Archbold News

Family Fun KUTZTOWN FOLK FESTIVAL July 3-5 The 60th annual Kutztown Folk Festival, the oldest continuously-operated folklife festival in America, will be held July 3-5 at Kutztown Fairgrounds.

The best interests of minor children are often secondary in the minds of parties to a divorce or other legal proceedings, but not in the minds of judges and magistrates.

Mark Matthews, glass artist in residence at Sauder Village in Archbold, will be a guest July 17-19 at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion.

Silent Witness members, from left, Lindsey Grogg, Erin Wagler, Becky Yazel and Angela Wyse perform at Covenant United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne last month.

Automotive supplier Noble Automotive Ohio LLC has filed a notice with the state that it will lay off 75 workers next month, and cut the remaining 70 workers at the end of September, when it plans to close its Archbold manufacturing facility permanently.

A series of severe thunderstorms meant an early wake-up call for many in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.

Mark Matthews , Birthday. Blown glass with frosted food and 16 glass spheres, 1997.

The Northwest Ohio Athletic League had 11 players named All-Ohio following the 2009 softball season.

An Archbold auto parts supplier has become the latest local employer to announce its closing.

Pink slips are flying in Fulton County, many of them landing on workers at Nobel Automotive, a supplier plant on South Defiance St.

Another auto industry company is closing. Nobel Automotive Ohio in Archbold plans on permanently shutting its doors at the end of September.

You know my travel policy: Get in the car and go. Just do it, alone or with someone, or even with a carload of friends and family.

The bluegrass group Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will perform Tuesday at the Glass City Opry, held at the Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St., Maumee.

Northwest Ohio Athletic League champion Bryan landed a trio of players on the All-NWOAL baseball first team for the 2009 season, while Evergreen mentor Brian Nagy was named Coach of the Year.

Northwest Ohio Athletic League co-champions Archbold and Wauseon landed a total of three players on the All-NWOAL softball first team for the 2009 season.

Area residents looking for a summer day trip for the entire family may want to consider a short drive to Archbold.

The summer is just about upon us, and whether you've got vacation time or an unplanned work furlough on the horizon, there's a good chance many of us will be spending it close to home this year to save money.

An Archbold firm has received the Ohio Department of Transportation's last big contract for construction of a new U.S. 24 west of Toledo.

Lauren Scruggs of New London reaches out to try and handle the throw from catcher Jenna Ruggles as Lauren Keen of Archbold slides in safe with a stolen base during regional softball at Brookside Park in Ashland Wednesday, May 27, 2009.

They came from all walks of life, different faiths and non-faiths, ranging in age from 16-72. Dubbed "seagoing cowboys," they were men and boys who delivered livestock on cattle boats to war-devastated countries from 1945-47 as part of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Heifer Project.