October 2024
Vantage teacher wins state award
VAN WERT — Cheyenne Oechsle, a local social studies teacher at Vantage Career Center, has been awarded the Ohio Emerging Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award at the 68th annual Ohio Council for the Social Studies (OCSS) Conference held Oct. 14-15.
Van Wert County Agricultural Society announces Fall Mom-2-Mom Sale
VAN WERT, Ohio - The Van Wert County Agricultural Society will host the semi-annual Fall Mom-2-Mom Sale in the Junior Fair Building November 2, 2024.

Progress puts out call for former employees to share their experiences
Some might remember that The Paulding Progress was founded in 1949, combining the previous two papers, the Paulding Democrat and the Paulding Republican. Doing the math, one realizes that was 75 years ago.
Northwest State Van Wert Campus announces Spring 2025 courses
VAN WERT, OHIO – Your Van Wert Campus of Northwest State Community College is excited to announce the opening of registration for our Spring 2025 semester. Until the Van Wert Campus is fully operational, we have once again partnered with Van Wert Health to host courses starting in January 2025.

Wayne Trace STEAM students design playground games
Students in Mr. Stuart’s Engineering Design class at Wayne Trace are beginning their next project, designing playground- sized Connect-Four games using Fusion 360 engineering design software.

WT Grover Hill Elementary October students of the month
WT Grover Hill Elementary October students of the month
CORRECTION
In Rolly Myers letter, a revision he made did not make it to the layout of the page and was missed by the editor.The entence should read as follows: Also, an elderly person who voted in Ohio and Arizona was fined $1,000. LaRose complains prosecutors are lax, however, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association’s Lou Tobin said, “When the prosecutor chases it down, it turns out there’s nothing there.” Our apologies go out to Mr Myers and our readers the inadvertent omission.

ANNOUNCEMENT
If you’ve seen me around the county, you might have noticed I’m using a cane. I’ve been going to various doctors for the past few months, taking tests, and it turns out that I need back surgery.