Police

MAPLETON – A Mapleton man is dead following a tractor rollover here on the weekend. Wellington County OPP officials say the operator of the tractor was cutting grass in the ditch along the 14th Line "when it rolled down the steep embankment and pinned [him] underneath."

MAPLETON – Emergency services are searching the water at Conestogo Lake for the body of a missing man. Police say a man swimming with his family went under the water and did not resurface.

ARTHUR – Four people from the Greater Toronto Area have been charged in connection with an illegal marijuana grow-op discovered here last week.

Vandals strike – Vandals caused and estimated $20,000 damage to vehicles located at A and B…

WELLINGTON COUNTY - A Community Safety and Well-being Plan for Wellington County is now complete. Three years in development, the plan was created through a Safe Communities Wellington County (SCWC) leadership table in partnership with Wellington County OPP and the County of Wellington. 

ARTHUR – Four people from the Greater Toronto Area have been charged in connection with an illegal marijuana grow-op here. Police say officers seized over 7,500 plants valued at over $6 million, as well as a large quantity of Canadian currency and marijuana processing equipment.

ARTHUR – County of Wellington OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit and uniform officers along with the OPP’s Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and Joint Force Cannabis Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant in Arthur on the morning of June 4.

ERIN – The driver of a car that collided with a tractor trailer here 10 days ago has died in hospital.

PALMERSTON – A Palmerston man charged earlier this year with sexual assault now faces an additional 10 charges and police say there could be additional victims.