Dairy farmer Bill van Nes was caught off guard when he learned he had been named the Organic Council of Ontario's (OCO) 2025 Organic Trailblazer Organic Champion, but his new title couldn't be more fitting.

Meeting Place Organic Farm near Lucknow is home to a variety of livestock, and farmer Katrina McQuail takes the well-being of each one seriously.

Lavender has long been prized for its delicate purple blooms, soothing fragrance and calming properties. But humans aren't the only ones who benefit from this hardy herb - just ask Gemma James-Smith, proprietor of Bayfield Lavender Farm.

While the decision to close the Brussels branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is final, the jury is still out as to whether the bank will maintain a presence in the village with an ATM, as a number of factors are left to be considered.

On Saturday night, the Seaforth Centenaires welcomed the Milverton Four-Wheel Drives to the Seaforth and District Community Centre for some regular season action.

The weekend was a good one for at least one Southwest Admirals team, as the U15 B boys returned to Huron County from Huntsville with gold medals around their necks after an undefeated run through the Muskoka Fall Classic tournament.

Rob Tetu, the potter behind Beechwood Pottery, welcomed long‑time customers and curious neighbours to his Christmas sale last weekend, which doubled this year as a retirement celebration

As October turned to November, Max McLellan officially retired from his position as the Brussels Fire Department chief; a final pager call to the department members went out that day to help mark the occasion.

After just under 25 years (really almost 30) with the Canada Post Corporation, most recently as the postmaster of the Brussels Post Office, Barb McLellan is retiring. Her last day will be Friday, Nov. 21.

Late last month, Rev. JoAnn Todd officially said goodbye to her Anglican congregations in Blyth, Wingham and Seaforth, retiring from the pastoral charge and clearing the way for someone new to take on the role.

Ernest Dow, a retired associate pastor with Auburn's Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church, officially retired from active pastor duty late last month, bringing to an end over 40 years of the church for Dow, much of it in Huron County.

Over the weekend, the Blyth and District Community Centre was abuzz with activity - not to the tune of sharp skate blades digging into ice, but of the padding of shoes on the ice, as it was time for the annual Blyth Broomball Tournament, with a...

This weekend, the Southwest Admirals - a relatively new Rep A and B team with players from Blyth, Brussels, Goderich, Central Huron, Mitchell and Zurich - will be heading to Wingham, Huntsville and Waterloo for tournament play.

While the Wingham Ironmen lost two of three over the weekend, there was light at the end of the tunnel with a shootout win over the division-leading Hanover Barons on Sunday, the locals handing the Barons one of only three losses on the season.

At G.L. Hubbard Ltd., Susan Hubbard boasts that every single rutabaga (she is hesitant to even venture a guess at how many make their way through the plant in a year) is touched by hand in some way.

After deferring recommendations from its fire department service review at its Oct. 21 meeting, Huron East Council has once again deferred the report, asking for a more boiled-down version of the report that's easier to digest.

Morris-Turnberry Council has agreed to consider a battery energy storage system project being proposed in the municipality by Aurora Renewables Inc.

At Huron County Council's Nov. 5 meeting, Forest Conservation Officer Dave Pullen updated council on some now-resolved forest conservation bylaw cases, several of which ended with costly convictions and hefty fines.

Three Huron Heat teams made their way to the Waterloo Fall Challenge Cup on the weekend, hosted by the Waterloo Ravens, with two teams making it to the finals, but failing to return with gold medals around their necks.

Last week, the Organic Council of Ontario (OCO) announced its 2025 Organic Champions, with several locals among them. The winners will be officially recognized on Jan. 27-28 at the 2026 Guelph Organic Conference.

Across Ontario and across Canada, food banks are facing unprecedented demand as more families struggle to make ends meet.

Every community in Huron County has men and women who have sacrificed their lives for their country. Every community in Huron County is home to families who have mourned and still mourn the losses of loved ones due to the violent, senseless recurrence...

After a disappointing start to the Provincial Junior Hockey League season, the Wingham Ironmen had their best weekend of the 2025/2026 campaign yet, winning both of their games over the weekend, both over the Mitchell Hawks, including a special...

It was a fun weekend for the Blyth Brussels Crusaders as another BBMHA Day has come and gone, though this one had the unfortunate fate of coming on the same day at game seven of the World Series.