UPDATED: LifeFlight responds to accident near Botkins
Staff WriterSunday, August 7, 2016BOTKINS, OHThe Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a personal injury traffic crash that occurred on Hardin Wapakoneta Road north of Botkins Road, Van...
View ArticleEgbert shows Grand Champion
By: CASSAUNDRA SMITHStaff WriterMonday, August 8, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHTen-year-old Tyler Egbert from Botkins Local School turned months of hard work into cash Saturday morning when his Grand Champion...
View ArticleFair youth named scholarship winners
Staff WriterMonday, August 8, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHSeven 4-H members were each presented with a $1,500 scholarship on Saturday at the Auglaize County Fair just before the livestock auction took place. The...
View Article4-H'er earns top honors at fairs
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterTuesday, August 9, 2016NEW KNOXVILLE, OHA girl of many talents and treasures — this is the best way to describe a local teenager who recently earned a slew of honors at...
View ArticleWapak police department probes vandalism cases
Staff WriterTuesday, August 9, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHPolice officers are asking for the public's help to solve a rash of recent vandalism cases. On Tuesday, the Wapakoneta Police Department received more...
View ArticleCridersville Police investigate multiple vandalism cases in village
By: John HamiltonStaff WriterWednesday, August 10, 2016CRIDERSVILLE, OHThe Cridersville Police Department is looking for any information on a recent string of vandalisms that have taken place village....
View ArticleCouncil OKs sale of Buckland school
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorThursday, August 11, 2016BUCKLAND, OHDiscussions were heated, and a petition submitted, but in the end the village council voted to put the sale of the former school out...
View ArticleGliders fly into Wapak
By: CASSAUNDRA SMITHStaff WriterFriday, August 12, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHToilet paper rolls, cardboard and popsicle sticks — these were the items used by Armstrong Air and Space Museum Astronaut Camp...
View ArticleCounty mulls options for consolidation
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterFriday, August 12, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHAs an exploratory measure, the county commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday to have a feasibility study done for a potential new...
View ArticleWhat you may have missed
Staff WriterFriday, August 12, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHHere's what you may have missed this week in the Wapakoneta Daily News.Monday: Tyler Egbert sold is Grand Champion Market Beef Steer for $12,500 at the...
View ArticleBand gives back
By: CASSAUNDRA SMITHStaff WriterMonday, August 15, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHWapakoneta High School band students spent their Saturday morning at Mercy Unlimited.The students sorted and cleaned items that had...
View ArticleAIP, state reach settlement
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterWednesday, August 17, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHA settlement was recently reached between the State of Ohio and AIP Logistics in an injunction case in Auglaize County Common Pleas...
View ArticleCity takes public comments on 198, 501 intersection
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorWednesday, August 17, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHCity officials held a public meeting Tuesday to hear comments on proposed changes to the state Route 198-state Route 501...
View ArticleCul-de-sac for Cole shot down
By: Tom WehrhahnStaff Writereditor@wapakwdn.comThursday, August 18, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHThe Wapakoneta City Council’s Streets and Alleys Committee met Wednesday morning and put a proposed reconstruction...
View ArticleArena work to begin soon at fairgrounds
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterFriday, August 19, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHWith the old dairy barn now demolished, work on the new show arena is set to begin shortly.Fairgrounds Manager Fred Piehl brought the...
View ArticleWhat you may have missed
Staff WriterFriday, August 19, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHHere's a slice of what you may have missed this week in the Wapakoneta Daily News:Monday: Band gives back Tuesday: Sparks fly over committee picks...
View ArticleAnnual show grows at Acres
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterFriday, August 19, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHThe Auglaize Acres second annual Cruisin' for Memories car show gave Acres residents a neat opportunity to do something fun right in...
View ArticleWaterPark sees record attendance
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterMonday, August 22, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHThanks to good weather and record-breaking attendance, the Wapakoneta WaterPark saw its second best year ever this summer. The...
View ArticleCar vandalisms solved
By: Tom WehrhahnManaging editoreditor@wapakwdn.comMonday, August 22, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHAccording to Wapakoneta Police Chief Russel Hunlock, the vehicle vandalism investigations from the early hours of...
View ArticleTeachers, students brighten things up at middle school
By: CASSAUNDRA SMITHStaff WriterTuesday, August 23, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHFifth-grade teachers Kim Mullen and Vickie Sawmiller see to it that the Wapakoneta Middle School's landscaping includes plenty of...
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