New Bloomington News

SUGAR GROVE - Sugar Grove's 2009 Little Miss, Little Mister, Junior Miss and Miss July Fourth were chosen during a pageant on July 3. Johnny Garber served as Master of Ceremonies for the contest.

SUGAR GROVE - A wise-cracking Johnny Garber used his smooth talk on several youngsters as he interviewed them for Sugar Grove's Little Miss and Mister, part of the village's annual Independence Day Celebration.

The Ohio Soybean and Corn Growers Association along with The Ohio Livestock Coalition have presented New Bloomington resident John Buck the 2009 Environmental Stewardship Award.

NEW BLOOMINGTON - Windy Acres Golf Course will be holding a Memorial Day Golf Scramble on May 25.

Rich and Tammy Riley of Prospect, Ohio are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Amanda K. Riley to Derrick Matthew Blair son of Carl and Robin Brooker of New Bloomington, Ohio.

MARION - At least eight possibilities for Community Development Block Grant formula funds were presented to the county for consideration in distributing its $86,000 budget this year.

MARION - Marion City Schools seniors packed the county commissioners' chambers at the board's regular meeting Thursday.

Police Beat items are compiled from reports of Marion area law enforcement agencies.

Jello with a little dollop of whipped cream is one of my favorite desserts. I like chunky fruit and a banana or two in the Jello.

MARION - All the eggs so carefully placed around the building were scooped up within 10 minutes of cutting the hunters loose.

MANSFIELD - Gladys L. 'Bobby' Amicon, age 90, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2009 in the ER at MedCentral Mansfield Hospital.

MARION - A glimpse at early activity on public golf courses in Marion County doesn't show much of an interruption in play due to a faulty national economy.

MARION - Semco Inc. has filed a lawsuit, claiming that three scrap yards 'knew or had reason to know' beryllium copper they purchased had been stolen.

NEW BLOOMINGTON - Ronald E. Powelson, age 57, of New Bloomington, died Wednesday morning, March 18, 2009, at the Marion General Hospital.

WORTHINGTON - John Buck, Ohio Soybean Association board member and soybean farmer from Marion County, was recently announced as the national winner of the American Soybean Association's 2009 Conservation Legacy ...

MARION - A local man plead to theft and drug charges and was sentenced in Marion Common Pleas Court Wednesday.

MARION - In response to power outages in the vicinity of the villages of LaRue and Morral, the Marion County Chapter of the American Red Cross will open an emergency shelter at the headquarters of Dry Lane ...

Not happy to have such properties in their jurisdictions, local government officials and residents, nonetheless, are glad to have their areas targeted for federal dollars made available to raze and rehabilitate ...

Elgin Local Schools Board of Education voted Wednesday to take the first step towards seeking a .75 percent income tax levy to bring additional money into the district.

NEW BLOOMINGTON - The New Vision Seniors met at the James Johnson-Charles Rudd Community Center on Jan.