Ottoville News

Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hempfling of Delphos celebrated 60 years of marriage on July 2. A family gathering will take place in the fall.

The Delphos Museum of Postal History was the benefactor of duck races on Sunday on the Miami-Erie Canal.

A Delphos City School Board members met in special session Monday evening to award the bid for work on the Franklin Elementary building.

Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 The Putnam County District Library has announced the following summer offerings: "Amazza Art" will feature a visit from the Findlay Mazza Museum for children birth to 4th grade.

Egyptian kings took on mummies this week in an animation created by Ottoville eighth-grader Ryan Kemper.

As is common, he got involved with livestock when he saw family members having fun with it.

Dolores Ruhe, of Ottawa, remembers wanting to go to the fair one year. Instead, she had to stay home and pick tomatoes.

Fiscal Officer Jeanne Wannemacher submitted the following itemized expenses: General: $620,760.19 Street Construction: $188,898.61 State Highway: $4,300 Permissive Tax: $21,000 Police: $18,605 Sinking Water: $1,403.90 Water: $107,676.57 Sewer: $234,820 Sewer Reserve: $50,000 Water Reserve: $45,000 Utility Deposit: $900 Total: $1,293,364.27 In other ...

However, this weekend's gathering rivaled that during opening ceremonies with more than 125 survivors and an estimated 1,100 in attendance.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 Kayla Korte, who will be a freshman at Ottoville High School in the fall, will attend the annual CampMed June 18-19 at The University of Toledo Health Science Campus.

Published: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Melvin and June Gable of Delphos recently celebrated 40 years of marriage with a Mass and renewal of their marriage vows at St.

A clear blue sky. Pleasant temperatures. It was a perfect day for a state track and field meet, one that many of the elite athletes assembled at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium welcomed after a spring of all kinds of other weather .

There has always been a tradition of strong throwers at Columbus Grove. Dylan Vogt can now add his name to the list of state-placing throwers from Grove.

Published: Friday, June 5, 2009 Come join us at the Putnam County District Library in Ottawa and all locations for Patrick Jolly, a oeBanjo the Clowna program sponsored by the Friends of the Putnam County Library.A Banjo kicks off the summer program.

Donald Cletus Miller, 71, died at 2:53 p.m. May 27, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 5, 1938, in Ottoville to Isidore and Florence Deitering Miller, who preceded him in death.

Hard to believe it's already time for another senior class to graduate. Many students are torn between the comfortable environment of school and the anticipation of the future.

A fire destroyed a Fort Jennings home Wednesday afternoon. Fort Jennings firefighter Jim Gerdeman said the garage of the house was fully engulfed when they arrived at 18445 state Route 190.

Alfred John Miller of Cloverdale will celebrate his 90th birthday on May 30. He is the son of the late Joseph and Mayme Miller.

According to the ODE, Delphos City Schools received $201,748.30 from lottery sales in 2008.

A True to its word, the Ottoville Local Schools Board of Education passed a resolution Monday evening to not seek renewal of a 1.7-mill Permanent Improvement Levy that expires this year and will be last paid by taxpayers in 2010.