“Day of Caring” Grows into a Month of Caring

United Way’s 26th annual “Day of Caring” brought together energetic volunteers to make a large impact in Allen County. Hallmark Home Mortgage (HMM) on Coldwater Rd. selected Associated Churches as their destination for a “Day of Caring” on June 21, 2018. They landscaped the garden, sorted food in our warehouse, and inserted our September’s Hunger…

Antwerp VFW Post 5087 Donates to Sheriff

Keith West of the Antwerp VFW Post invited the West Bend News to witness the $500 donation to Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Canine fund. The fund transfer took place at the Antwerp Local School with Deputies Gary Deitrick and Caleb Miller present with their canines to receive the payments. The canines in Paulding County are…

AREA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES LAUNCH “WHO POWERS YOU” CONTEST

North Western Electric Cooperative and Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative are launching the #WhoPowersYou Contest to recognize and reward cooperative community volunteers. #WhoPowersYou is in partnership with America’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives and is a national contest among electric co-ops to promote volunteerism. Both George Carter and Darin Thorp, CEOs for Paulding Putnam Electric and North Western…

First Responder training facility

The Paulding County Emergency Management Agency would like to cordially invite you to the Dedication Ceremony of the Paulding County First Responder Training Facility. The event will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 2:00pm, located at 750 Fairground Dr. across from the Black Swamp Nature Center. This project started back in the fall…

Grover Hill PTO Fundraiser a Success

The Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary annual fundraiser was a success. The students raised $7,400 for their school this year. This money is used in a variety of ways in the school, from buying classroom supplies to student assemblies and hosting Carnival Day. This was made possible by the students, their parents and community for…