Church makes special deliveries
By: Staff ReportsStaff WriterTuesday, December 27, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHWhen we do not have to work on Christmas Eve, we take for granted that we can be with family and do what we want. On Christmas Eve,...
View ArticlePolice probe shooting in Veteran's Park
By: Staff ReportsStaff WriterWednesday, December 28, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHOn Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 5 p.m., officers from the Wapakoneta Police Department agency responded to Veteran's Park, 700 S. Wagner...
View ArticleFormer marching band instructor arrested on sexual battery charges
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterThursday, December 29, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHFormer Wapakoneta High School marching band instructor Broc Hottle was arrested Wednesday on a slew of sexual battery...
View ArticleSheriff updates Hottle case
By: Staff ReportsStaff WriterFriday, December 30, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHAuglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon provided an update Thursday in the case of a Wapakoneta man who faces 34 counts of sexual...
View ArticleYear in review stories for 2016
Staff WriterFriday, December 30, 2016WAPAKONETA, OHSaturday's paper, the last issue of the year, will feature the Top 10 stories from the Wapakoneta Daily News for 2016, as well as Mayor Tom...
View ArticleMayor looks to busy 2017
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorTuesday, January 3, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHMayor Tom Stinebaugh says that, although City Council terms expire in 2017, he is focusing on the campaign to add an additional 1/2...
View ArticleTax hike proposal clears city council
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorWednesday, January 4, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHThe additional one half percent to the city’s income tax passed its first hurdle Tuesday night as council heard third reading and...
View ArticleAuglaize County Sheriff's Office Advisory
Staff WriterFriday, January 6, 2017WAPAKONETA, OH WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FROST BITE & HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKENCategory: News
View ArticleOnline Voter Registration Available
By: LAURA GERMANNStaff WriterFriday, January 6, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHAs of the first of this year, Ohio residents now have the option of registering online to vote. The online option is the result of...
View ArticleAwarness game turns into memorial
By: David VorheesWAPAKONETA, OHSaturday night the Waynesfield-Goshen boys basketball team took on Jackson Center and while that is nothing new, there was something different about this game. Both teams...
View ArticleBoard discusses future events
By: David VorheesStaff WriterTuesday, January 10, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHA potential lumberjack competition as well as a warrior combat competition were discussed Monday night when the Auglaize County Fair...
View ArticleRetired judge to preside over Hottle case
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging editorWednesday, January 11, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHA Columbus man, previously from Auglaize County and facing 34 counts of sexual battery had his first pretrial hearing Tuesday...
View ArticleSchneider 'humbled' by year one
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging editorFriday, January 13, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHWapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nan Schneider sums up her first year in one word: Humbling. Schneider, who...
View ArticleGolden Fresh Farms welcomes guest worker specialists
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging editorFriday, January 13, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHGolden Fresh Farms welcomed 22 guest workers from Mexico recently for the startup of the company’s greenhouse operations at the Jobs...
View ArticleWhat you might have missed
Staff WriterFriday, January 13, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHBoard discusses future events- 01/10/2017 Dollar general is generally chilly- 01/10/2017 Botkins administrator says farewell- 01/11/2017 Retired judge...
View ArticleLodging tax to fund new chairs at WaterPark
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging editorTuesday, January 17, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHAlthough Monday’s legislative agenda was light, there was no lack of discussion. Second Ward Councilman Dan Lee reported on the...
View ArticleLight winter leads to heavy crashes
By: David VorheesStaff WriterWednesday, January 18, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHAs hard as it's to believe, it is January and the temperature is not indicative of the normally frigid month. Still, it is winter...
View ArticleWDN welcomes Rebecca Lapp
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging editorWednesday, January 18, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHThe Wapakoneta Daily News is pleased to welcome Rebecca Lapp to its newsroom staff. Lapp’s first day is today. Lapp is a native...
View ArticleWhat should be Trump's first priority as president?
By: Rebecca Lapp and Tom WehrhahnStaff Writer/Managing EditorFriday, January 20, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHDonald Trump made many promises on his way to winning the presidential election in November. As the...
View ArticleShow reveals local talent
By: David VorheesStaff WriterMonday, January 23, 2017WAPAKONETA, OHSaturday afternoon The Riverside Art Center (RAC) in downtown Wapakoneta held an art show for area high school students. Students...
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