10/4/18 – 7:01 A.M.

The Leipsic Fire Department is getting nearly $500,000 in grants to help upgrade equipment. The Putnam County Sentinel reports Fire Chief Neil Goodwin let village council know about the grants at a recent council meeting.

Leipsic will use more than $310,000 to help buy a new fire truck. The rest of the money will help pay to replace aging oxygen masks and compressors.

Leipsic has to pay 5 percent in matching funds to get the money.

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