Berlin News

More than 100 business owners, leaders and managers have signed up to attend a free seminar on how they can promote their businesses through MarketplaceOhio.com. There are three opportunities to attend the seminar next Wednesday.

ASHLAND -- Ross Cody, a paratrooper in World War II, came home with two Purple Hearts, a Combat Infantry Badge and a Silver Star he claims 'I got for being stupid.'' As he tells it, Ross, a PFC and squad leader with the 101st Airborne Division, raced back under fire to retrieve four of his men who failed to follow him to the safety of a house.

One long and one short, two lifelines were cast out Thursday night by members of the Holmes County District Public Library Board to county residents, offering them a chance to help keep services alive.

Although it doesn't go back as far as the Church in Aurora, the Aurora Mennonite Church has a rich heritage that spans more than 100 years.

Four years ago, developer Bill Erdos saved one of the downtown's historic buildings from the wrecking ball.

Lauren Meyer, a Clyde High School graduate and the daughter of Karen and John Meyer, is well known in the area for her singing and acting accomplishments.

The video has traveled the globe, has been linked to Facebook, downloaded and is at more than 300 views online, but unlike other popular Web hits, "The Fall of the Wall: 20 Years Later" is meant to be educational as well as entertaining.

Pieces of an old pine casket have surfaced on the Alum Creek Lake shoreline at the site of the former Cheshire Cemetery, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday.

BERLIN -- The fifth annual Bluegrass & Country Gospel Music Celebration will take place at 6 p.m. Nov.

BERLIN -- The Berlin Ohio Area Merchants will kick off the holiday season Nov. 27 with a live Nativity parade and candlelighting ceremony.

Knox County Health Commissioner Dennis Murray reported that 500 doses of H1N1 vaccine were administered by the health department in the first 10 days of the program.

It's 7:30 a.m. and a total of 34 mostly "Prime Timers" are gathered at Marion First Church of the Nazarene parking lot for a bus and van for a September trip to the east into Amish country.

Robert and Carol Gisinger of Millersburg are celebrating their 50th anniversary today with a dinner hosted by their children.

BERLIN -- Schrock's Amish Farm and Village will host its first Apple Festival Down on the Farm on Oct.

I saw a remarkable bird last week in the heart of Ohio's Amish country. The northern wheatear is a smallish thrush with rather long legs that breeds on the tundra along the northernmost part of North America, above the Arctic Circle.

F or close to 20 years, my friends Bonnie Shuman , Nancy Brintnall , Linda Limpert and I have been making regular journeys to Holmes County to soak in the atmosphere of "Amish Country." We used to make at least five trips a year before we all retired and became too busy to manage regular visits.

To accommodate for more than $300,000 in cuts throughout the year, the Holmes County District Public Library board voted Tuesday to eliminate 12 part-time staff positions.

MANSFIELD -- If you've noticed the Burger King on the Miracle Mile is missing, don't despair.

To accommodate for more than $300,000 in cuts throughout the year, the Holmes County District Public Library board voted Tuesday to eliminate 12 part-time staff positions.

You could see a real Civil War cannon, watch a parade that included a tractor-driving cow or ride a pony at Wellington's Cheese Festival on Saturday.