Paulding FFA hosts Tractor Drive-in Day and Parade!

In honor of National Ag Day on March 19, the Paulding FFA held their annual Tractor Drive-in Day and Parade to celebrate on Friday, March 21. 18 members drove their tractors to school including Johnny Lipps, Anna Clemens, Makenna Dunham, Jalyn Klopfenstein, Nick Hatcher, Grady Barton, Mariah Klopfenstein, Mackenzie Leatherman, Kayleigh Dunham, Owen Workman, RJ Wirts, Blake Trausch, Ava Leatherman, Aly White, Delaney Johanns Jackson Gunderman, Max and Kalan Burns, and Remington Boroff. The Paulding FFA members and the students who drove tractors showed the elementary students their tractors and allowed them to climb up in the tractors and explore them.

Melinda Krick

Melinda Krick resigns from History Museum

The board of directors of the John Paulding Historical Society, d/b/a Paulding County History Museum, has accepted the resignation of Melinda Krick as president.

Morales sentenced to 18 years on plea

PAULDING - Luis Miguel Morales plead guilty in Paulding County Court on Tuesday, March 25 to four counts of sexual battery. This dismisses a May jury trial for multiple rape charges, domestic violence and child endangerment. Those charges could have seen Morales facing multiple life sentences.

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.

Owls: silent hunters of the night

As our part of the world wakes up from winter’s slumber, we see wonderful signs of it all around us. The plants, animals, birds, and insects make their presence known both visually, and in some cases, audibly. Their behavior changes as they transition into spring.

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.