Tanga (Tonya) graduated from North Side High school in Fort Wayne, IN and Indiana University. Her only daughter, Danesha, has currently earned several financial scholarships and is following in her mom’s footsteps and attending Indiana University. Danesha spent the past 5 years as a Junior American Legion Rider in Van Wert, OH. Tanga moved to…
Ann’s Bright Beginnings preschoolers and school agers spent the day together on Martin Luther King Day. We talked about how we can be kind and accepting of others. We then made a craft of a heart with different colors and a poem that read: Friends at school are tall and small. Friends that care, Friends…
New haven Bulldogs competed in the NE8 Wrestling Conference tournament on January 20, 2024 at Huntington North High School. The Bulldog grapplers placed 12 out of their 14 wrestlers and came in 2nd place by 21 points! Listed here are the finishes each of the athletes took on this day: 106 – Juliana O Campo 1st…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have a few members of the Paulding Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership in Action team including Denise Kinder, Amanda Jewell, Owen Manz, Jamie Clemens and Cheryl Andres as the guest speakers at the January 25th, 2024, club meeting. The group came at the invitation of Lora…
Jessica Sattler, with the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP), recently came to Paulding County to present to local small business owners and leaders about an available business grant opportunity. The JobsOhio Inclusion Grant (JOIG) is available to businesses located in the zip codes of Broughton, Cecil, Oakwood and Paulding villages. In addition, the grant is available…
Owen Brigner, Council Aide to Denver City Council member Amanda Sawyer has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2024 Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) Federal Advocacy Committee. Brigner was elected to a one-year term and will provide strategic direction and guidance for NLC’s federal advocacy agenda and policy priorities on public…
Friday, January 26, 2024 – the day that Taco Bell opened in Paulding, Ohio. The new fast food chain has been a long time coming for the village of Paulding and the community showed up to voice their approval beginning at 7:00 a.m. on the 26th. Taco Bell is located on N. Williams St. near…
The Wayne Trace wrestlers traveled to Van Buren on January 19th, 2023, for the 45th Van Buren Invitational. The Raiders took eight wrestlers to the competition. As a team the Raiders finished seventh overall out of twenty schools. Four of the eight wrestlers took a spot on the podium as the top four placers of…
This week on Paulding County Business Weekly we hear from Custom Assembly HR Manager, Robin McCord and HR Coordinator, Alyse Bidlack. Listen as they share the history and information about one of Paulding County’s largest employers and best-kept secrets. Learn how this business is the hub and central location for facilities located in 9 states.…
“Sock It To Me” – Please bring new socks, gloves, mittens, scarves, knit hats and blankets to be collected and divided among the district governors to be distributed to needy people within their districts”. This was the request made by the Indiana Lions for their Mid-Winter Conference in Indianapolis on January 20th. The Heritage Lions…
On January 8, 2024 Hicksville School District marked the 15th anniversary of moving into our state-of-the-art building and the 10th anniversary of launching the groundbreaking Hicksville Initiative. Over the years, the district has become a leader in northwest Ohio for educational practices, fostering a positive environment, setting high expectations, and engaging both teachers and students…
For the first time in its 43-year history, Ohio Wesleyan University’s OWjL program is adding a summer day camp to serve talented and gifted pupils in grades four through six throughout the state. The new day camp, to be held in July, joins OWjL’s popular residential camp, which annually invites talented and gifted sixth-, seventh-,…
The Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum located at 2122 O’Day Road in Fort Wayne have announced that there will be a Global War on Terrorism monuments constructed on the memorial grounds to honor all those that served in the Middle East conflicts. Tim Schild, Board Member at the Veterans Memorial is heading up the…
