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LIMA — In football, great players often make plays that change a game.

TIFFIN – Ottawa-Glandorf senior Anna Buddelmeyer has confidence in her ability to outsprint the competition.

KALIDA — Eric Kahle estimated over 6,000 attended Pioneer Days as of Saturday afternoon.

LIMA — It was a productive day Saturday at the Lima Masonic Center as 108 dresses left with new owners at the Diva’s Den event, even with an hour still to go.

POLTAVA, Ukraine (AP) — Funeral services were held Saturday for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as Ukraine’s president vowed to increase domestic military production by creating underground weapons factories.

FAIRFIELD — Mining raw materials, like nickel, for batteries harms the environment, and new mines are very difficult to get approved, so the search is on to recycle metals that have already come out of the earth. On Monday, metals recycler Nth Cycle will open a new plant in Fairfield, Ohio, that recycles nickel and cobalt out of scrap from battery manufacturing. Experts say it’s an important step toward creating a circular economy. Critical minerals are essential to batteries for addressing climate change. The U.S. only has one nickel mine, in Michigan, with the rest of the metal coming mostly from Indonesia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats and a handful in the Senate likely to determine the majority this November and whether a single party sweeps to power with the White House.

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running Aug. 29 through Sept. 4. Figures reflect the selling price of the property, along with the address or lot number of same and are courtesy of Allen County Recorder Mona Losh’s Office.

Recently I was talking with some college students who asked if they needed to have a living will. These students thought that since they were “young,” a living will would be pointless for them.

I’m going to miss driving around town in that high-mileage sports utility vehicle.