9/21/18 – 4:57 A.M.

The Putnam County man who went missing while on a medical furlough from the county jail is back in custody. A post made on the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page around 10 p.m. Thursday says deputies located Donald Shulte. The sheriff’s office also thanked people who offered up information about where Shulte might have been.

The jail released 24-year-old Donald Shulte around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday with a GPS monitoring device. He was going to ride with a parent to a doctor’s appointment in Defiance. Around noon the GPS monitor gave a tampering warning in the area of U.S. 127 and U.S. 24 in Paulding County.

09/20/18 – 6:48 P.M.

Second quarter 2018 Cost of Living Index has been released for the City of Findlay and other Ohio cities. Findlay’s cost of living was 5.4 percents below the national average but had the third highest in the state. Findlay beat Akron and Cleveland but had a higher cost of living than Columbus, Dayton, and Lima. The index looked at several categories to average the cost of living. These include utilities, housing costs, miscellaneous goods and service, healthcare, groceries, and transportation.

Findlay’s data showed that the city had the least expensive utilities in the state when compared to other cities. It was the most expensive when it came to housing costs.

Findlay was third least expensive in miscellaneous goods, fourth lowest in healthcare costs and fifth in transportation and groceries.

09/20/18 – 4:41 P.M.

The United Way of Hancock County is holding its annual kickoff today to raise funds. President and CEO John Urbanski said that they have already been raising funds though.

John Urbanski

Urbanski said that the kickoff helps show what the organization does so that they can continue to raise money.

John Urbanski

Urbanski said that you can support them by pledging funds. This helps them support other local organizations doing things in the community like working to end hunger and poverty.

You can watch the full interview with Urbanski on our Facebook page.

09/20/18 – 11:12 A.M.

Some area restaurants are honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action by setting up POW/MIA tables. The reserved tables are set with items that represent the missing. It serves as a reminder of the over 1,800 military members who are considered missing or prisoners of war.

The displays are done in partnership with the Findlay AMVETS Post 21. They will be hosting a formal POW/MIA ceremony at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Participating businesses are listed below:

• AJ’s Heavenly Pizza, Findlay

• Empire at 138, Tiffin

• Kiwanis Assisted Living, Tiffin

• Ralphie’s, Findlay

• Red Lobster, Findlay

• Swan House Tea Room, Findlay

• Wildcat Cafe, Vanlue

• Wine Merchant, Findlay

For more information about the displays or the ceremony, contact the AMVETS at 419-420-9240.

9/20/18 – 7:13 A.M.

Pandora won’t install lights at the baseball diamond in the village park. The Putnam County Sentinel reports village council recently decided against moving forward with the project. Council members cited increasing projections for installation and operation as reasons not to move forward.

Pandora came into possession of lights when the Pandora-Gilboa school district replaced lights at the football field and donated the old lights to the village. However, installation costs kept rising. A quote from County Electric of Ottawa said it would take more than $12,000 to install them.

MORE: Putnam County Sentinel

9/20/18 – 6:48 A.M.

The City of Findlay has finished a window replacement project at the municipal building. Now that the project has wrapped up, the entrance to the building has moved back to Dorney Plaza.

The city had moved the entrance to the south side of the municipal building while crews installed new windows.

9/20/18 – 6:41 A.M.

An emergency medical technician from Arlington will provide medical support for the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York this weekend. Paul Beidelschies serves as a member of the National Disaster Medical System’s disaster medical assistance team.

Medical teams provide advanced life support and basic medical care to the thousands of people from around the nation attending the two-and-a-half-week event.

MORE: The Courier