Council mulls billboards, electric rates
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorTuesday, January 16, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThree new pieces of legislation were introduced to the Wapakoneta City Council at its regular meeting Monday evening.One would...
View ArticleBoy Scouts hold annual awards dinner
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterWednesday, January 17, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe Old Sycamore Boy Scout District celebrated the end of 2017 with their annual Recognition Dinner, which took place Sunday at the...
View ArticleGillette bond set at $150k
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorWednesday, January 17, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHNathaniel Bice Gillette, 45, of Wapakoneta, was in court Tuesday for a bond hearing on a community control sanctions...
View ArticleOrdinance outline electric rate changes
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorWednesday, January 17, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe Wapakoneta City Council held first reading of an ordinance Monday regarding electric rates.In drafting the ordinance, the...
View ArticleCasting call for "First Man" announced
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorThursday, January 18, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHIf you're aching to get away from the cold, and appear in the forthcoming "First Man" feature film about Wapakoneta native Neil...
View ArticleStudents shine at art show
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterThursday, January 18, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe 2018 High School Invitational Art Show and Competition kicked off last Saturday afternoon at the Riverside Art Center in Wapakoneta,...
View ArticleCouncil to hear options on storm water
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorThursday, January 18, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe Wapakoneta City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting this evening in council chambers to discuss legislation...
View ArticleLiving history
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterFriday, January 19, 2018WAPAKONETA, OH"A walking, talking textbook."That's how Wapakoneta Middle School Guidance Counselor Mark Koch introduced their guest on Thursday...
View ArticleStorm drainage issues aired
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorFriday, January 19, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe Wapakoneta City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday to discuss storm drainage.The ordinance, designed to...
View ArticleLocal agencies deal with homelessness
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterMonday, January 22, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThere’s been a lot of press on the homeless population in the United States as of late, the lion’s share of the focus on the west coast,...
View ArticleLocal man awaits arraignment on rape, other charges
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorTuesday, January 23, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHRichard Mongold, 54, of Wapakoneta, was charged Dec. 14 with one count of rape, a first degree felony, one count of sexual battery,...
View ArticleStudents celebrate choice
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterTuesday, January 23, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHWhen you hear 'school choice,' you don't often think of public school. The term is usually comes in the context of charter and private...
View ArticleLocal man sentenced on drug possession charge
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorWednesday, January 24, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHChristopher John Steinbrunner, of Wapakoneta, was sentenced Jan. 9 on an amended charge of attempted possession of...
View ArticleCommissioners told of national opioid suit
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorWednesday, January 24, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe Auglaize County Commissioners met with Auglaize County Prosecutor Ed Pierce on Tuesday regarding the possible in joining...
View ArticleBoard honored during recognition month
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterWednesday, January 24, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe Wapakoneta City School District Board of Education met for their first regular meeting of 2018 on Tuesday evening. In what turned...
View ArticleVFW picks top essay writers, teachers
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterThursday, January 25, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHIt was a proud moment for a lot of people on Wednesday evening, as the Wapakoneta VFW Post 8445 recognized several deserving students and...
View ArticleRecycling uptick leads to changes
By: TOM WEHRHAHNManaging EditorThursday, January 25, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHRecycling in up in the county and that's good news for the environment.Scott Cisco, district coordinator of the Auglaize County...
View ArticleHoffman offers trip along the Oregon Trail
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterMonday, January 29, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHAuglaize County residents were treated to a trip down the Oregon Trail this weekend — all from the comfort of the Trinity Lutheran Church...
View ArticleAgronomy Day focuses on re-certification
By: AJ HECHTStaff WriterTuesday, January 30, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe St. Joseph Parish Life Center in Wapakoneta underwent a transformation on Monday, as The Ohio State University Auglaize County...
View ArticleDollar Tree store gets green light
Staff WriterTuesday, January 30, 2018WAPAKONETA, OHThe developer for the proposed Dollar Tree store at 1501 Saturn Drive, went before the Wapakoneta Board of Zoning Appeals Monday evening to explain...
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