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MOUNT FOREST – Planning committee members are licking their wounds and nursing their voices after a busy and intense weekend, but overall they are delighted with the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival.

FERGUS – Police are looking for clues after the Bell store here was robbed at gunpoint on Monday. Wellington County OPP officials say two people armed with handguns entered the Tower Street South store at about 6:40pm on July 18 and stole about $20,000 worth of cell phones.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Wellington County OPP is receiving new tactical equipment following purchase approval by the county’s Police Services Board.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Emergency crews recovered the body of a missing swimmer in Guelph Lake on July 18. The swimmer was reported missing the previous day off the main beach at the Guelph Lake Conservation Area.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Emergency crews are searching for a swimmer who was reported in distress at Guelph Lake Conservation Area late Sunday afternoon.

PUSLINCH – This township's fire prevention officer is trying to figure out what came first – a grass fire that spread to a workshop building on Leslie Road West, or a structure fire that spread to the surrounding grass.

MAPLETON – Mayor Gregg Davidson is calling for all levels of government to work together to address a health care system crisis.

CLIFFORD – The Town of Minto has approved a $1,500 grant under its Community Improvement Program for a new business here.

MAPLETON – A grant application through Infrastructure Canada’s Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Fund, intended to fund a major renovation of the PMD arena in Drayton, was unsuccessful, council here has learned.

HARRISTON – Two streets in the planned Maitland Meadows subdivision here will be named after local Second World War veterans.

ELORA – For the first time, the Federation Internationale des Societes Magique (FISM) is holding the World Championship of Magic in North America – Quebec City to be exact – and the milestone has a local magician to thank for that.

MINTO – Town councillor Ron Elliott has made an impassioned plea for the public to watch for and report incidents of vandalism in Palmerston, particularly around Palmerston Lions Heritage Park.

MINTO – The town’s committee of adjustment has approved a minor variance to allow a local agricultural business to build a new shop/warehouse.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Council here is directing staff to review research conducted by neighbouring municipalities’ speed limit reduction programs before reconsidering its own speed limits.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County council approved a new bylaw in May that increased development charge rates effective June 1. The bylaw remains in effect until 2027.