CONTINENTAL — Tuesday evening’s council meeting started on time despite the absence of council member Dan Sullivan who joined at 7:15 pm and Mayor Mathew Miller who joined at 7:30 pm after the “Team Gray” youth soccer team he coaches beat their “Team Black” rivals 3-2. Council member Jordan Streicher stepped in to run the meeting in the Mayor’s absence.
OTTAWA — It was a who’s who of Ohio political office holders, candidates and party supporters at the Putnam County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner last Thursday, which had over 600 in attendance and was completely sold out.
Farmers are in a tough spot. Fertilizer prices are spiking and crop prices are not high enough to cover the costs. The bright spots are on the livestock and dairy side with much higher prices and profits. For grain farmers; with a late drought, yields and prices are not high enough to make much money.
CONTINENTAL — Tuesday evening’s council meeting started on time despite the absence of council member Dan Sullivan who joined at 7:15 pm and Mayor Mathew Miller who joined at 7:30 pm after the “Team Gray” youth soccer team he coaches beat their “Team Black” rivals 3-2. Council member Jordan Streicher stepped in to run the meeting in the Mayor’s absence.
COLUMBUS — When the news got out last August that Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R, Haviland) had introduced a bill in the Ohio House to authorize a voluntary demand response program for residential and small commercial customers, the typical small-government internet pundits were aghast.
NAPOLEON ‚— In a filing with the Northern District of Ohio federal court, Campbell’s Soup admits to nearly 5,400 violations of the Clean Water Act from its Napoleon Plant dumping into the Maumee River, which flows into Lake Erie.
LEIPSIC — On Monday, Sept. 15, at 12:21 A.M., Deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to serve an out of county arrest warrant for a domestic charge on Joseph Saldana, 39, at 9977 Road 5-F, Leipsic.
The following individuals were indicted Wednesday by the Putnam County Grand Jury. They will be arraigned at 9 a.m. Sept. 29.
COLUMBUS — Friday, Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine announced a new statewide initiative designed to enroll more Ohio children immediately after birth in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio. Studies have shown that books in the home, such as the books the Imagination Library provides to children from birth to age five, and more reading can increase Kindergarten Readiness Assessment scores.