On March 28th, Ohio Senate President Rob McColley and House District 82 Representative Roy Klopfenstein met with the Paulding and…
Continue Reading →Continuing with recognizing West Bend News’ devoted advertisers, we can’t say enough about our local hospital – Paulding County Hospital!…
Continue Reading →Pictured for the announcement, Bill Spencer, Vice President at Defiance Moose Lodge, joins Lynn Lantz, Mayor of Auglaize Village, and…
Continue Reading →The Paulding Elementary School (K-5 grades) raised $887.63 for the Paulding Veterans Memorial construction fund. During the 2024 – 2025…
Continue Reading →Congressman Bob Latta discussing the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Vantage Career Center with Superintendent Rick Turner. Vantage Career Center is…
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Operation Round Up helps fund youth programs, first responders, and community initiatives PAULDING, OH — Members of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative recently donated $13,369 to 9 local charities and community projects through the cooperative’s Operation Round Up program. Thanks to the 80% of members who round up their electric bill and donate to this fund,…
The Western Buckeye ESC hosted the Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Program on March 3rd at the Vantage Career Center. The Paulding County winners are as follows: Antwerp – Madisyn Peters Paulding – Grace Goyings Wayne Trace – Luke Stouffer – County Winner As the county winner, Luke Stouffer received a $500 scholarship from the Western…
We continue to learn about those taking on new duties in the county. This week we will hear from new Paulding County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Jay Klopfenstein. Jay is new to the role but has over 25 years of dispatcher and fire department service logged with the Scott and Grover Hill departments. Listen…
By: Mark Holtsberry Louis Charles Schmunk was born on February 21, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois, Louis Charles Schmunk was the son of Peter Schmunk Sr., born on February 26, 1871, in Germany, and Minnie (Albright) Schmunk, born on January 13, 1876, in New York. Peter and Minnie were married on June 14, 1894, in Chicago,…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker There are a lot of myths and old beliefs which has been around for years, but are they true? My Grandma had some old sayings and beliefs, but the ones you are about to read about, maybe you already knew. Are these true? If they are not true, they…
Do you know that God is for you? That He loves you? That He is in you? We often see God as some outside force that is separate from us, but the fact is, God is the Holy Spirit and He desires a body/vessel to live in and operate through. Since He created us in…
