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ERIN – Competitors took to an arena for bull riding, barrel racing, pole bending, and bronc riding at the Ram Rodeo held at the Erin Fairgrounds on July 22 and 23.

GUELPH — On Aug. 10 to 13, Tony Molesworth will be returning for another three-day-run in the Guelph Fringe Festival.

MAPLETON – Police are reminding residents to be wary of investment scams after a Mapleton resident was defrauded of over $100,000 – and then several thousand more after "a company" claimed it could recover the lost funds.

PUSLINCH – Mayor James Seeley is no longer employed as a City of Guelph firefighter. “It’s a personal and private situation I am not willing to discuss,” he stated. Seeley also confirmed that clerk Courtenay Hoytfox has been named acting CAO of Puslinch Township.

PUSLINCH – The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) says the cause of smelly water coming from the taps in some homes in Puslinch is naturally occurring and is not the result of a chemical spill in drainage ditches on Highway 6. But in the absence of documents and data, some local

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Emergency services responded to a reported airplane crash at Belwood Lake on the evening of July 24.

KENILWORTH – Crombie Property Holdings Ltd. has signed an agreement with Wellington North after a cost sharing deal was left up in the air at a previous council meeting.

ERIN – A Hillsburgh man is charged with dangerous driving and impaired driving causing death following a two-vehicle crash here on Sunday evening that left an Erin resident dead. Emergency crews responded to the scene, on Wellington Road 22 near Trafalgar Road, on July 23 at about 6:15pm.

FERGUS - Thousands of festival goers flocked to St. Andrew Street for this year's Medieval Faire.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Elgin and Joan Craig have retained a law firm and are appealing Wellington North council’s June decision to deny a minor variance request.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Two Waterloo residents are facing weapon and drug charges after their vehicle was stopped by police.

MOUNT FOREST – Wellington OPP have laid more charges in connection to recent fires in Mount Forest.

ERIN – An inspector from the provincial labour ministry has issued five orders to a contractor completing linear work for Erin's new wastewater treatment plant.

ERIN – Before a boil water advisory for Hillsburgh residents was lifted last week, Erin fire chief Jim Sawkins was already praising the town’s response during a July 13 council meeting.

FERGUS – Police are asking residents to "exercise caution" at local parks after pieces of glass and pottery were found in the sand at Webster Park here.