Mennel Milling Company of Fostoria is planning on a $40-50 million revitalization of its plant.  The company’s 2020 Plan is a 10-year project to improve the Fostoria plant by integrating all aspects of the business into one location and to expand its grain storage capabilities.  The Fostoria’s corporate office on Crocker Street will be moved to the former Seneca Wire building on Vine Street.  The second phase of the bin replacement program to allow for more grain storage is also being worked on.
 

Old Fort Banking Company employees’ stock and 401(k) plan has bought a 45 percent interest in the bank.  According to bank CEO Michael Spragg, the sale, initiated by the bank, will boost employee pride and service and help attract and retain talented employees.  The driving force for the move was Dianne Gillmor Krumsee, the bank board’s chairman, who wanted to preserve the bank’s Gillmor family legacy and community focus.

State Rep. Robert Sprague announced his support for new opioid prescription guidelines.  The Centers for Disease Control is establishing new guidelines for how opioids should be prescribed and are designed to curb addiction by encouraging patients to use over the­ counter painkillers first, recommending prescription time limits, urging lower doses, and monitoring people taking opioids.  Sprague hopes the new guidelines will cut down on the number of opioids prescribed.

Governor John Kasich will again make the main primetime stage when Republicans hold their next presidential debate Thursday night in South Carolina. Fox last night announced the debate lineup, bumping Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina to the so-called undercard.

Fiat Chrysler announced Monday at the North American International Auto Show that a new Jeep pickup will be built in Toledo this coming fall, along with the next-generation Wrangler the city of Toledo fought so hard to keep.  The new production will keep the Toledo workforce employed along with increased production of a new Wrangler.