First Quality Tissue, a leading manufacturer of hygiene and paper products, is set to build a $984 million production facility in Defiance, Ohio, marking the largest economic investment in Defiance County’s history. The facility, spanning 1.6 million square feet on a 1,000-acre site in the Baltimore Avenue Industrial Corridor, is expected to create over 400…
Defiance County Economic Development announces the addition of Dave Hire as their new Marketing And Office Coordinator. Dave is a familiar face and voice in Defiance County and beyond. He brings nearly 40 years of experience in radio marketing as an on-air personality and Creative Services Director for Mix 98-1, 105.7 The Bull, Classic Hits…
Defiance County Economic Development has promoted Paige Johnson to Assistant Executive Director. She more recently held the position of Business Development & Operations Manager. Johnson has only been with the organization a little over a year and already has accomplished a lot in a short timeframe. “Paige dives right in and truly has a servant’s…
Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative has a very serious mission: To save 1,000 lives in 2019. And the co-op is enlisting its members’ help throughout the communities it serves — both in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio — to do this through blood donations. “One blood donation can save up to three lives,” said Marketing and…
Paulding, OH: Kiwanis member Erika Willitzer introduced Kylee Baumle, an expert and enthusiast of monarch butterflies. Although she didn’t start out as an avid gardener Baumle grew to love the monarch after a visit to the Flight 93 memorial in 2006. In the peace garden near the memorial her mother found a dead, tagged monarch…
Paulding Putnam Electric’s Erika Willitzer has completed an intensive program in electric utility management with the University of Wisconsin, – Madison. The Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program (MIP) is a series of workshops offered by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin. The program guides participants through all…
