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The person who held the winning Powerball ticket sold at the Round Hill Shopping Center in Frederick County has come forward to claim her prize. Sheila Hawse of Yellow Spring, West Virginia, is the winner of the $1 million prize for the Dec. 16 drawing. Hawse was helping her sister drop off some cakes her sister had baked for  employees at the store at 2758 Northwestern Pike (U.S. 50 West). While she was there, she bought a ticket for the Powerball drawing. The winning numbers for that drawing were 4-23-37-61-67, and the Powerball number 7. She matched the first five numbers, missing only ...

10 years ago: 2010 “Nipper’s Day. Dec. 23 has been officially declared ‘Dennis Nipper Day’ in Yellow Springs, to honor the longtime Yellow Springs police officer who retires this month from full-time service after 38 years.” “Company seeks local oil, gas. Traffic was disrupted for several days … on West Enon and North Fairfield Roads just north of Yellow Springs as a large truck took seismic readings of rock formations thousands of feet below the roadways.” West Bay Exploration Co. of Traverse City, Mich., was looking for fracking opportunities. Apparently, nothing promising w...

Among all the mail ferried by the U.S. Postal Service every year, there’s one name and address that arguably receives more correspondence than any other in the country: Santa Claus, North Pole. Considering Santa’s busy schedule, however, it’s no surprise that the famed Christmas patron needs some help answering fan mail. For the past three decades, local Santa-designated aides have been providing that assistance, making sure that Santa not only receives the letters, but dutifully taking dictation — after a fashion — to make sure every letter writer receives a response. For years, th...

Des Moines County supervisors get and give raises County elected officials get 3% raises, townships get trustees. Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors held its regular session Tuesday in the public meeting room at the Des Moines County Courthouse. The meeting was live-streamed on YouTube and on the county website. Chairman Thomas Broeker was vacationing with family, thus supervisor Jim Cary chaired. Cary and supervisor Bob Beck were joined by a handful of department heads. COVID-19 update Des Moines County Public Health Administrator Christa Poggemiller gave th...

After reporting just one COVID-19 infection during the fall quarter, Antioch College now has seven active cases on campus. Six students and one staff member tested positive for the virus over several days late last week, according to college spokesperson Christine Reedy. Fewer than 20 students are currently living on campus during the college’s November–December block term, Reedy said. That means the outbreak involves around one-third of students presently in residence at Antioch. One student tested positive on Thursday, another four students on Friday, and the college was informed on Sun...