Rachel Hammermueller

1 week ago | midwesternnewspapers.com | Rachel Hammermueller

MORRIS-TURNBERRY – Council here passed a bylaw authorizing internet and telephone voting for the 2026 municipal election, during its April 22 meeting. As stated in a report from CAO/Clerk Trevor Hallam, Huron County municipalities implemented these methods of voting for elections in 2018 and 2022 with no reported complications. As for security, the report continues…To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital Subscription - Yearly.

1 week ago | midwesternnewspapers.com | Rachel Hammermueller

Online threats, vulnerabilities identified WINGHAM – As part of the latest push to raise awareness around the locally rising threat of human trafficking, F.E. Madill Secondary School held an information night on Apr. 29, with gymnasium seats filled with listeners across age demographics. OPP Detective Sergeant, West Region OPP Team Lead with the Anti-Human Trafficking…To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital Subscription - Yearly.

1 week ago | midwesternnewspapers.com | Rachel Hammermueller

LISTOWEL – On May 2, the Listowel 150th anniversary steering committee gathered inside the newly opened JM Hutchison Distilling Co. in Listowel’s south end. On tap for the evening was a special bottle of the distillery’s barrel-aged whisky – released and sold to mark the town’s upcoming 150th celebrations. The whisky, with sweet notes of…To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital Subscription - Yearly.

2 weeks ago | midwesternnewspapers.com | Rachel Hammermueller

TEESWATER – On Clinton Street, Fort44 Inc.’s office sits just beyond the 44th parallel – a geographical nod to the IT company’s local mentality. The business has been in Teeswater for four years now, started in President and Founder David McDonald’s house, moved upstairs in a rented space in the Teeswater arena, and now in…To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital Subscription - Yearly.

2 weeks ago | midwesternnewspapers.com | Rachel Hammermueller

PERTH COUNTY – Newspapers deliver the news week-by-week, but they also contain it for centuries after in the archives. In the case of Perth County during the years of The Great War, multiple newspapers reported on what was happening with their locals fighting overseas, or put out the desperate call for food rationing from countries…To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital Subscription - Yearly.