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CWD testing continues; one case found in Allen County

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, December 5, 2023

COLUMBUS__The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife conducted a Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance area in Hardin, Marion and Wyandot counties, where sampling is mandatory for all deer harvested during the seven-day gun season, Monday, Nov. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 3.

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Lima Area Youth Orchestra performs December 10

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, December 5, 2023

The Lima Area Youth Orchestra performs their annual Christmas concert at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 10 in the Lima Senior High School Auditorium.

Led by music director Joseph MacBenn, and assistant director Tawnie Keen, the Lima Area Youth Orchestra and Cadet Orchestra will present an evening of Christmas Classics, both new and old to put you in the spirit of the season.

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Unlocking the potential of cover crops

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, December 5, 2023

By Jonah VanRoekel and Osler Ortez
OSU Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and edited by Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension-Hardin County

HARDIN COUNTY__A research and Extension team from The Ohio State University is inviting farmers in the Maumee River Watershed to participate in a USDA-funded project designed to help better understand the benefits and tradeoffs associated with integrating cover crops into corn-soybean rotations.

A total of 16 fields which meet the criteria of one of the following four treatment categories will be needed for this project. Treatment 1: Corn-soybean rotated fields with no cover crops or winter wheat in the last five years (4 fields: 2 corn, 2 soybean). Treatment 2: Corn-soybean-winter wheat rotated fields with no cover crops (4 fields: 2 corn, 2 with soybean). Treatment 3: Corn-soybean rotation with cereal rye cover crop for less than three years (4 fields: 2 corn, 2 soybean). Treatment 4: Corn-soybean rotation with cereal rye cover crop for over five years (4 fields: 2 corn, 2 soybean).

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Jess W. Hipsher served in the U.S. Army

Posted by Staff on Monday, December 4, 2023

Jess W. Hipsher, age 96, of Dunkirk, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at the Wood County Hospital, Bowling Green.

He was born on September 22, 1927 in Lima to the late Samuel and Susie (Maus) Hipsher. On April 30, 1948, Jess married Ellen L. (Morgan) Hipsher and she preceded him in death on March 16, 2022.

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PHOTO Ada provides a holiday setting for families

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, December 4, 2023

Everywhere the Icon went during the December 2 Merry on Main festivities were families feeling and looking like Christmas. Our photographer started here at Buckeye East coffee shop. Stay tuned for more photos.

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Henry Solomon Lehr's home joins local Airbnb options

Posted by Paula Scott on Monday, December 4, 2023

By Paula Scott

A new Airbnb option has opened in Ada. Ann Hamilton is now offering the home of Henry Solomon Lehr–Ohio Northern University founder and first president–to visitors who need a whole house accommodation. 

The five guest, three bedroom rental–which is now named The Grady House–was the home of Lehr and his wife for 17 years. The Lehrs would welcome people with food and fellowship as they passed through the village.

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