MENDON - The village has received a $500,000 Ohio Public Works Commission grant to help fund a new water tower, council members learned at their Tuesday meeting.
This adds to the $434,000 in grant funds already received from the OPWC and Community Development Block Grants for the project, which also will include some new water lines and wells in the village. The estimated cost of the water tower is $595,000. The remaining funds will cover the water lines and wells. [More]
MINSTER - Taxes from a proposed 3-mill fire and EMS levy would be collected a year earlier than had been anticipated under legislation approved on Tuesday by village council.
WAPAKONETA - Children can dig for their own "dinosaur skeletons" and collect "dinosaur eggs" at the Dino Dig tent during the Auglaize County Fair this week while learning a little something about religion in the process.
MINSTER - Progress Tool and Stamping is celebrating 50 years in business as a family company.
A small company was founded by Lee Westerheide in 1968 at the current Precision Strip location in Minster. It has since grown and moved into its current location in Minster, which was built in 1985.
