2016-11-23

Pettisville Boys Basketball Under New Leadership



When the 2016-17 boys basketball season kicks off, the Pettisville boys basketball team will have a familiar face at the helm, as Brian Leppelmeier has taken over as head coach. Leppelmeier, who is the athletic director, starts his rookie season with seven retuning letterwinners from a squad that finished 8-16 last year, 6-4 in the Buckeye Border Conference. The Blackbirds […]

Davis Humbled To Become Chief Of Archbold Fire Department



Dave Davis, second assistant fire chief, said the Archbold Fire Department has been a very big part of his life for the last 25 years. So becoming the fire chief in a few weeks is just the next progressive step, he said. Archbold Village Council appointed Davis as fire chief designate at its Monday, Nov. 7 meeting. The “designate” distinction […]

Battle Blaze



Archbold firefighters were called to a building on the property of Wayne Newman, 401 Stryker St. about 4:48 pm, Friday, Nov. 18. No cause has been determined, but damage was estimated at $5,000 to the building and $10,000 to the contents. None of the firefighters were injured battling the blaze.– photo by David Pugh

Case Of Bosco The Dog Ends



The case of Bosco, a mixedbreed pit bull that bit his adopted owner, is at an end. The case, which started as a routine dog bite, spiraled into the dog being seized by Fulton County sheriff deputies and a Lucas County pit bull rescue group being convicted of a criminal charge. Bosco bit the hand of the husband of a […]

Dale L. Klopfenstein



Dale L. Klopfenstein, age 82, of Wauseon, passed away on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Toledo Hospital. He was born in Wauseon on Sept. 19, 1934, to the late Arthur Klopfenstein and Alice (Merillat) Klopfenstein. Dale was a graduate of Pettisville High School in 1952. He was preceded by his wife, Judy Allen Klopfenstein, and later married Beverly Gorsuch Frey […]

Archbold Logo Change Wasn’t Because Of Pressure, Says Fryman



A Wisconsin-based group has announced it made the village of Archbold drop a logo that prominently featured a Christian church. But Jeff Fryman, mayor, said the group’s pressure had nothing to do with it. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which describes itself as “a national nonprofit organization with more than 23,000 nonreligious members across the country, including 600-plus in Ohio,” […]

Two Sentenced



A Swanton man was sentenced on domestic violence and receiving stolen property charges in Fulton County Common Pleas Court, Monday, Nov. 14: •Jeffrey Boda, 32; indicted June 20 on one count, domestic violence; indicted July 18 on four counts, breaking and entering, one count each, grand theft of a motor vehicle, theft; pled guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence in August; […]

Public Meetings



SWCD Fulton Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, Monday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m., conference room, SWCD office, Robert Fulton Agriculture Center, 8770 St. Rt. 108, Wauseon. Trustees German Township Trustees, Monday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m., township building, 305 W. Mechanic St., Archbold.

Man Sentenced



A Montpelier man was sentenced on a bad check charge in Fulton County Common Pleas Court on Thursday, Nov. 17: •Jayson Franks, 34; originally indicted Jan. 11 on one count, felony theft; pled no contest in November to one misdemeanor count, passing bad checks; on or about Oct. 15, 2015, wrote a check knowing it would be dishonored; sentenced to […]

Police Seek Hit-Skip Driver



A motorist involved in a two-vehicle crash about 1:05 pm, Sunday, Nov. 20, fled the scene, an Archbold police report states. Joseph E. Allomong, 64, Defiance, was driving a car north on South Defiance Street, and was stopped in traffic near East Beech Street. As traffic began to move, he was struck from behind by a sport-utility vehicle, which then […]