A deputy from Wayne County ended up getting stuck with a needle during an arrest Saturday. The deputy was performing a pat down when he was stuck with a syringe that was in the suspect’s pocket. Reportedly, the suspect told the officer that he carries the Hepatitis C virus and the deputy was treated at a hospital.
The E&H Family Group, which is the parent company of Buehler’s, has announced the sale of its 13 supermarkets to its employees under an employee stock ownership plan. All of the grocery chain’s 2,100 employees will be retained in the transition and eligible employees will become owners. The Buehler’s name will remain on all of the stores and will also continue with the same hours of operation. Wooster is the home of Buehler’s main offices, as well as two of its supermarkets.
The 9th annual Kidron Beet Festival was held on Saturday in Kidron. At the event, a young boy named Ivan Weaver from Kidron brought a record-sized beet of nearly 28 pounds to the judging competition. Beet ice cream was also available for festival-goers to eat.
Millersburg Brewing Company was given an Entrepreneurial Excellence Award by the Holmes County Economic Development Council. In just five years, the company went from being operated out of the founder’s home basement to being a booming brewery operation that is well known across the area.
