Dunkirk News

There hasn't been much good economic news lately in Dunkirk or Dola.So word that a $4.9 million transportation hub for parts used to build huge windmills will be locating in northern Hardin County, between the two villages, is a major development.

Confident that the large wind-farm projects pending in Ohio will win state approval, Hardin County officials say they have positioned their region to be the center of it all.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER DUNKIRK -- A $4.9 million transportation hub for parts used in wind turbines will be built near Dunkirk in 2010, Hardin County government and economic development leaders said Tuesday.

New jobs could soon come to Hardin County. American Rail Center just got 3 point 7 million dollars in stimulus money from the state! It's to build a new rail logistics center for wind turbines in Dunkirk.

Case heard in Hardin County. A year after Terry Shepherd of Dunkirk admitted to killing three women in 2008, one near Wharton, two others in Kenton, Shepherd's wife Brandi Jean admitted she took part in covering up the murder of Claradell Keller at her rural home near Wharton, and the arson of her car.

ASHLAND -- Hedstrom Plastics is moving its manufacturing facility to the former Walmart building on Baney Road this spring, allowing the company to expand operations.

The Ohio State Patrol says Motter was eastbound on Hardin County road 60 traveled off the road and hit a utility box.

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Ohio City. Visitation: 11 a.m. until time of services Friday at the funeral home.

MONTPELIER - John H. Coulter II, 61, passed away Monday, August 24, 2009 at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie.