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Helen Louise Karls passed away peacefully at Saint Mary’s Hospital on Sunday October 29, 2023 after a long 106-year life. Helen was born on August 9, 1917, in the midst

Author/painter to visit Sidney Kroeger SIDNEY – When Robert Kroeger, of Cincinnati, took up painting in 2010 after retiring from his career as a dentist, he had no idea that his work would become the basis of a book that chronicles a disappearing aspect of rural life. That book, “Historic Barns of Ohio,” which was published by Arcadia Publishing in March, features paintings Kroeger has made of old barns in each of the state’s 88 counties and essays he wrote about each structure’s his...

Owners identify mystery barn Courtesy photo Courtesy photo SIDNEY — Shelby County Historical Director Tilda Phlipot didn’t have to wait long to learn who owns a barn near Botkins. Within two hours of opening her office on Feb 2, the day the Sidney Daily News asked in a front-page story, “Who owns this barn?,” Phlipot was answering a phone call from Kent Buehler, of Botkins. A picture of the barn had been painted by Cincinnati artist Robert Kroeger and is to be featured in his upcoming...