Leonard A. Rieman, 90 of Columbus Grove, died at 4:25 pm July 8, 2012, at Putnam Acres, Ottawa. He was born May 11, 1922, in Glandorf to Louis and Appolonia Maag Rieman. On April 14, 1948 he married Rosella F. Diemer and she preceded him in death on April 11, 2005.
Mr. Rieman was a farmer and also retired from Phillips ECG, Ottawa. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bluffton, where he had served on the parish council.
AEP Ohio has restored power to approximately 98 percent of the approximately 660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic
storm that moved through the state June 29 and the additional customers
who lost power in subsequent storms July 4 and 5.
As of 8 p.m. tonight (July 8), power has been restored to approximately 646,000 of the customers affected by these storms. Approximately 14,000 AEP Ohio customers remain without power tonight.
The majority of the customers still without power are located in the
By Jake Dowling, Icon intern
If anyone watches college football, many would agree that the sport is fun to watch, with all of the upsets and great matchups. But, one would also know that it can be frustrating at times as well, especially if your team was not selected by a hand full of computers to play in the National Title Game.
Bluffton's most ambitious infrastructure projects in several years will begin place soon. On Monday evening Bluffton council will act on accepting two water main replacement projects. The two projects total nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
They involve Lawn Avenue-Jackson Street-Grove streets, and Mound-Cherry streets water main replacements.
Mennofolk was more than singing. Ruth Naylor, Bluffton poet, recited some of her poetry on Saturday night in Yoder Recital Hall. For a video of one of the musical performances, click now.
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