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Updated: February/10/2010
Snowmobiler killed in Lake Township
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A Millbury man was killed when his snowmobile went off the road and struck a utility polie in Wood County’s Lake Township, Ohio Highway Patrol said.
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Updated: February/10/2010
Children's Wonderland equipment is up for sale
The Children's Wonderland exhibit is being put up for sale in hopes that a local entity will buy it and maintain the holiday tradition. The Lucas County commissioners Tuesday voted 2-1, with Commissioner Ben Konop casting the "no" vote, to seek proposals from buyers for the nearly 50-year-old collection of mechanical characters, snowmen, Santa Clauses, stuffed animals, and gingerbread houses.
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Updated: February/10/2010
Bell stands by raises in face of unions' ire
Toledo Mayor Mike Bell's decision to increase the salaries of a few top city officials has irked some union leaders and might cost some votes for a possible income tax increase in May, but he is sticking with the pay raises.
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Updated: February/10/2010
Lucas, Wood counties, and others, under Level 2 snow emergency
The snowfall just kept coming overnight, and several counties declared snow emergencies early Wednesday. Level 2 snow emergencies are now in Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Seneca, Ottawa, and Putnam counties. Public safety officials warn that drivers should use extreme caution, and contact their employer to check if they should report to work. Only drive if necessary.
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Updated: February/09/2010
Toledo school board approves income tax request
Toledo Public Schools will ask voters to approve a new tax on the May ballot to help the district tackle a $30 million budget deficit. The Toledo Board of Education during a special meeting Tuesday approved a first-ever 0.75 percent earned income tax that would generate $18.1 million a year for the district.
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Updated: February/09/2010
Toledo officials given raises up to 26.9%
At the same time Mayor Mike Bell is seeking 10 percent pay cuts and benefit concessions from city union employees, several top city officials have received double-digit pay increases, The Blade has learned. The biggest salary increase was handed to Peg Wallace, acting director of human resources. Her salary went up 26.9 percent, to $85,000, from what former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner had paid her.
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Updated: February/09/2010
Officer says 33 dogs seized from suspected puppy mill
A Sandusky County Humane Society officer responding to a complaint about pigs on the loose at a Rice Township property spotted something more alarming: 33 dogs inside the house living in filth.
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Updated: February/09/2010
Mental health board hears appeals from officials
Some of the agencies that depend on the Lucas County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services for funding took turns Monday appealing to be spared cuts that could be ordered to balance the board's 2011 budget.
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Updated: February/09/2010
Maumee puts off action on budget
Maumee City Council members are giving themselves another week to consider ways to rein in a $3.2 million deficit that threatens this year's budget.
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Updated: February/09/2010
Disruptions abound as snow piles up
Northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan residents will find about a foot of the white stuff on the ground when they wake up Wednesday — and lots of disruptions.At least 8 inches fell Tuesday in a winter blast that closed schools, canceled community events, and created hazardous driving conditions.
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Updated: February/08/2010
McNamara to run for state Senate seat
Toledo City Councilman Joe McNamara made it official Monday — he's running for the state Senate seat representing Toledo and Oregon, Jerusalem and Washington townships, and a precinct of Sylvania Township. Mr. McNamara, 32, a lawyer from West Toledo who recently stepped down as council president, said he made up his mind after a period of exploration.
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Updated: February/08/2010
33 dogs seized from Sandusky County home
A Sandusky County humane officer responding to a complaint about pigs on the loose at a Rice Township property spotted something more alarming: 33 dogs inside the house living in filth.
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Updated: February/08/2010
Substantial snow forecast for region
The National Weather Service predicts that snow that will begin this morning could leave up to 12 inches in the Toledo region by tomorrow.
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Updated: February/08/2010
U.S. to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp, which officials fear could spread and possibly endanger the Great Lakes region's $7 billion fishing industry.
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Updated: February/08/2010
Mental health agency looks to pare $3.5M from services
The Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board is considering cuts in services and programs to save up to $3.5 million in its next fiscal year, and the board will lay out a menu of options to its member nonprofit boards Monday.
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Updated: February/08/2010
Open heart patient looks back; Toledoan underwent surgery in 1959
Sandra Katschke, a 62-year-old Toledoan, was the first locally to have open heart surgery using a heart-lung machine. Without the1959 surgery purportedly to widen her pulmonary valve, the then-12-year-old Sandra Schermbeck probably would never marry and have children, one of her doctors said.
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Updated: February/08/2010
'Stagecoach Mary' broke barriers of race, gender
America's Old West was undoubtedly a Wild West before an ex-slave and onetime Toledoan named Mary Fields arrived in 1885 at a small railroad town in present-day Montana. Yet she certainly made things more interesting.
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Updated: February/08/2010
Salon coupons available to prom dress donors
Anyone who donates a formal gown or dress to a local service organization’s prom dress program can get a discount at Nevaeh Salon and Spa, 4903 Dorr St.
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Updated: February/07/2010
Horses face long road to recovery after ordeal
Shayna Roberts is exhausted. The 26-year-old animal technician has worked 12-hour days at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds, organizing volunteers and tending to 36 malnourished Arabian horses rescued from a farm in Ottawa County last weekend.
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Updated: February/07/2010
Diocese decides to combine Fremont high, 3 elementaries
FREMONT - Three Catholic parish schools and the Catholic high school will be combined next academic year into one school to be named after the late Bishop James Hoffman, a native of this city, the Catholic Diocese of Toledo announced yesterday.
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Updated: February/07/2010
Waterville weighs cutting services, boosting revenue
Waterville's annual Easter egg hunt and its Fourth of July fireworks show could be canceled this year, and residents could be charged a monthly trash fee under options being considered by council as it looks at ways to balance the village's budget.
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Updated: February/07/2010
City deficit has parallels to '82 plight
In 1982, former Toledo Councilman Andy Douglas, a Republican, and former Mayor Harry Kessler , a Democrat, put their political differences aside and teamed up in an unusual way to get something they both wanted: more tax money for Toledo. "I had left the city by then and I was contacted because they needed a 0.75 percent increase to the income tax," said Mr.
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Updated: February/06/2010
TARTA work ready to roll
More than a year later than scheduled, the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority now plans to start building a new home for its paratransit operations this summer.
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Updated: February/06/2010
Sheriff downgrades snow emergency
Lucas County Sheriff James Telb downgraded the Level 2 snow emergency to a level 1 for all roads and streets in Lucas County just after noon on Saturday.
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Updated: February/06/2010
Bell seeks 0.25% tax hike, leeway for allocating funds
The Bell administration made it official Friday: The mayor wants to increase the city's income tax, and it's up to Toledo City Council whether the request will appear on the May 4 ballot for voters to decide.
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Updated: February/06/2010
Fostoria Day in Florida lets northwest Ohioans revel in roots
It started with a chance meeting on a park bench in Bradenton, Fla., in 1960. Two Fostoria natives, E.J. Haldeman and Frank Kinker, were so tickled to run into someone from home one winter day, they decided to get together the same time next year and bring a friend.
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Updated: February/06/2010
$100,000-a-year lotto ticket is sold in Tiffin
An anonymous winner in the Ohio Lottery's $300 million Extravaganza instant game will take home $69,000 annually after state and federal taxes for the next 20 years.
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Updated: February/06/2010
4 Findlay firefighters promoted to captains
Four Findlay firefighters — Joshua Eberle, Scott Leffel, Jerry Greer, and Barry Sauber — are to be sworn in as captains in the city fire department at 8:30 a.m. Monday in City Council chambers.
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Updated: February/06/2010
Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board agitated, votes for audit
High-profile homeless advocate Ken Leslie said he's glad to still be on the Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board, but said he is "furious" the panel Friday remained mum on his allegation of inappropriate conduct by fellow board member Paula Lewis. A motion to remove Mr. Leslie from the board was tabled by an 8-3 vote.
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Updated: February/05/2010
Students, staff navigate Perrysburg High School halls in wheelchairs
Alec Gaston usually takes his time between the bells at Perrysburg High School, walking to his locker and chatting with friends in the hallways. Not Thursday. The 16-year-old was one of three students and six staff members who spent the day using wheelchairs to raise awareness about classmate Zac Zies' degenerative neuromuscular disorder called Friedreich's ataxia.
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Updated: February/05/2010
Toledo councilmen vow to back police, firefighter hiring
Toledo City Council's public safety committee pledged Thursday to support the hiring of new police and firefighters, as the police and fire chiefs warned that failing to do so could worsen the city's estimated $43.8 million budget deficit.
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Updated: February/05/2010
Mayors talk about budget woes
The mayors of Findlay, Perrysburg, and Toledo have dealt with budget challenges, but the duty of filling the biggest budget hole - a projected 2010 general-fund deficit of nearly $44 million - falls to that trio's most junior member.
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Updated: February/05/2010
House fire shuts part of Secor Road over 2 hours
A house fire on Secor Road on Thursday closed part of the busy street for more than two hours during rush hour and caused upward of $50,000 damage, authorities said.
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Updated: February/05/2010
Bloomdale man dies in collision of car, semi
A Bloomdale man was killed when the car he was driving and a tractor-trailer rig collided at U.S. 224 and State Rt. 587 near this Seneca County village, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
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Updated: February/05/2010
Rise in nitrate sparks Fremont water advisory
With slightly elevated levels of nitrate in the city’s water supply, parents were advised Thursday not to give city tap water to infants under 6 months or use Fremont water to make formula or juice.
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Updated: February/05/2010
Homelessness board votes for outside audit; advocate Ken Leslie safe for now
Noted homeless advocate Ken Leslie is safe for now: By an 8-3 vote, the motion to remove him from the Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board was tabled. The board instead decided to seek an external body to audit its general performance. The motion to do that was offered seconds after the meeting began by Linda Stacy, the board's vice president.
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Updated: February/04/2010
Secor Road reopened after fire
Northbound traffic on Secor Road at Pelham Road has been restored after a house fire Thursday afternoon.
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Updated: February/04/2010
Toledo to discuss deficit with state auditor
Representatives from the Ohio Auditor's Office plan to meet with Mayor Mike Bell and some of his senior staff next week to discuss the city's budget crisis, the mayor announced Wednesday night.
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