Listowel

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – A 29-year-old driver from Listowel is facing life-threatening injuries after a car crash here on Aug. 8.

HARRISTON – Local resident Dorothy Harrison is celebrating 50 years of music, memories and harmony.

HARRISTON – The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild is bringing a heartwarming Christmas comedy, set to seasonal music, to the stage at the Harriston Town Hall Theatre.

PALMERSTON – The beautification team for All Aboard Palmerston came together with members of the community and surrounding area to crochet 1,600 poppies into a banner that was placed onto the Old 81 Engine at Lions Park.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Two local hospital foundations have received over $220,000 thus far from donors to the 22nd Annual CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon.

HARRISTON – Linda Campbell, who recently made her 150th blood donation, is urging others to give the "gift of life" whenever they can. 

HARRISTON – The Grey Wellington Theatre Guild 2023 youth production is a haunting comedy that features a lively cast of budding actors. 

MAPLETON – Two local women are part of a team that has set a new world record for the number of chest-to-ground burpees performed in a 12-hour period.

LISTOWEL — As Randy Pettapiece’s run as Perth-Wellington’s MPP comes to an end, a decade-long goal is finally coming to fruition. 

NORTH PERTH – Police have charged a Palmerston resident with sexual assault following an incident earlier this month.

NORTH WELLINGTON – Perth-Wellington “Freedom Convoy” organizers are thrilled with their event on Feb. 21, calling it “a fantastic day” and “a positive experience.”

WELLINGTON COUNTY – An anti-mandate protest set to roll through the area on Feb. 19 will proceed, despite an announcement earlier this week from Ontario Premier Doug Ford that the province is ending its vaccine passport system at the end of the month.

LISTOWEL – A local large animal veterinarian made history within the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) organization earlier this month, becoming the first woman and the youngest in her field to ever receive its most prestigious award.

LISTOWEL – Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Leona Ottens’ Guinness World Record undertaking on Dec. 23 is that she still had enough in the tank afterward to do a victory jog around the Between The Lines (BTL) track with her children.