Welcome to Ossian

The Ossian Revitalization Committee is proposing the above design and dimensions for "Welcome to Ossian" signs they want to put on the north and south entrances to the town. They are still designing them, but the committee distributed this initial drawing to the Ossian Town Council Monday to garner their opinions. Learn more in the Tuesday, Oct. 9, News-Banner.

Wells County resident travels to Japan

Wells County resident and traveling nurse Javon Steffen spent almost 90 days this summer traveling through Japan, not as a tourist, she said, but as a novice missionary preparing for the future, and serving God and Christ, she said, by serving people.

In July, she spent five days in the town of Odaka, one of the towns affected by the damage nuclear power plant, and posted the following pictures on her blog.

To learn more about Steffen's trip to Japan, see the May, June and July entries in her blog, www.onegreenbicycle.blogspot.com.

Read more about it in the Monday, Oct. 8, News-Banner.

Girls have a night out

Several local organizations sponsored the "Girls Night Out" event Friday, giving the women of Wells County a chance to walk, dance, and massage the evening hours away. Learn more in the Saturday, Oct. 6, News-Banner. (Photos by Barbara Barbieri)

Adopt a pet

Sassy is a 7-week-old, shorted-haired Siamese mix, female.

Spunky is a 7-week-old, long-haired Siamese mix, male.

Thomas is a 9-week-old, tabby/white DLH, male.

Fall into a frenzy

Hope Missionary Church unleashed its annual Frantic Fall Festival Wednesday, inviting the community to dash and jump, eat, play and fellowship just north of the Dustman Road church.

County told about ADA shortfalls

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The Wells County Commissioners learned Monday that many of the sidewalks in the county's towns do not comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to a report by the Northeast Indiana Regional Coordinating Council.

The report reviews the sidewalks listed above and grades them on an "A" to "F" range: "A" being completely compliant and "F" being broken, impassable to wheelchairs and difficult for pedestrians.

Learn more about the report and possible solutions in the Tuesday, Oct. 2, News-Banner.

The public can comment on the report by contacting Lisa McCormick, 102 W. Market St., Ste 205, Bluffton, IN 46714. They can also contact her at 824-6470 or personnel@wellscounty.org.

Here comes the rodeo

The Indiana Junior Rodeo Association rode into town this weekend for its second competition of the season.