Couple do a good deed for kids before saying ‘I do’
12/22/20 12:55 PM
HANCOCK COUNTY Even though their wedding started at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, a local sheriff’s deputy and his fiancee spent their morning shopping for kids at the Greenfield Walmart.
Nathan and Victoria Johnson took time before saying “I do” to participate in the annual Shop with a Deputy program put on by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, which provides clothing, toys and other gifts to families each holiday season.
“The program is important to me because I’m able to give back to the community that I grew up in,” said Nathan Johnson, 28. “I’m grateful to be a part of something that is so special to families of Hancock County.”
Ronnie Mohr: ‘A positive role model for our community’
12/17/20 6:02 AM
GREENFIELD Hancock County Sheriff Brad Burkhart worked with Ronnie Mohr as a member of the sheriff’s department merit board, but that’s not where their relationship started. Growing up as a member of a farming family, Burkhart had known Mohr for most of his life.
“Everybody knows everybody in the farming community, it seems like,” Burkhart said.
When Burkhart’s father was dying of cancer in 2005, he and his brothers took over the operation of the family farm. The brothers were struggling to finish the year’s harvest while their father was in the hospital when Mohr stepped in.
Ronnie Mohr dies; was popular longtime farmer
Dec. 14, 2020
Ronnie Mohr worked for the past three years to change the law so crops do not prevent drivers from seeing oncoming vehicles. (File photo)
GREENFIELD Ronnie Mohr, a respected voice in county ag circles who served for years on the Hancock County Sheriff’s Merit Board, died Monday.
Mohr’s death was announced in an email sent by Sheriff Brad Burkhart to members of the sheriff’s department, said Capt. Robert Harris, the department’s public information officer.
Mohr had been hospitalized in the past several days with complications related to COVID-19, Harris said.
ROLLING TRIBUTE: Hundreds of supporters show their support for Eastern Hancock family
12/12/20 7:05 AM
GREENFIELD Mitch Blocher has always loved a good pork burger, especially the kind prepared by the Eastern Hancock Athletic Boosters.
He’s spent many a night grilling up the juicy burgers at Eastern Hancock athletic events, where he’s often been known to order a double stacked one.
On Wednesday night, more than 1,200 of the burgers were grilled and distributed right in his front yard.
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Hancock County Sheriff Brad Burkhart waves to Mitch Blocher as he drives past the Blocher home. (Tom Russo | Daily Reporter)