2009-12-02

Tamper With School Buses



Four Archbold Area School District buses were tampered with, an Archbold police report states. The report said about 6:26 am, Monday, Nov. 23, a bus driver boarded one of the buses and found the interior lights were on. Also, other items in the bus had been moved and were left out of place. Further checking revealed similar things had been […]

Unknown Semi Breaks Pole



An unknown vehicle, believed to be a semi truck, knocked down a light pole and did about $300 in damage at the Archbold Main Stop. The Archbold police report states the damage was done sometime between 4:30 pm, Friday, Nov. 20 and 8 am, Saturday, Nov. 21. The report states the truck was apparently entering the convenience store and gas […]

Fulton County Court News



Common Pleas Court National City Bank, Miamisburg, plaintiff vs Kevin Hinkle, Wauseon, defendant. Foreclosure. James Joy, Williamston, Mich., plaintiff vs John Baumgartner, Archbold, defendant. Other tort. State of Ohio, ex. rel., Jessica Thomson vs Robert Avery, II, Waukesha, Wis., obligor. UIFSA. State of Ohio, ex. rel., Jessica Carr vs Michael Flynn, Philadelphia, Pa., obligor. UIFSA. Jeffrey Ort, Wauseon, plaintiff vs […]

Coe Gets Community Control On Assault, Burglary Charges



Brenton Coe, 20, Wauseon, was sentenced to three years community control, Monday, Nov. 23, after he entered guilty pleas to charges of assault and two counts of burglary. The assault charge stemmed from a Monday, Aug. 10 incident, when Coe struggled with Terry Mull, Archbold police sergeant, as Mull was trying to arrest him. Coe had been found wandering about […]

Public Meetings



School Board Pettisville School Board, Monday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., library, Pettisville School, 232 Summit St. Trustees Clinton Township Trustees, Thursday, Dec. 3, 8 p.m., 5736 Co. Rd. 15-1, Wauseon. Ridgeville Township Trustees, Monday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m., Ridgeville Fire Station, downtown Ridgeville Corners. Library Board Archbold Community Library Board, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m., ACL, Stryker St. Village Council […]

Welcome Christmastide



When the first float in the Archbold Parade of Lights went past the first person in the crowd Friday night, Nov. 27, it heralded the arrival of the Christmas season in the Archbold area. The controversy over the new parade route will perhaps still be talked about here and there, but the parade was the same as ever, filled with […]

Golden Notes Of Archbold’s Memorable Past



Ten Years Ago Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999 Thousands of guests lined Archbold streets to view the second annual Festival of Lights: 5,000 to 6,600 people watched the parade. Tami and Lynn Miller, Pettisville, are operating a new business from their home. It is an online mall that caters to small area businesses, helping sell their products online. Inducted into the […]

Carrots For The Hungry



Because of area farmers, there are fellow Americans who will go to sleep with full stomachs, rather than go hungry. Fulton County Farm Bureau teamed with Fulton County farmers to make carrots available to food banks across the state. Thousands of pounds of carrots would have gone to waste if Farm Bureau volunteers had not made the effort to sort […]

Kenneth E. Stamm



Kenneth E. Stamm, 89 years, of Archbold, passed away early Friday morning, Nov. 27, 2009, at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center. A lifelong resident of the Archbold area, he worked for The Farmers & Merchants State Bank for 57 years, finishing his career as chief executive officer. Along with his wife, Erma, he also operated the A.J. Stamm Insurance Agency […]

Marjorie M. Nafziger



Marjorie M. Nafziger, age 89 years, of Archbold, passed away early Friday morning, Nov. 27, 2009, at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold. She was born July 25, 1920, in Archbold, the daughter of William and Dinah (Roth) Wyse, and married Lester Nafziger on July 11, 1939. A resident of the Wauseon area many years, she retired from Sauder Manufacturing […]