Fort Jennings News

' A live World War II grenade caused quite a stir in Fort Jennings on June 23. Putnam County Historical Society volunteers had moved artifacts from Memorial Hall and transported them to the old gymnasium/band ...

Ottoville Schools Board of Education members approved the second resolution needed to place a .75 percent continuous income tax on the Nov.

Angie Wiechart of Fort Jennings showed she's an old hand at wrangling cattle as she won the Reserve Champion Steer, Senior Showman and Reserve Champion Heifer last week during the Putnam County Fair.

For many years, artifacts from the Fort Jennings area were displayed in Memoral Hall on Water Street.

' Taylor Wallenhorst of Fort Jennings won Grand Champion Market Lamb this week at the Putnam County Fair.

Some would say Joe Gable is quite the Showman. He has been with the Fort Jennings Showmen 10 years and serves as vice president of the 4-H club.

The Delphos St. John's Class of 1943 did it in grand style. They attended the 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mass in the parish church where they all used to attend daily Mass.

Cheryl Marie Burgei and Duane Eugene Simon were united in marriage Oct. 20, 2007, at St.

It rained at noon and then it rained again in the early evening. But no one was surprised.

' After nearly three years of planning, labeling, storing, sanding and research, the old Fort Jennings Train Depot is now coming back to its original glory.

Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Louis and Eileen Schimmoeller will celebrate 50 years of marriage June 21 with a mass at St.

' A storm sewer relief project for Fort Jennings Village will head to Poggemeyer Design for engineering and bid sheet preparation for when the grant is received in September.

Published: Saturday, June 14, 2008 Three local boys will be attending Buckeye Boys State this coming week in Delaware.

After decades in a fifth-grade classroom at Jennings schools, Helen Unverferth can say she's history, as the expression goes.

Published: Saturday, May 31, 2008 The Fort Jennings Branch Library annual Lego Contest will run from June 1-14. Children are divided in the following three categories: grades 2 and under; grades 3-6; and grades ...

' Fort Jennings High School Student Council Advisor Jeff Jostpille was recently named Advisor of the Year for the State of Ohio by the Ohio Association of Student Councils .

Published: Thursday, May 29, 2008 Fort Jennings third-grade student Ryan Hoersten aims at a pinata with the assistance of teacher Anne Hemker during the 14th H.U.G.S. graduation Tuesday at the village police ...

Increasing prices for propane and a future increase in the cost of electricity have prompted a natural gas cooperative to once again approach the villages of Continental and Oakwood about supplying natural gas ...

Published: Friday, May 23, 2008 The 2008 Fort Jennings High School Academic Awards Banquet was held on May 6 at the Fort Jennings American Legion Hall.

By MARY BARGDILL Staff Writer ST. MARYS - A 24-hour walk that began as a campaign to raise money to fight cancer ended prematurely with a knee injury.