Auglaize County News

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor As in years past, officials want the local Emergency Management Agency plans to have a presence at the Auglaize County Fair.

By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer WAPAKONETA - A cooler than average June hampered the early corn growing season, but for those with golden wheat flowing through their fields, the cooler temperatures were a blessing.

Fireworks explode in the sky Saturday night during the St. Joseph Fourth of July Festival.

An Auglaize County farmer harvests his wheat crop Thursday afternoon while working in a field along Industrial Drive, in Wapakoneta.

An Auglaize County farmer harvests his wheat crop Thursday afternoon while working in a field along Industrial Drive, in Wapakoneta.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor The lone bid for county road resurfacing came in $25,000 below the engineer's estimate, but the savings is not enough to add to the program, the Auglaize County engineer says.

One teen was killed, another injured in a crash early Monday morning in Auglaize County.

Monday June 29, 2009 Author's Works Recounted Staff photo/Angela Weaver: Paul Butler, left, Mark Dawidziak and Ned Lawler pose for a photograph with re-issued copies of Jim Tullya s works.

U.S. Army soldiers and Waynesfield resident Matthew Armentrout and Wapakoneta resident Andrew Rasmussen stand at attention as their armed forces song is played by the Wapakoneta Community Choir during the 15th annual a oeCelebrate Americaa held at the Wapakoneta Church of the Nazarene.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor The lone bid for county road resurfacing came in $25,000 below the engineer's estimate, but the savings is not enough to add to the program, the Auglaize County engineer says.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor A former safety-service director for Fostoria is now the new safety-service director for Wapakoneta.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Toxins may be prompting people to keep children and pets from spending their summer months in Grand Lake St.

You set your budget by what you expect in your paycheck. Imagine one dollar out of every 10 not coming in as promised.

A motorcyclist trying to outrun Minster police during the early morning hours of June 7 was traveling at least 77 miles per hour before he fatally crashed in the Minster Industrial Park.

By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer BUCKLAND - Newly acquired stimulus dollars should help an Auglaize County village repave one of its largest stretches of road.

The death of a Celina woman, most likely the result of an overdose from the prescription pain patch Fentanyl, once again shows the dangers of misusing drugs.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor A 25-year-old Maria Stein man was killed after crashing his motorcycle while being pursued by Minster Police officers.

Drew Turner, 5, of St. Marys, is measured by Auglaize County Nursing Supervisor Cindy Jones during a recent visit to the Auglaize County Health Department.

Staff photo/Mike Burkholder: Jesse B. McDermitt, 18, sits with his attorney Mark Weller during an arraignment hearing Monday morning in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court.

By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer Residents across Wapakoneta were left in the dark late Monday and early Tuesday morning after a string off thunderstorms rumbled through the area.