Celebrating service Angeline Industries Inc. board member Jim Reile (left) recently retired after more than 35 years of service on the volunteer board. Operations manager Lyneen Reinschell presented him with an etched glass token of appreciation. Read More
Viewing of commercial lot for sale open to all A public viewing of new commercial property available in Upper Sandusky will be offered at 11 a.m. Friday. Read More
Man falls into grain feed mixer, dies at central Ohio farm MECHANICSBURG (AP) — Officials say a man died on his family farm in central Ohio when he fell into a grain feed mixer. Madison County Sheriff Jim Sabin tells The Columbus Dispatch that 34-year-old Austin Ayars was found dead Sunday at the dairy farm near Mechanicsburg. Family members told investigators he had been feeding cattle several hours earlier. Sabin says … Read More
Pot legalization group reaches signature goal COLUMBUS (AP) — Backers of an effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio for medicinal and recreational use say they have more than enough signatures to qualify for the 2015 ballot. Read More
Safety Blotter: June 10, 2015 Shania A. Johnson, Upper Sandusky, was cited for public use of a parking lot and a stop sign violation the night of April 18 after a traffic stop in the 300 block of South Seventh Street. Read More
‘The Mill’ comes down in Sycamore SYCAMORE — An iconic building that has stood tall in the village of Sycamore for more than a century has been reduced to a pile of rubble. A crew has been demolishing the grain mill at the intersection of North Sycamore and West Saffel avenues, referred to by locals simply as “The Mill,” for about the past week, village officials reported during a regular meeting of Sycamore Council on Tuesday. Read More
Harpster likely to decline grant HARPSTER — The village of Harpster has been approved for grant funding to repave a portion of Cherokee Street, but the village’s cost is not in its budget and the project will be postponed, Mayor Jim Robertson told council Tuesday. Robertson said he recently received confirmation that the village had been granted $18,554 in Issue 1 funding for the paving project. Read More
Electric rides Charlotte Covert went round and round on a ride at the family fun day sponsored by North Central Electric Cooperative, based in Attica, before its annual meeting Tuesday at the Seneca County Fairgrounds in Tiffin. Read More
Davis named bureau organization director COLUMBUS — Haley Davis, of Bucyrus, has joined Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s field staff to help support county farm bureaus in their operations. Read More
ODA announces ag easements approved REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently announced approval for local sponsors to purchase agricultural easements on 54 family farms representing 7,512 acres in 26 counties. Local sponsoring organizations, which include land trusts, counties, a township and local soil and water conservation districts, receive funding from the Clean Ohio Fund to manage the local agricultural easement purchase program. Read More