The Kin Cares Youth Group hosted its annual carnival on April 25 at the Kin Station, helping to raise money for a soon-to-be-installed disc golf field.
Spring cleaning by the community as Wroxeter Park freshened up
Wroxeter Park was the focus of a community clean up and the host of a community bottle drive over…
Search warrant in North Huron yields illegal drugs
Six individuals have been charged after an investigation by Huron County OPP led officers to an address on Currie Line in North Huron.
Where’s the chaos? The surveillance state? Mind-controlling drugs?
We awoke Tuesday morning in a world unlike any we had seen before: one in which a federal party didn’t win a majority but slowly, steadily built its way up to one - and then kind of won one in a by-election.
School board chair, vice chair speak to Madill incident, impact
Denny Scott dscott@midwesternnewspapers.com SEAFORTH – The Avon Maitland District School Board…
Blyth’s Crossroads Theatre Festival brings in dozens of local students
Creative spaces around Blyth were taken over by student thespians, back-of-house professionals and could-be directors for the Crossroads Theatre Festival.
U13A Surge claim OHF Championship victory in Listowel tournament
The U13A Southeast Surge claimed provincial glory over the weekend, hosting and winning the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) Championships.
McQuail says Lewis holds similar values over some issues after election
Long-time New Democratic Party (NDP) supporter, political activist and organic farmer Tony McQuail may not have won the federal NDP leadership race, but he feels he was heard, especially by new leader Avi Lewis.
Cowbell Brewing Company buys Grand Bend-area winery
Blyth’s Cowbell Brewing Company has acquired Grand Bend’s Dark Horse Estate Winery as part of the company’s ongoing effort to offer what customers want.
Mills court appearance set for May 11; Hill removed from courtroom
George B. Mills, who was arrested in connection with an incident that occurred at the location and time that North Huron Township Deputy Reeve Kevin Falconer was injured outside a North Huron Council meeting, had his first appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich on April 13.
Hurting with you: our community
Last Tuesday, the staff here at Midwestern Newspapers spent the day doing what I will always call the worst part of the job – reporting on tragedy.
Nearly 1,000 local school board staff on salary disclosure list
Following patterns of previous years, the local school boards in Perth County have the largest footprint on the 2025 public salary disclosure, with just under 1,000 combined individuals from the Avon Maitland District School Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board on the list.
Over 50 attend No Tyrants protest co-organized by Kincardine man
Denny Scott dscott@midwesternnewspapers.com OWEN SOUND – A local rally aimed at refuting the…
Nearly 1,000 local school board staff on 2025 public salary disclosure
Following patterns of previous years, the local school boards in Huron County have the largest footprint on the public salary disclosure, with just under 1,000 combined individuals from the Avon Maitland District School Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board on the list.
Reporter looking for job to prop up the housing industry
Just to prove I’m an equal-opportunity political critic, I’m going to set my sights this week on Ontario Premier and Conservative head honcho Doug Ford (after last week, when I focused on pseudo-Liberal Prime Minister Carney and, tangentially, the Bloc through the Air Canada language issue) and...
