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Ditch maintenance

Ditch maintenance

Matt Levering, of Levering Excavating, uses a skid steer to drop rock into an eroded bank on the Phelps maintenance ditch in Salem Township. Heavy rains during the past two…

Wynford heads to State Envirothon

Wynford heads to State Envirothon

Students recently met at the Northwest Ohio Area 1 Envirothon at 4-H Camp Palmer in Fulton County. There were a total of 62 teams from Northwest Ohio that competed with…

Mohawk’s Lease wins agricultural award

TIFFIN — Mohawk High School student Candace Lease recently won the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award, sponsored by Monsanto Company. Lease, a daughter of Ray and Sandie Lease, rural Tiffin, received…

Farm Toy Show

Farm Toy Show

The Upper Sandusky FFA recently held the 25th annual Farm Toy Show at its high school Sunday. Ninety-six tables were set up to show off farm, construction, NASCAR and related…

Ditch cleaning

Ditch cleaning

Contractor Jim Burson, of OURS Excavating, dips sediment from the Walter-Kear Petition Ditch east of Wharton in Salem Township. The 12,500-foot long open ditch is being cleaned in order to…

Leslie graduates from AgriPOWER Institute

COLUMBUS — Wyandot County resident Jack Leslie recently graduated from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s AgriPOWER Institute. The intensive, yearlong leadership training program was launched in 2008 to help farmers…

Mohawk FFA holds 54th annual banquet

Mohawk FFA holds 54th annual banquet

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk FFA held its 54th annual banquet on April 12 at Mohawk High School. The meal was catered by Special Occasions and the Mohawk FCCLA. The major…

20th anniversary

20th anniversary

The Gottfried Nature Center will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.  Pictured above is the Gottfried Nature Center’s newly topdressed driveway, leading back to the center’s education building on…

Loan Deficiency Payment deadline May 31

Producers are reminded the final commodity loan and Loan Deficiency Payment availability date for 2011 crop year for corn, dry peas, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, safflower seed, small chickpeas,…

Upper Sandusky FFA competes in pair of career development competitions

Upper Sandusky FFA competes in pair of career development competitions

The Upper Sandusky FFA chapter recently competed in a pair of career development events with 18 members participating. Eleven members attended the Northwestern Skills Classic at Sentinel Career Center in…