A huge car show is coming this weekend to Archbold. Nearly 100 antique automobiles will be on display on Saturday for the annual antique car gathering at Sauder Village. Antique car collectors from the tri-state region area expected to be there. Car enthusiasts reportedly are coming from Ohio, Michigan and …
Read More »PRO-TEC ADDS 80 JOBS
Pro-Tec Coating Company in Leipsic, on Monday unveiled its $400 million, 415,000-square-foot expansion project which employs 80 people. Pro-Tec coats and treats sheet steel for cars. Its customers include all major automakers and some auto-related companies in Ohio and surrounding states Pro-Tec employs 317 total, including the 80 new employees. …
Read More »GYPSY MOTH SPRAYING
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is set to begin aerial treatments to control the gypsy moth population in the state. 51 acres in Defiance County is targeted as larva and leaf development now is peaking. The department uses foray, a naturally occurring bacterium found in the soil that interferes with …
Read More »TURNPIKE RATES TO INCREASE
Turnpike prices are going up next year. The Ohio Turnpike Commission wants to increase prices by 2.7 percent each year for the next decade. Commissioners say the extra revenue would go towards funding a $1.5 billion in turnpike bonds and pay for construction projects near the turnpike. To get more …
Read More »Steven Bradner, 59
Steven Bradner, age 59, of Wauseon died late Friday May 10, 2013 at the Fulton county Health Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Mr. Bradner was employed by B&B Molding in Napoleon. He also worked for TLC Child Care in Wauseon. Mr. Bradner was born …
Read More »Clare Dilworth, 86
Clare L. Dilworth, age 86, of Camden, Michigan died at 5:40 P.M. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, where he was a patient. Mr. Dilworth worked at Aro Corporation in Bryan for 25 years where he was Supervisor of Technical Information. He was a …
Read More »Arthur Robinson, 89
Arthur L. Robinson, 89 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at Genesis HealthCare, Bryan Center, where he had been a resident. Art was born February 24, 1924 in Swanton, Ohio, the son of the late William A. and Della (Ducat) Robinson. An Army veteran of WWII, Art was awarded …
Read More »EDGERTON BANK ROBBERY
Officials still have no comment on exactly how much money was taken in a daring bank robbery in Edgerton on Friday. 47 year old Kelly Chaney of Indiana is accused of robbing the Edgerton branch of The Hicksville Bank on North Michigan Avenue in Edgerton just before 12:30 Friday afternoon,and …
Read More »WAUSEON MAN KILLED IN CAR-MOTORCYCLE CRASH
A Wauseon man died in a car-motorcycle crash Friday evening. According to troopers, a car driven by 56 year old Kenneth Stewart of Swanton was turning from Ohio 108 onto County Road C when he cut in front of the motorcycle ridden by 59 year old Steven Bradner. The motorcycle …
Read More »FIRE CLAIMS HOME IN WEST UNITY
No cause has yet been listed for a fire at a West Unity home over the weekend. The call came in just after 11:30 Friday evening after fire was discovered in the basement of the home of Duane Rupp on County Road M in West Unity. Firefighters were on scene …
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