Photo of the Day at the Fulton County Fair
Brie and Baby Brie
Excitement filled the Dairy Barn on Sunday, Aug. 31, as a heifer was giving birth. "Brie," owned by Travis Schroeder, 14, Wauseon, gave birth to a calf at 6:01 p.m. This photo was taken 3 minutes later as the mother was cleaning up her baby. More photos of the birth, along with other photos taken on Sunday, can be seen by clicking on the Big Blue Button. More ...
Photo of the Day at the Fulton County Fair
Winners of Best Dressed in the Costume Contest
"Kissy Joe and Mimi Joe," aka Chris and Marilyn Rychener, Pettisville, show off for the camera prior to the 4-H 400 Back Seat Driver Contest, Friday night, Aug. 29 at the Fulton County Fair. 4-H advisors added the event to have more fun at the fair. Click on the Big Blue Button to see more photos from the fair. More ...
Photo Of The Day
Friends decided to surprise Kyle Stipp for his 18th birthday, Wednesday Aug. 27. They pulled his car into the grass at AHS and decorated it with balloons and window paint. More ...
Beer Sales After Chili Cookoff To Pour Profits Into Archbold Chamber
"It's not a beer tent," said Nanette Buehrer, director of the Archbold Area Chamber of Commerce. There will be more than just beer, and there may not even be a tent, she said. The Archbold Area Chamber of Commerce is in the process of applying for a special type of liquor permit that would allow them to sell beer during the Chili Cookoff, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4. More ...
Archbold One Of 74 Ohio School Districts To Earn Excellent With Distinction Rank
Pettisville Earns Excellent Rating On State Report Cards
by David Pugh Buckeye Staff Writer
The Archbold Area School District earned the ranking of Excellent with Distinction on the Ohio Department of Education school district report cards for 2007-08. This is the first year ODE has recognized school districts with the new Excellent with Distinction ranking, the highest available. Only 74 school districts out of Ohio's 600-plus earned the ranking. More ...
Fire-EMS Building Is Newest Fair Addition
One of the newest additions to this year's Fulton County Fair is not an amazing new carnival ride. It won't make sounds like an animal, and it won't roar like a tractor puller or demolition derby car. It isn't even finished. More ...
Chad Nicholls' RV Gets National Attention
by David Pugh Buckeye Staff Writer
Chad Nicholls, Archbold native and 1995 Archbold High School graduate, always liked computers and electronics. His fifth-wheel family camper is equipped with six flat-panel televisions, computer, Internet links, surround-sound, and a video game. More ...
Gertrude Hitt was out of doors at her home on Gaslight Drive picking up sticks after a June 9 storm when she came across a piece of paper. That piece of paper turned out to be a cancelled check, just shy of 70 years old. Dated Oct. 7, 1938, the check, drawn on the Farmers & Merchants State Bank, was made out to Millard Merillat in the amount of $32. More...
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Neal M. Burkholder, Wauseon, won his longtime battle with cancer and was called home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. He was born Sept. 30, 1957, in Wauseon, the youngest child of Maynard and Mabel (Short) Burkholder of Archbold. More...
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Aug. 17 No reports. Aug. 18 5:08 pm: Traffic stop, verbal warning for stop sign, advised motorist to be respectful to bicyclist. 10:15 pm: 911 hang-up call, 100 block Charles St., all okay. Aug. 19 5 am: Juveniles placed barricades in roadway, S. Defiance St. at Union St. More...
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Allen and Virginia Liechty, Archbold, announce the engagement and marriage of their daughter, Beth Ann, to Benjamin Joel Hershberger, son of Marvin and Ruth, Sugarcreek. The bride-elect graduated from Bluffton University in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration. More...
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The 2008 high school football season is officially underway, and the Archbold Blue Streaks opened with an offensive showing against the Ayersville Pilots, Friday, Aug. 22. More...
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After the Archbold Area School Board decided not to offer Kevin "Scoop" Miller a supplemental contract to coach varsity girls basketball, the topic became the talk of the town. And thus, we are again back on the balance beam: which is more important, Miller's privacy or the public's right to know? More...
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Archbold Evangelical Sunday: Nancy Roth, prelude; offertory, Word of God Speak, Dan Yoder. Message, "Hope Revealed! The Modern Problem of Reading Revelation," Brad Bame. Second service: Praiselude and worship through singing led by Worship Team Band; offertory and message same as first service. More...
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Kicked-Up Mac & Cheese
1 package (14.5 ounces) macaroni and cheese dinner 1.2 cup milk 1.2 cup butter, divided 1 can (15. More...
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Parade of the Little People
Find 70-Year-Old Check Blowing In The Wind