented a $10,000 cheque from the Township of Wellington North to North Wellington Health Care on May 31.