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NORTH PERTH – Emergency crews responded the scene, on Perth Line 88 at Perth Road 140 in North Perth, just after 1pm on Aug. 12.

NORTH WELLINGTON – There is a partial burn ban now in effect in Minto, Mapleton and Wellington North. It includes agricultural burns, brush pile burns and any other burning unrelated to recreational cooking or camp fires.

BRUCEDALE – Guelph/Eramosa council has approved changes to the township’s public notice bylaw.

FERGUS – With the whack of a sword against a shield, Scotland’s scarlet and gold bedazzled Lord Lyon King of Arms opened the 80th Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games to cheers and applause on Saturday.

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – On the evening of Aug. 4, 2020, a passerby found the body of Mohamed Amin Ismail, 25, of Ottawa, on Watson Road just south of Wellington Road 124, east of Guelph.

MAPLETON – Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) officials say they have spotted blue-green algae at a second reservoir in Wellington County.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Last year, during the demolition of the old Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Fergus, officials found a copper time capsule nestled in the cornerstone of the original 1954 wing. 

FERGUS – What began as a dream to become a rock star evolved into 66 years of local music, friendships and commitment for Roy Hurlbut.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Upper Grand District School Board has been named in two separate but related $5-million lawsuits surrounding allegations of abuse by a former school principal.

KENILWORTH – Video streaming services might soon be installed at the Arthur and Area Community Centre and the Mount Forest and District Sports Complex. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police handed out more than twice the number of speeding tickets they did last year during their Civic Holiday long weekend traffic campaign.

ERIN – Save for some minor wording changes in a town bylaw, the Ontario Land Tribunal has tossed a case attempting to stop a heritage designation for a Hillsburgh building.

GUELPH – Young entrepreneurial students have brought 13 new businesses to life this summer through Business Centre Guelph-Wellington’s Summer Company program.

HARRISTON – Since he was a child, Gregory Blagdon has cared about people who are less fortunate. So it’s no surprise to those who know Blagdon best that the 44-year-old recently donated around 850,000 pop can tabs to the  Harriston Legion’s Tabs for Wheelchairs project.

ELORA – Elora’s Longest BBQ on July 29 brought over 12,000 people to Mill St. in Elora to get food tastings from a plethora of local restaurants.