Happenings in the Area
By: Stan Jordan The Flat Rock Creek Festival is scheduled for September 15th, 16th, and 17th at the Paulding County
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Somethings You Don’t Forget
By: Stan Jordan It is about the middle of July, 1945, and B Company is billeting a little mountain town
Read MoreThe Echos of Stone and Railroad Street
By: Stan Jordan As I sit here at my desk and look out at the busy corner of S.R. 49
Read MoreAntwerp’s Foreign Exchange Student
By: Stan Jordan Johannes Faust was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany on October 28 of 1998. There are three children
Read MoreThe American Badgers’ Range
The above picture from wikipedia shows that the American Badger is native to northwest Ohio. Yes, there are a few
Read MoreThings Just Fall Into Place
By: Stan Jordan Back in 1989, I and my brother in-law Ray Gross went to Florida bass fishing for a
Read MoreHow Forecasting Really Works
By: Joshua Steiner Forecasting is a process that is often thought of as a guessing game by non-meteorologists (and many
Read MoreLest We Forget
By: Stan Jordan In a couple of days it will be July 20th, 2017. It has been 10 years on
Read MoreThe Cecropia Moth By Stan Jordan
This picture of the Cecropia Moth was taken here at the West Bend News. Charlie Jones brought this moth in
Read MoreRain, Flooding and Damage in Paulding County
On June 29th and 30th, heavy rain and thunderstorms impacted a large part of the area, especially Paulding County, with
Read MoreMore News On The Badger
By: Stan Jordan Yes, there are badgers in the area, they are not plentiful, but there are some here. They
Read MoreAuto By Otto
Otto was married and moved to town is 1907, he had pretty much made up his mind that photography would
Read MoreSummertime Is Peak Time For Thunder And Lightning Storms
In an annual coordinated effort with the National Weather Service (NWS), the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness is promoting
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