Reducing Crop Costs

With lower crop prices, many farmers are struggling to make ends meet. Corn is around $3.50 a and soybean $10/bushel, down from a high of $7 for Corn and $15 to $17 for soybeans/bushel. Brazil crop production continues to drive crop prices lower as they expand acreage into the Amazon forest. To survive, farmers will need to cut costs. Here are tips on cutting crop production costs.

The trend of government transparency

There’s a current trend of increased transparency in local government. Council and board members have been elected running on a platform of transparency in local government. As citizens, we should welcome this, but accept the price of vigilance.

DeWine: gerrymandering a problem in Ohio

The voters passed our current redistricting constitutional provisions by a large vote with bipartisan support. Despite this, my personal experience with our current procedure is that it simply does not work very well.

Understanding the need for a representative payee

You may know someone who gets a monthly Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment and who also needs help managing their money. We can appoint a person or an organization to act as a “representative payee” responsible for receiving and managing a person’s Social Security benefits or SSI payments.

SHERIFF’S REPORT

Sunday, August 4th 1:05 a.m. Suspicious activity was reported on West St.

COURT RECORDS

Traffic Docket Nathaniel Z. Scroggins, Indianapolis, Ind., 74/50, $300 fine, $95 costs -CORRECTEDTiffany S.

COMMON PLEAS

Civil Danielle Dempsey, Paulding v. Mindy Hernandez, Oakwood, civil stalking protection order American Express National Bank v.

DEFIANCE CO. GRAND JURY

Indictments for August 8, 2024 Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, Morris J. Murray, has released the following information regarding recent Indictments returned by a Defiance County Grand Jury on August 7, 2024: Richard T. McMahon, age 58, Defiance, was indicted for seven counts of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person, each a felony of the second degree. Authorities allege that in April of 2024, at his residence, in Defiance, McMahon created, reproduced, or published material showing a minor participating or engaging in sexual activity.

PAULDING CO. GRAND JURY

Indictments for August 8, 2024 Paulding County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph R. Burkard Announced that the Paulding County Grand Jury indicted 13 persons on Thursday, August 8, 2024.