For Listowel’s Aubrey Nauta, competing at this year’s Dance World Cup in Braga, Portugal was the culmination of an entire junior career’s worth of hard work and dedication to a craft she began at the age of two.
IN PHOTOS: Monster Trucks All Out Tour in Listowel, July 29
‘Outfoxed’ was one of four high-powered car crushing, mud-mashing machines on display at the Listowel Agricultural Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 29 as part of the Monster Trucks All Out Tour that rolled into town. Attendees were lined up in vehicles all the way through the downtown core and well bey
IN PHOTOS: South Western Ontario Sharks swim meet in Milverton, July 30
The South Western Ontario Sharks held a regional swim meet at the Perth East Recreation Complex in Milverton on Sunday morning, July 30, with all its member teams competing in heats across a number of divisions.
Josslin Insurance marks official amalgamation with Keil-Dadson
While the actual amalgamation occurred at the turn of the calendar into 2023, the relationship between Josslin Insurance and Keil-Dadson Insurance goes back much further.
Legionnaires continue winning ways with dismantling of Junior Astros
It was a true group effort for the Listowel Legionnaires in their final Friday night home game of the 2023 Midwestern Ontario Senior Baseball League on July 21, with the local squad coming away with a lopsided 11-1 victory over the visiting Mitchell Junior Astros.
Perth East summer camp thriving in third running
Ask any adult, and chances are the consensus response would be that some of their best childhood memories were created at summer camp.
River fishing
Bentley Hopf, 4, was having plenty of luck scooping some aquatic creatures out of the Maitland River with his net in Listowel Memorial Park on Friday, July 21.
‘The Robin Hood of El Dorado’
At the height of the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, prospectors from all over the continent made their way to the territory for the opportunity to literally find their fortunes in the rough terrain surrounding the American and Sacramento rivers.
Riverview Park Residence makes donation to Listowel hospital
Riverview Park Residence made a corporate donation of $5,000 on July 20 to the Listowel Memorial Hospital Foundation’s ongoing $250,000 project to completely outfit the site with new IV pumps. “Riverview residents are all about and committed to community support,” commented Riverview Park Executive
Cause of Main Street fire undetermined at present
The cause of a residential fire at a Main Street West address in Listowel remains undetermined, according to a release from the North Perth Fire Department (NPFD).
Just hanging out
Harriston sisters Mya, 9, and Cara Fischer, 6, spent part of Friday afternoon just hanging out at the Listowel skatepark. It’s yet to be seen how much the projected forecast of thunderstorms throughout the week will allow residents to get outside for more summer activities.
NPFD holds second running of Junior Firefighter Camp
Sixteen lucky youth had the unique opportunity to learn exactly what it takes to become a seasoned emergency responder last week, as the North Perth Fire Department’s Junior Firefighter Camp was conducted for a second straight year.
IN PHOTOS: 2023 South Western Ontario Sharks Swim Meet in Listowel
The Listowel Kinsmen Pool played host to a South Western Ontario Sharks Swim League meet on Saturday, July 15. Minor swim teams from throughout the area took part.
Ironmen defenseman Turner McKenzie killed in July 15 crash
The Provincial Junior Hockey League community continues to mourn the tragic passing of one of its own this week, after standout Wingham Ironmen defenseman Turner McKenzie was killed in a single-vehicle collision on July 15.
Rainy weather forces some cancellations, but fails to derail Listowel Fair
It takes a monumental group effort in planning an event the size and scope of the four-day Listowel Agricultural Fair, and sometimes the mid-summer weather doesn’t always cooperate. But as Listowel Agricultural Society President Elizabeth Johnston said, the latest running of the fair this past weeke
