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Paulding Co. Sheriff’s Report for week ending 11/1/2025
Sunday, October 26
Community
Blippi brings the band to Van Wert!
VAN WERT – Families can get ready to sing, dance, and learn together when Blippi: Join The Band Tour comes to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 23 at 2 p.m.. Doors open at 1 p.m., giving families plenty of time to find their seats and settle in for an afternoon of musical…
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Sports
Fun facts about basketball
Basketball is an exciting sport with a global footprint. Proof of the global popularity of basketball is evident on both the collegiate and professional hardwoods. In fact, the National Basketball Association noted prior to the opening night of the 2024-25 season that league rosters featured 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries across six…
Lifestyle
New weed fighting methods
Farmers first used cultivation to mechanically kill weeds. Hand hoeing, pulling weeds, then horse and tractor driven cultivators. Then they started using chemicals starting with 2-4D to chemically kill broad leaf weeds. New chemicals were developed and then came along glyphosate (Roundup) which became the most popular herbicide, especially when the glyphosate resistant gene was…