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Kelsey Bent

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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.

Perth County Council increases stewardship program budget to $100K

Kelsey Bent September 12, 2024Listowel Banner, Local News

It appears the seed for another successful year of the Perth County Stewardship Program was planted by council at its Sept. 5 meeting. 

County replaces paramedic commander vehicle

Kelsey Bent September 12, 2024Listowel Banner, Local News

It appears as though Perth County council and staff are trying to catch up with the ever-moving target that is increasing vehicle prices. 

North Perth approves new development charges, implementation policy for attainable housing CIP

Kelsey Bent September 6, 2024Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - North Perth council supported new development charges (DCs), and the implementation policy for the Attainable Housing Community Improvement Plan, at the Aug. 26 council meeting, paving the way for future development. 

Council supports three severances west, south of Listowel

Kelsey Bent September 6, 2024Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, News

LISTOWEL – North Perth Council’s support of three severance applications, at its Aug. 26 meeting, gives a preview of local development to come. 

Mitchell road construction, sidewalk installation to begin this fall

Kelsey Bent August 29, 2024Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - You may have seen the sign along Mitchell Road South already, but council approved the contractor which will complete some major construction along a section of Mitchell Road South (Highway 23), with work to begin in less than two months and last until summer 2025. 

History repeats itself with Adam Brown 55 Distilling Co. delivering high quality products from rural setting

Kelsey Bent August 29, 2024Business, Food, Listowel Banner, Rural

MOOREFIELD - Following the legacy of their namesake, Adam Brown 55 Distilling Co. – a small batch distillery crafting high quality gin and vodka – prides themselves on the delivery of good products rurally.

North Perth Budget Committee reviews survey results from 2.1 per cent of the population

Kelsey Bent August 29, 2024Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - “Although the surveying results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of the North Perth community at large, they provide valuable information for council to consider during the 2025 budget process,” Communications Coordinator Mackenzie Smith told council on Aug. 14.

Health care recruitment becoming an ‘arms race’: Mayor

Kelsey Bent August 29, 2024Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - Mayor Todd Kasenberg was recently a panelist on an Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference panel, speaking to the subject of primary health care in communities. 

EMS attending vehicle collision in front of movie theatre in downtown Listowel

Kelsey Bent August 28, 2024Listowel Banner, News

At 4:14pm on Aug. 28, Perth County paramedics were seen attending to a person in a vehicle, which had been in a collision, in front of the Capitol Twin movie theatre, located in downtown Listowel. 

Rain and mud didn’t stop the Teeswater Fair

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Arts & Entertainment, Local News, Wingham Advance Times

It was a muddy good time at the Teeswater Fair last weekend. Events pictured include the parade…

The Farmerettes were cutesy but could have been more

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Arts & Entertainment, Local News, Opinion

BLYTH – Jointly commissioned with Fourth Line Theatre Company, Blyth Festival Theatre’s Onion…

North Perth to repave parking lots at three fire stations

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - Council awarded a tender to pave the parking lots at all three municipal fire stations.

North Perth approves Attainable Housing Community Improvement Plan

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Listowel Banner, News

Council unanimously approved the North Perth Attainable Housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP) at its Aug. 12 meeting.

Municipality of North Perth granted funds for new Innovation and Business Centre

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Business, Listowel Banner, News

North Perth was successful in a funding application for the creation of the North Perth Innovation and Business Centre, proposed to be located at the recently-acquired municipal building in downtown Listowel.

Don’t disengage now

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Columns, Editorials, Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

The newspapers under the umbrella of Midwestern Newspapers Corp. have recently covered items at their perspective municipal councils that have attracted major public interest. 

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

See all Kincardine area articles.

Maitland Conservation aquatic health study states the system is ‘under immense stress’

WROXETER – “Our initial analysis and our impressions suggest a system that is under immense stress, and it requires targeted strategic action to improve its robustness to ensure it provides the foundation of healthy watersheds,” Maitland Conservation Watershed Ecologist, Erin Gouthro said.

North Perth Council wants baseball diamond included in West End Development

LISTOWEL – After public consultation has been included from the two open house events held in June, council got to see revised plans for the West End Development.

See all Listowel area articles.

Grey Normanby’s Carmen Ward crowned 2026-27 Ontario Queen of the Furrow

WALKERTON – Carmen Ward was crowned the 2026-27 Ontario Queen of the Furrow on Sept. 25, earning the provincial title after competing alongside young women from across Ontario in interviews, speeches and plowing.

Landowners say trail approval ignored earlier objections

TEESWATER – Landowners along Sideroad 30 say they have dealt with ATV riders crossing their properties, damaging fences and disturbing their farms for years – long before the road was officially opened as an ATV trail this past summer.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Community rallies to help hospital foundation with donations

The Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation has had a busy summer fundraising for initiatives like the X-Ray Suite+ Campaign.

Saugeen Children’s Village makes presentation to county council

WALKERTON – Marilyn Rosner and Al Leach of Saugeen Children’s Safety Village, located at the Sulphur Spring Conservation Area south of Hanover, made a presentation to Bruce County Council on Sept. 17.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Farm Frolic opens doors to wide variety of county creations, landscapes, products

The Huron County Farm Frolic on Sept. 19 charted a map to several farm open houses, from longhorn cattle to wineries to pumpkin patches.

Council discusses school safety signs for Anabaptist schools

A topic heard often at this time of year, school safety was discussed during Huron County’s council meeting Sept. 23.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

The price of staying alive

I was six years old when I got my first insulin pump – a year after I was diagnosed with Type 1…

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Columnists

Farm Frolic opens doors to wide variety of county creations, landscapes, products

By Rachel Hammermueller

The Huron County Farm Frolic on Sept. 19 charted a map to several farm open houses, from longhorn cattle to wineries to pumpkin patches.

Council discusses school safety signs for Anabaptist schools

By Rachel Hammermueller

A topic heard often at this time of year, school safety was discussed during Huron County’s council meeting Sept. 23.

Huron County OPP saw 131 collisions in summer months, decrease in violent crime

By Rachel Hammermueller

Each time the Huron County OPP board meets, the detachment commander provides data tables of the latest in local crime occurrences. At their Sept. 21 meeting, Inspector Laura Lee Brown’s report paints a picture of July and August in the county, and the charges put forth from Huron County OPP. 

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