Last fall, Jerry Zielke announced he would resign at the beginning of the year as chairman and have another qualified person come to take the helm of the Paulding County Republican Party. The new chair selected by the committee is Laurie Lucas at the January fourth meeting (2024) at the Cafe & Deli at Holly…
On Wednesday, November 29th, the Paulding County Parks District held a Ribbon Cutting for two new park pavilions that were erected at New Rochester Park and Cecil Bridge Park. These pavilions were constructed and made from many volunteer hours by Josh Sinn and Joe Burns, along with Crane Twp. Trustees, Friends of the Parks District,…
Northwest State Community College hosted a ceremonial demolition event for community leaders, elected officials, and other special guests at its Van Wert Campus (the former Kennedy Manufacturing building) on November 16th. As part of the event, Timothy Schneider presented a proclamation from Senator JD Vance to Northwest State for their ongoing work serving Paulding and…
Lydia Mihalik, Director of the Ohio Department of Development (ODoD), visited Paulding County during visits in northwest Ohio this week. Director Mihalik made two stops while in the village. The first stop originated at the city administration offices, located in the old historic railroad depot on the west side of the village. Mihalik…
The second annual Paulding County “Teacher Boot Camp” event completed here recently. This year twelve Paulding County educators participated in the program. The week culminated with required presentations by educators, to their peers. Educators were to share a lesson plan of how the information they learned touring and hearing from county businesses, will benefit their…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Ed Bohn (Director, Paulding County Emergency Management Agency) as the guest speaker at the May 11, 2023, club meeting. Ed came at the invitation of Lisa McClure (Paulding County Commissioner). Ed spoke to the Kiwanians about the Total Solar Eclipse that will happen on April…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Brandi Schrader (Director of Environmental Health/Deputy Health Commissioner, Paulding County Health Department) as the guest speaker at the February 9, 2023, club meeting. Brandi came at the invitation of Lisa McClure (Executive Director, Paulding County Area Foundation & Paulding County Commissioner). Brandi spoke to the…
On Monday January 23rd, Lisa McClure was sworn in for duty as the newest Paulding County Commissioner in Paulding County Ohio. Pictured here (l-r) are Alison Stoller, Terry McClure (husband), Judge Beckman, Lisa McClure, Nikki McClure and Ryan McClure. McClure will be finishing the term vacated by 82nd District Ohio Rep. Roy Klopfenstein.
The Paulding County Republican Central Committee met on Thursday, January 5, 2023 for regular business and to appoint a new County Commissioner after Roy Klopfenstein’s seat was vacated as he was elected to the OH state legislature in the 2022 election. Jan Commers read the secretary minutes from the last meeting and Blane Fickel gave…
The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees met in regular session on Friday, October 21 at the Archbold Campus. As part of the meeting, it was noted that negotiating teams for the College and the Support Staff bargaining unit of the Northwest State Community College Education Association entered into negotiations in August 2022 to…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Terry Wehrkamp, Director of Live Production at Cooper Farms as guest speaker at the July 21, 2022 club meeting. Terry came at the invitation of Lisa McClure (Executive Director of the Paulding County Area Foundation).
The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees met in regular session on Friday, June 24 on the Archbold campus. After roll call, Robbin Wilcox, NSCC Executive Director for Development & NSCC Foundation and Foundation Board Chair Peter Beck presented the Board with a record-setting check in the amount of $1,139,450. The money is designated…
Lisa McClure of Grover Hill has announced her candidacy to run for Paulding County Commissioner. “I was raised in Paulding County and feel a great sense of pride of now being a community leader seeking to contribute to the growth and success of Paulding County.” Lisa grew up in a farming family. She is the…
