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DELPHOS — When Orval Kent and parent company Chef Solutions filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, rival food company Reser's Fine Foods acquired some of their assets.One of those assets was the Delphos prepared food facility on Gressel...... Full story

LIMA — A county-owned industrial park is the lead site for an unnamed $300 million manufacturing project, Allen Economic Development Group Vice President Jeff Sprague said Thursday.Sprague, speaking at the State Bank & Trust Co.'s 27th...... Full story

CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble plans to shed 1,600 nonmanufacturing jobs by June through an early-retirement initiative, the Business Courier of Cincinnati reported Wednesday.The move will produce annual savings of $240 million, Chief...... Full story

LIMA — The man at the center of a decade-long plan for a clean energy plant at the former Lima Locomotive Works wants to break ground this year on a new project at the location: a research and development center.The announcement by Harry...... Full story

ST. MARYS — The Grand Lake St. Marys Restoration Commission has selected a manager for the campaign to clean up the lake.Milt Miller was picked from among 24 applicants, said Tom Knapke, facilitator of the restoration commission.“He...... Full story

Toledo — Ohio food producers looking to sell through different marketing channels can attend a MarketReady training program Feb. 23 at the Center for Innovative Food Technology, 5555 Airport Highway, Suite 100, Toledo.The daylong workshop will...... Full story

LIMA — The man who led St. Rita's from hospital to health system will retire in May.Jim Reber served as CEO of St. Rita's Medical Center for more than 20 years. In 2010, he became the first CEO of a new umbrella organization called St. Rita's...... Full story

Near-Zero Interest Rates Through 2014 Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve surprised markets on Wednesday morning with a renewed commitment to keep interest rates near zero until late 2014.  This policy, which began in 2008, is intended to...... Full story

DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. reported $13.62 billion in net income, but investors brushed off the result because most of that came from an accounting change.... Full story

COLUMBUS – Taxes. It’s one of the certainties in life. The 2012 federal income tax return filing season is now fully underway, with the Internal Revenue Service opening the servers to begin accepting and processing electronically filed...... Full story

WASHINGTON - The government "pulled no punches" in investigating battery fires in the Volt, General Motors' prized electric car, the head of the federal auto safety agency told Congress on Wednesday. At a combative House hearing, Republicans...... Full story

LIMA — Indicative of where we are as a nation, amid St. Rita's Health Partners CEO Jim Reber's talk Monday about the staggeringly expensive future of health care, the crowd's strongest reaction came with the news that the hospital's french...... Full story

LIMA — At a plant south of Columbus, General Mills employees make 17 million Totino's Pizza Rolls a day.At the Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen in Bowling Green, Dennis Dickey and a handful of part-time employees make 5,000 containers of...... Full story

Cattle Selling for Record Prices   Many Americans take for granted that the supply of cattle (and therefore beef) will remain uninterrupted and prices will stay low. However, Mother Nature issued a wake-up call this summer when persistent...... Full story

LIMA — A century-old building on Baxter Street now houses the future of American Trim.The company unveiled the newest addition to its ever-increasing line of products and processes on Thursday. The new ultraviolet tape line allows the company...... Full story