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FERGUS – A Fergus woman is among three charged after a drug bust here on Wednesday. Wellington County OPP officers executed a search warrant at a Fergus home and seized "a quantity of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine."

MAPLETON – Council will go back to its previous consulting engineers, but not back to the drawing board, as its seeks a new path forward to upgrade local water and wastewater systems.

MAPLETON – Township council has deferred a request for revisions to the Riverview Heights Phase 2 draft plan of subdivision, pending a staff report, after hearing concerns from neighbours on Aug. 11.

ELORA – Neil Dunsmore is planning to walk from Elora to Ottawa in September in an effort to raise awareness and funds for The Cody Shepperd Project, which supports people – particularly youth - with mental illness.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Changes to the township’s procedural bylaw, to allow council to maintain the option of continuing with electronic meetings, have been approved.

Phil Irish has created a series of portraits he calls Racism at Home – paintings of Black and Indigenous people who were killed or injured by police.

Youth recognized – Abigail Taylor, right, is this year’s Youth Citizen of the Year in…

ABOYNE – The new Groves hospital is officially open.

MOUNT FOREST –  The Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) recently presented two donations to the…

Big donation – The Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation recently received a donation…

Wee Digital Ceilidh – The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games was cancelled this year…

Successful bottle drive – The Palmerston Lions Club held a community bottle drive on July 25,…