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Since 1997, The Barn Dance Historical Society and Entertainment Museum has been honouring those who have meant so much to the music amplified by the Barn Dance with Pioneer, Building and Heritage Awards.
The Citizen was more than glad to meet Barn Dance boy turned Jamboree man Grant Heywood to hear a little first-hand history about being a member of the musical Heywood family, led by Earl Heywood, Canada's Number One Singing Cowboy.
Country music lovers all over Huron County are gearing up for the return of the annual Barn Dance Jamboree/Campout in Blyth, to be held at the Blyth and District Community Centre and Campground...
More flag-based controversy cropped up at Monday night's North Huron Council meeting, as Reeve Paul Heffer appeared to speak out against a bylaw that council had voted in favour of two years ago and recently upheld.
The Majestic Women's Institute (WI) met on May 10 at 9 a.m. in front of Brussels Library to head out on the mystery tour.
The Citizen first came across Wingham-based Aljon "Jon" Castro on the popular social media platform TikTok (@Itsjoncastro) - his high-energy, unabashedly pro-snow videos stand out for their positive attitude on almost every subject.
The Brussels Optimist Club was the recipient of a life-saving defibrillator from the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund in conjunction with last Sunday's Run Around the Square event in Goderich.
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) Council narrowly approved a request to fly the Pride flag in June at its most recent meeting.
The Seaforth Optimists Club hosted a rubber duck race at the Seaforth Lions Park and Pool on Saturday, raising $1,400 in support of local youths.
There was a lively session of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) Township Council on Tuesday, May 16, as members of the public shared their concerns about possible expansions to aggregate mining operations in ACW.
The Rutabaga Festival is back after a successful return in 2022 for a scaled back event set for Saturday, June 3 in Blyth.
The buzz surrounding Matt Johnson's upcoming film BlackBerry seemed as good an excuse as any to score a tour of Goderich's most intriguing production studio, FauxPop Media.
Local artist Abi Bos was the person of the hour on Friday night as her artwork was unveiled on an outer wall of the North Huron Wescast Community Complex in Wingham.
Huron County Council has reaffirmed its backing of the Gibbons Street supportive housing project by way of a recorded vote at council's May 3 meeting.
May 6 marked the date of Lucknow's annual town-wide yard sale - a celebration of all things secondhand.
Brussels Minor Ball kicked off its season with its annual ball clinics last week.
It was a balmy evening in early May - on a well-groomed zen garden of an infield, baseline paint still drying, fine and crisp - that the U11 Blyth Gritty's girls softball team welcomed Canadian Olympic softball player, Alison Bradley, to their practice.
Gordie, the unofficial teddy bear mascot of the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario, was reunited with his creator on Tuesday, as Jean Bennett, from just south of Bayfield, met with the 80th President of the provincial organization...
A public information meeting of the community group "Save Ball's Bridge and Little Lakes Road" was held April 25 at the Benmiller Hall as part of the group's ongoing effort to halt plans to turn a nearby tract of land into an aggregate mine.
Some drastic changes proposed to the Provincial Policy Statement have Huron County planners and councillors concerned about the future of prime agricultural land and rural neighbourhoods if they come to pass this fall.
Motivational speaker and comedian Jessica Holmes is coming to Wingham on May 6 to perform in the show "A Healthy Dose of Humour!", hosted by Mental Health Matters Wingham.
May is Community Living Month in Ontario - the province's annual awareness campaign designed to bring attention to one of the most crucial and undervalued parts of our housing ecosystem.
Hullett Central Public School's annual Spring Carnival and Auction exploded back onto the scene this year, netting an eye-popping $18,000 in just three hours of hoedown-themed mayhem.
North Huron Council voted 5-1 to keep its current flag policy after receiving a letter from four constituents requesting that the policy be changed to ban all non-government flags from municipal property.