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INCIDENTS
City:
Wednesday, 2:24 p.m., 1500 block of Greenfield Lane. Report of people fishing on private property.
Wednesday, 3:04 p.m., West Dustman Road and Ridge Plane. Driver cited for no financial responsibility.
Wednesday, 3:16 p.m., 300 block of South Liberty Street. Report of couch left...
INCIDENTS
City:
Tuesday, 3:14 p.m., 400 block of East South Street. Report of car parts and junk behind home.
Tuesday, 3:14 p.m., 400 block of East South Street. Report of overgrown weeds.
Tuesday, 3:34 p.m., Extreme Auto. Firearm returned from recently purchased vehicle.
George Thomas, Doug Scher, Rick Murphy and Rick Oatess were a part of the winning team at Green Valley’s Tuesday Golf League. The group shot a -13 on the day.
Steve Folk shot the low gross of 37, Joe Baur had the low net of 28, Ron Bleins the closest to pin and Arlen...
Here’s the Thing: We have this in common – if you are breathing, you are aging…now that’s a comfort
Sitting here on a Saturday, I am surprised and somewhat bewildered to realize that July 2024 is almost completely done and near the very end, I will turn 76. I knew that if I lived long enough, I would eventually be 76,...
A guided tour of downtown Bluffton
The downtown Bluffton Tour, led by Jim Sturgeon, started at the Wells County Courthouse’s Parlor City Plaza.
Bluffton’s downtown area was the site for the two Thursday afternoon Walking Tours, sponsored by the Wells County Public Library and...
A Joyful Noise: Broken to Live
Donald Trump dodged death last Saturday.
But I still wonder if he wants to live.
I don’t write that with any partisan cynicism or sentimentality toward Trump or his opponent. I also don’t write it to...
Here’s the Thing: My take on a few shorts, bits and pieces
Demons of Unrest
I am just finishing Erik Larson’s excellent book, The Demons of Unrest. This is a historical telling of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the runup to the beginning of the Civil War. The book demonstrates...
The Amish Cook: Gloria deals with a family tragedy multiple states away
“Yes, let’s do it… but then we’re going to have to wait until after they’ve left. Do you know what color paint they planned to use? Do they have the needed materials there?”
Though I wasn’t particularly eager to...
Homemaker’s picnic celebration
Members of the Extension Homemaker’s Jefferson Club celebrated with a picnic lunch at the home of Carol Baker on a recent Wednesday. Activity for the afternoon was a live auction to raise money for the coming year’s...
Angelkeep Journals: Two-lined spittlebug
All facts about a two-lined spittlebug had been placed into eight sentences on Wikipedia. Two of those dealt strictly with a two-lined spittlebug invasion of Hawaiʻi. Too quickly their infestation covered 70,000 ha. Ha! Ha? What’s a ha? Research time. A ha...
On media bias, with a side note on divine intervention
While there is no question in my mind that, generally speaking, national news outlets lean to the left, I don’t believe it’s a conspiracy that many want to believe. Hence I was heartened to read the opening paragraph in an essay we...
Hundreds of calls and we appreciate them all
We knew we were in trouble Tuesday morning. The machine that makes our printing plates had stopped working.
Plates are an essential part of the printing process. To over-simplify the process, the image of newspaper pages is burned onto...
Angekeep Journals: Mourning dove-ing at eye level
Every time a mourning dove landed on the grass below the oil sunflower seed feeders looking for spilled seed, an earlier memory focused. Was this one? Was that one? Were any of them one of the pair of mourning doves birthed at...
Dotting my i’s and crossing my t’s at the county fair
Spending time at the county fair each July has been something I have enjoyed doing since I first started working for The News-Banner some 25 years ago.
We try our best each summer to cover all aspects of the...
Angelkeep Journals: A post-4th political pedigree puzzlement
Reflecting on July 4th celebrations never included a question of “Should we grill,” but rather, “What shall we grill?” Something on the BBQ long ago became as Independence Day American as sparklers.
Perhaps sparklers and snakes rank as “old...
Can’t help it. Kate made me do it.
I may have found a new hero.
A number of weeks ago, Melba Edwards of Zanesville fame dropped off a 1963 yearbook of Lancaster Central High School and a few artifacts from the presidential campaign of Kathleen Tyson Heslop....
Chamber celebrates expansion of Perma-Column LLC in Ossian
The Wells County Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the expansion of Perma-Column LLC in Ossian. The Chamber staff and ambassadors joined Perma-Column in celebrating this milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their facility located at 400 Carol Ann Lane, Ossian,...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
Today’s news: Curbs for Interurban Trail installed; Bluffton surveyed for citywide marketing...
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Today’s news: Prible named 2024 Street Fair Grand Marshal; One pleads guilty...
Chinese, Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
and DIDI TANG
INDOT to launch camera speed enforcement pilot for construction zones
By LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ
Indiana Capital Chronicle
Biden uses Oval Office address to explain decision to quit 2024...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more...
Biden drops out of 2024 race after inflamed age concerns
By ZEKE MILLER,
COLLEEN LONG
Here’s the Thing: We have this in common – if you...
Sitting here on a Saturday, I am surprised and somewhat bewildered...
Meet them in the ‘jungle’
When the Creative Arts Theater presents...
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