MONTEZUMA - Developer Rick Uppenkamp's plan to establish a new area for recreational campers in Franklin Township came one step closer to fruition on Tuesday night. [
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District, teachers agree on 2-year contract
FORT RECOVERY - Teachers at Fort Recovery will get a 1 percent raise next school year and a 1.88 percent raise the following year.
Board of educati
ROCKFORD - Emotions ran high at Tuesday's school board meeting as one teaching candidate pleaded for a job.
Board members then questioned the administration's hiring process and ultimately voted against all 43 items on the consensus agenda.
WAPAKONETA - Funding woes will prevent Auglaize County health board members from filling an open health education specialist position.
Janet Bassitt, a 27-year employee, announced her retirement, effective July 1, during a health board meeting Tuesday.
NORTH STAR - A 33-year-old North Star-area man is to be arraigned this afternoon on attempted murder charges in Darke County Common Pleas Court.
WAPAKONETA - Nurses are worth their weight in gold.
That was the message Auglaize County Medical Director Dr. Juan Torres gave health board members
NEW BREMEN - Some parking spaces along Monroe Street may be eliminated as a safety measure during the coming weeks.
Council members Tuesday night g
CELINA - A Celina-area company will be overseeing a large, federally-funded bridge project in Butler Township.
VTF Excavation snagged the contract
FORT RECOVERY - Renovation work on the high school should begin this summer as board of education members on Tuesday night approved $2.064 million in related bids.
ROCKFORD - Parkway High School has started a boys wrestling club, hoping to have a varsity sport in three years.
High school business teacher Kevin Browning has been working with athletic director Doug Hughes to develop the club and find a location for practices. [
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COLDWATER - The STAR assessment program at the elementary school "drives education based on data," intervention specialists Marjorie Good and Tessy Huwer told school board members at Tuesday's meeting.
MENDON - Dennis Adams has returned home to open a used car dealership in a downtown Mendon building he remodeled.
Adams, whose nickname is Doc Holi
Day One of Midwest Athletic Conference Track Meet
NEW BREMEN - The Midwest Athletic Conference track meet got underway on Tuesday as finals were contested in nine field events and the two 3,200-meter relays.
Division IV sectional Softball at Lincolnview
VAN WERT - Sierra Fent pitched a one-hitter and belted two of Parkway's five extra-base hits as the Panthers earned a 4-2 win over Lincolnview on Tuesday in a Division IV sectional final on the Lancers' home field.
Division IV Sectional Softball at New Bremen
NEW BREMEN - Tuesday afternoon's Division IV sectional final between the New Bremen Cardinals and the St. Henry Redskins was a game of opportunities.
The Redskins took full advantage of their chances, both offensively and defensively, to capture the sectional championship with a 9-3 win. [
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Division III Sectional at Elida
ELIDA - Coldwater's softball coach Ken Fisher could only breathe a sigh of relief after Tuesday's Division III softball sectional game.
His Cavaliers scored four times in the top of the first and were up 6-1 before Liberty-Benton scored seven times in the third inning to take a lead.
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New Bremen maintained a share of the lead in the Midwest Athletic Conference baseball title race after defeating Fort Recovery 3-1 on Tuesday.
