Above: Brodie Dominique, an AHS senior, has his arm raised by the referee after winning his second straight Div. III 144-lb. state championship, Sunday, March 10, in Columbus. Left: Dominique gets congratulations and hugs from his parents, Justin and Kari. In his high school career, Dominique also won three straight district championships, four straight sectional championships, and four straight Northwest […]
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Gerald Grain Corporate Offices Relocating To Archbold
(Editor’s Note: A version of this article was originally posted to ArchboldBuckeye.com on Thursday, March 7.) Relocating Gerald Grain Center corporate offices to downtown Archbold “will be a project,” but company officials are looking forward to the move. “We have decided, with the board’s approval, to separate our corporate office from an actual grain location, from the day-to-day activities at […]
New Pastor At Good Shepherd Took A Long Path To Archbold
Valentine Iroha, the new pastor at the Mennonite Church of the Good Shepherd, took a long path to get to a church north of Archbold. A native of Nigeria, Iroha moved to Geneva, Switzerland. Originally from a Catholic background, he became a full-time pastor with Mountain of Fire Miracle Ministries, a non-denominational church. His work included “planting” new churches. In […]
Scouts Collect 1,004 Food Items
Local Boy Scouts conducted their annual “Scouting For Food” drive, Saturday, March 9, collecting 1,004 individual food items for the FISH pantry. With the collected donations are, from left: scouts August Ruby, Conner Meyer, Elias Ruby, Sofia Thatcher, Joseph Gibson, Josiah Vasko, Georgia Ruby. Not pictured: Gunther Bently, Rutley Bentley, Karson Schrock.– photo by David Pugh
Div. III Wrestling Coach of the Year
Brian BecherBrian Becher, AHS head wrestling coach, was named Division III Head Coach of the Year by the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association. The honor comes after a 2023 season when his team won the Division III dual meet state championship and placed third at the state tournament with an individual champion and two runners up. Becher, in his 22nd […]
Motel Cleanup Bill Tops $5,800
The total bill for the cleanup of the Arch Motel was $5,851. Speaking at the Monday, March 11 German Township trustees meeting, A.J. Short, a trustee, said the township received the final invoice for removing old furniture, mattresses, and other property from the motel. The cost includes total man-hours for township employees, rental for the two township tractors used in […]
Gerald Grain Buys Former Pennycrest Building
Clark Carroll, general manager of Gerald Grain Center, confirmed that the farmer-owned cooperative grain handling and feed operation with 10 branch offices across three counties, will locate its corporate offices in downtown Archbold. The company purchased 220 North Defiance Street, the former Pennycrest Floral & More building and Short Furniture Store, from Tobey Wendorf, one of the two Pennycrest owners, […]
Vasko Enters Guilty Pleas
Disseminating Matter Harmful To Juveniles, ImportuningMichael Jason Vasko, 41, the Archbold man indicted in two counties on sex-related charges, has entered guilty pleas in Wood County Common Pleas Court. Paul A. Dobson, Wood County prosecut ing attorney, said Monday, Vasko entered guilty pleas to two counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, and two counts of importuning. “All of the above are fifthdegree felonies, exposing […]
Cat-astrophe Averted At House Fire
A fire in a rural Archbold home, yesterday morning, Tuesday, did about $15,000 damage, said Dave Davis, Archbold fire chief. Fire crews were called to the home of Lawrence Langenderfer, 5121 Co. Rd. 25, on a report of a structure fire. Davis said he was working with ALS-1, the Archboldbased paramedic unit, that morning. ALS-1 was the first to arrive. […]
Three-Time District Champion
Above: Brodie Dominique pins Monroeville’s Landen Roeder in the championship finals of the 144-pound weight class at the Division III district wrestling tournament, Saturday, March 2. Left: The referee raises Dominique’s arm to signal the win. Dominique pinned all four of his opponents on Saturday. It was the AHS senior’s third straight district title; he now goes for his second […]