Denny Scott

GODERICH - Huron-Perth Public Health (HPPH) is continuing to remove staff as a means of keeping cost increases low for member municipalities at the suggestion of HPPH staff.

GODERICH - Huron County Council continued its budget process on Jan. 21, hearing what some individual departments’ increases were as part of a proposed budget with a nearly 10 per cent increase over 2025.

Huron County Council has approved $300,000 for the North Huron Child Care expansion in Blyth, bringing the total for the job to $1.2 million with an eye for more next year.

Inclement weather resulted in two contests of the Walkerton Capitals three-game homestand being cancelled over the weekend.

The Wingham Ironmen claimed a win and a loss over the weekend, while the squad’s Friday night game in Walkerton was won by the weather.

Midwestern Newspapers follows minor hockey cation for the week of Jan. 5 through Jan. 11.

he Wingham Ironmen continue to struggle to leave seventh and last place in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

Midway through last week, I got one of those great reminders to not put off to tomorrow what you could do today. Fortunately, this particular lesson didn’t require any hospital stays like the last one I shared here.

Huronlea and Huronview, Huron County’s Homes for the Aged, will both receive funds through the province’s local priorities fund totaling nearly $150,000 to make upgrades and purchases possible.

With two wins from three games last week, the Walkerton Capitals have climbed to fifth spot in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League

Midwestern Newspapers follows minor hockey action for the week of Jan. 5 through Jan. 11.

The Wingham Ironmen dropped three games over the past week, remaining in last place in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League and falling further behind the Walkerton Capitals.

With a win and a loss over the weekend, the Walkerton Capitals put some distance between themselves and the last-place Wingham Ironmen, simultaneously staying within striking distance of the fifth- and fourth-place teams in the North Pollock Division.

With a number of successful job fairs behind it, and on going recruiting efforts, including another job fair, ahead of it, Royal Homes is succeeding in attracting local employees to help with plans to gear up for repeatable homes according to Sid Kerrigan, president of the company.

A mystery over 20 years in the making could be resolved in the near future with Huron County Council directing staff to investigate the ownership of the Hays Tract, a seven-acre county forest property located south of Goderich.