Auglaize County News

Thursday September 4, 2008 Scouts eye mission trip Staff photo/Mary Bargdill From left: Members of Girl Scout Troops 20251 and 20306 Megan McClurg, Katie Goettemoeller, Sarah Kaiser and Emily Rutschilling , all ...

DUBLIN, Ohio, Sept. 4 OH-Verizon-Wireless DUBLIN, Ohio , /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated two new cell sites in Shelby County that improve ...

By KAREN CAMPBELL Staff Writer A lack of bids for road salt this year has Auglaize County government officials hoping for a mild winter.

FFA students from St. Marys and Wapakoneta take aim with shotguns during a safety event at the Western Ohio Fish and Game complex Tuesday night.

Saturday August 30, 2008 Crossing borders Staff photo/ Mary Bargdill Foreign exchange students Laura Lehnert, 16, of Germany and Beotriz Lorenzotto, 15, of Brazil begin working on their homework assignments as ...

The extremely dry summer has left stagnant water in some areas and created the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus.

Area university's dean updates residents on changes By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer ST.

Sean Klaus knows where he stands. On the farm. In the field. Learning. Teaching.

A former Ohio police chief who was convicted of downloading photographs of nude children on his computer at work is fighting a requirement that he register as a sex offender now that he's out of prison.

Incumbents to remain on SWCD board By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer After a tally of the votes, two incumbents learned they would serve an additional three years on the Auglaize County Soil and Water Conservation ...

Auglaize County family summer assistance program runs out of funds By KAREN CAMPBELL Staff Writer A program helping to ease the burden on Auglaize County residents struggling to keep cool this summer has run ...

By ANDREA POTEET Staff Writer WAPAKONETA - To win votes for Democratic Presidential Candidate Barrack Obama, area Democrats need to be visible, an Auglaize County Democratic Party official says, and with a ...

By MIKE BURKHOLDER Managing Editor ST. MARYS - Thanks in part to a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation, a local senior assistance organization can continue to provide aid to a significant portion ...

Local health officials are concerned about a recent increase in cases of whooping cough - a disease that can be deadly, especially to infants and young children.

Authorities in Auglaize County said a man died Tuesday night at his residence in Cridersville.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor The interest of one firm specializing in renewable energy hopefully generates inquiries from supporting manufacturing firms, a Wapakoneta economic development leader says.

Thursday August 7, 2008 Joseph crowned Little Miss Staff photos/Angela Weaver The Queen and her court.

A Celina-area man pleaded no contest Monday morning in Celina Municipal Court to a charge of obstructing justice stemming from a March 15 traffic accident that claimed the lives of four local men.

Tuesday, 05 August 2008 By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer WAPAKONETA - A St. Marys man is to spend the next nine years of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to raping a minor.

Staff photo/Mary Bargdill Keaton Metz of the Freyburg Happy Farmers shows his pet snake, a red albino corn snake, to Small Animal Show judge Margie Morrison at the Auglaize County Jr.