Tag: May

Wolfrum To Run For Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District

Van Wert County Commissioner Todd Wolfrum announced today he is running for Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District seat in the United States Congress. Wolfrum will be running in the May, 2018 Republican Primary. Wolfrum is a practicing attorney in Van Wert and is serving his second term as commissioner. He won the Republican primary in the…

Antwerp Hires New HS Principal

The Antwerp Board of Education met in Special Session Wednesday, May 31, 2017.  The Board hired Travis Lichty for the position of MS/HS Principal replacing Mike Bute who has accepted the HS Principal position in the West Jefferson School District near Columbus.  Travis’s three year contract will begin August 1, 2017. Travis previously served as…

Area Flooding Issues Exacerbated By Recent Heavy Rains

By: Josh Steiner After an already excessively wet May, the area continued to see heavy rainfall this week, with many areas from Fort Wayne, Van Wert, Decatur, southern Paulding County and others picking up at least several inches of rain. In fact, at the Fort Wayne International Airport, rainfall totals for the month exceed nine…

Is this the time?

May is a busy month for the churches participating in Paulding’s Beautiful Feet Celebration coming this summer called “Is This The Time?” All this week an interview is airing on a Christian television channel promoting the event. A three-day fast mid-month will precede “Come and See” Sunday that most of the churches will hold the…

Embracing Change Explored at Lifetree Café

Practical advice for accepting and embracing change will be explored at Lifetree Café on Thursday, May 11th from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. The program, titled “Embracing Change: Taking the Fear Out of What Comes Next,” examines why change is often difficult for people and features an exclusive screening of the award-winning short film Baits and…

Patrol focuses on motorcycle safety and enforcement

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness MonthCOLUMBUS – May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. From 2012 – 2014, motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in…