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AgCredit awards $117,000 in Mission Fund grants to 10 local organizations

FOSTORIA, Ohio - AgCredit, one of northern Ohio’s largest lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness, today announced that it is awarding $117,000 in Mission Fund grants to 10 community organizations in support of their efforts to improve the quality of life in communities primarily within the cooperative’s 18-county service territory. Now in its seventh year, the Mission Fund supports AgCredit’s commitment to investing in the future of agriculture and positively impacting the quality of life in rural Ohio.

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Switzer sentenced in death of youth cyclist

PAULDING — The Paulding woman who struck and killed a young bicyclist on Labor Day 2023 has been sentenced in Paulding County Municipal Court.Cynthia Switzer, 47, was sentenced to 60 days in jail with credit for one day served on a charge of vehicular manslaughter, a second degree misdemeanor.Her driver’s license was also suspended for five years and she was fined $250 plus court costs.

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New Paulding Progress website

We are pleased to announce that the Paulding Progress is launching a new website. With updates made to the Paulding Progress website, subscribers who visit https://www.progressnewspaper.org/ as of Monday, November 18th will have to change their password to access content included in their subscription. The paywall will be active on Tuesday, November 19th.

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