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Woodburn Celebrates Community With Grant Award

It has been a grueling four years of planning, meeting, designing and applying for the Woodburn Partnership committee, but their vision is about to be realized. Beginning in 2015, construction will begin for a newly beautified Main Street cityscape. In 2011, a committee was established in Woodburn, IN. They were brought together with the desire…

Woodlan Defeats Eagles at Homecoming

The Warriors had another good win, this time at home.The Bowman Leadership Academy travelled from Gary, Indiana to compete against the Warriors at the Woodlan homecoming game on Friday, September 19. The evening started with a fun time, having each class present the floats they made for the parade. Music of the Ages was the…

Flat Rock Creek Festival

The Annual Flat Rock Creek Festival this year begins on Friday, September 19, taking place at the Paulding County Fairgrounds. Every year people from the entire West Bend News readership area come together to enjoy the harvest and fun of old fashioned country style living. From broom making to apple cider pressing, there is something…

Defiance Patrol: 2 Crashes, 1 Fatality

Patrol Investigates Fatal Crash Sherwood – The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle crash at approximately 5:20 PM within the intersection of Buckskin Road and Openlander Road in Mark Township, Defiance County, near the village of Sherwood. A 2006 Pontiac Torrent driven by 53 year old Dawn Murphy of Toledo was westbound…

Warrant Arrest Leads to Meth Lab in New Haven

At approximately 7:30 pm on September 11, 2014, a New Haven Police Officer was on patrol in the 200 block of Lincoln Highway West when he observed a former New Haven resident, Todd Lee. Officers knew Mr. Lee had an active warrant out for his arrest. Mr. Lee was then seen going into a residence…

Williams County crash seriously injures bicyclist

(Montpelier) – The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a hit- skip crash which occurred on State Route 107 near State Route 15 between 0110 and 0126 hours. Troy L. Presnell of 213 West Washington St. Montpelier, Ohio, age 50, was eastbound on a bicycle when he was struck from behind.…

Rick G. Richhart,

FORT WAYNE: Rick G. Richhart, 51, died, Wednesday, August 27, 2014.    He was a Truck Driver for Cheeseman Transportation out of Fort Recovery, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Cindy; stepchildren, Jason (Beth) Wilges, Joshua (Amy) Wilges and Jennifer (Andy) Elser; mother, Donna Connon; brothers, Gary (Linda), Gregg (Shawn) and Roger; sister, Gail (Ed)…

New Haven Football Schedule and Roster

The Bulldogs won their first game of the season after coming from behind in the first game against Heritage last Friday. This year’s schedule was revised for competition more in line with the schools size in New Haven. They have several bright starters who moved in the area and a creating quite a show. See…

City Recognizes Target for Volunteerism

By Beth Stauffer The City of New Haven and the New Haven Police Department recently recognized the Fort Wayne area Target Stores for their volunteer efforts in conjunction with the police department’s annual National Night Out event which was held this year on Tuesday, August 5th, 2014. Mayor Terry McDonald, Police Chief Stephan Poiry, and…

Latta to Host Cybersecurity Event with FBI and CentraComm at Defiance College

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) will host a cybersecurity seminar at Defiance College tomorrow. The event, which is held in coordination with the FBI and Findlay’s CentraComm, focuses on protecting one’s personal identity and business online. It also includes presentations that provide measures to prevent theft of intellectual property, phishing and spear phishing,…