March 2025

Lovina enjoys having all her family in church together again.

The sun is shining brightly and the temperature is in the upper twenties. The wind makes it feel colder than that. Twenty-one years ago we moved from our Indiana home to our home here in Michigan in March. It was cold with snow on the ground that year (2004). It doesn’t seem possible that it has been that many years ago. Daughter Lovina was born three and a half weeks early and arrived before we were all unpacked. Son Kevin was born the next year completing our family of eight children. Life has brought many changes during those years.

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Giving you your money’s worth

ince I started this job almost two years ago, I have wanted to be certain that our readers get their money’s worth. The price of Progress isn’t too much compared with many other newspapers across the country, but the concern is always that for what you spend, you get enough that it seems worth it.

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Sweet Shop POP-UP on April 10 to raise money for Caring & Sharing Food Pantry

Bakers and candy makers from around Paulding County are making more than 50 types of handmade sweets to sell at a one-day-only pop-up shop on Thursday, April 10 to benefit the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry. The Sweet Shop will feature many varieties of chocolates and other candy, 20 types of cookies, an array of pies, yeast and sourdough breads, cinnamon rolls, cupcakes and more.

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Operation K.A.V.I.C. expands to serve veterans in Henry, Williams, and PauldingCounties

DEFIANCE – March 25, 2025 – Keller Logistics Group is proud to announce the expansion of Operation K.A.V.I.C. (Keller Assists Veterans in Crisis) to three additional counties in Ohio. Initially launched in Defiance County in 2015, Operation K.A.V.I.C. has provided over $350,000 in financial assistance to local veterans, their families, and surviving spouses. Now, this vital support will be available to veterans in Henry, Williams, and Paulding Counties through their respective Veterans Service Commissions.

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