Wapakoneta News

Mr. and Mrs. John Schlegel, of Wapakoneta will celebrate 60 years of marriage June 8, 2012.

Mr. and Mrs. George Seffernick, of Wapakoneta, celebrated 50 years of marriage June 2, 2012.

WAPAKONETA Virginia V. Fry, 93, of Wapakoneta and formerly of Buckland, died at 10:15 p.m. June 1, 2012, at Wapakoneta Manor.

After living in New Orleans for five years, Mike Betz decided he wanted to be near his family.

We Ohio Nomads come from all over the Buckeye State, and we meet throughout Ohio as well as in Michigan, Indiana, and other nearby states.

Melanie Webb goes over assignments with her students during a lesson before her retirement at the end of the year from Wapakoneta Elementary School.

The region's participant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee is out of the competition following the third round.

With more than a dozen passionate supporters clamoring Wednesday for a dog park in the city, city leaders agreed to visit area dog parks and take inventory of possible ground for a dog park in the city of Wapakoneta.

Lima Isaiah Michael Burden was stillborn at 1:45 p.m. May 29, 2012, at Fort Sanders Medical Center, Knoxville, Tenn.

Wapakoneta Murlin George Doseck, 78, died at 10:48 p.m. May 28, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

Wapakoneta Boy Scout Jacob Will of Wapakoneta Troop 4 received recognition Tuesday for completing his Eagle Scout project at the St.

LIMA A Minster man was cited Tuesday after a three-vehicle collision. Sgt. Robert Burd of the Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Norbert Vanderhorst, 77, of Minster, was driving east on Harding Highway at 3:07 p.m. when his 1996 Dodge Intrepid went through the red light at Bellefontaine Avenue and struck a pickup driven by Frank Jacob, ... (more)

Lima Edith I. Schoonover, 87, died May 28, 2012, at Lost Creek Care Center. She was born July 30, 1924, in Lima to Herman Henry and Essie Izora Parker Barclay, who preceded her in death.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bosch Sr., of Lima, celebrated 50 years of marriage May 26, 2012.

Mr. and Mrs. James Foust, of Lima, are celebrating 40 years of marriage today, May 27, 2012.

Lafayette Ronald Lee Hicks, 67, died May 12, 2012. He was born in Alger to George and Pearl Brown Hicks.

Wapakoneta Beginning Thursday, all six Auglaize County Library System locations will be open additional hours.

Faced with an annual debt load increasing by 18 percent created mainly from building the new Wapakoneta Water Treatment Plant, city leaders plan to balance the books with a water rate increase.

One of the Wapakoneta High School's top five students has a line of pharmacists in her family - and that is what she plans to study after high school.

A 56-year-old Wapakoneta woman was killed Saturday in what appears to be a fatal accident involving a tractor.