10/2/17 – 5:34 A.M.

ODOT only has one roadwork project planned in Putnam County this week. Pavement repair is taking place on U.S. 224 throughout the entire county. You’ll see lane restrictions on parts of the highway as a result.

10/2/17 – 5:30 A.M.

Only one highway project is closing an area road this week. ODOT says work on the Route 186 overlap with Route 235 in McComb started last week. The agency expects work to continue through the middle of the week.

New projects this week include pavement repair on U.S. 224 from State Route 235 to the Putnam County line. Pavement repair will reduce State Route 235 from County Road 313 to the Wood County line this week to one lane as well.

Elsewhere, you’ll see narrow lanes on County Road 99 over I-75 in Findlay as pavement repair continues to take place there. Reduced-width lanes continue on I-75 northbound north of Bluffton for the replacement of the curb and guardrail.

Crews continue to fix pavement on State Route 235 between County Road 304 and the Hardin County line.

ODOT expect lane closures on U.S. 68 between the airport and Eagle Creek to continue this week. Workers are installing a new cable median barrier in that area.

10/2/17 – 5:17 A.M.

ODOT is reminding drivers that three Findlay I-75 exits are temporarily closing tonight. The agency says you won’t be able to use the southbound exit and entrance ramps at Hancock County Road 99, U.S. 224, and State Route 12 from 9 p.m. until 7 a.m. Tuesday. Crews are setting beams for the bridge over the Blanchard River.

During this time southbound traffic will shift to a lane on the northbound side of the interstate. All the I-75 northbound exit and entrance ramps remain open.

10/2/17 – 5:10 A.M.

A Fostoria auto parts maker is closing its doors. The Courier reports Autolite officials have told UAW local 533 leadership they are closing the plant. Local 533 president Bob Teeple tells the newspaper the news was the last thing he expected to hear when he recently sat down to negotiate a new contract for the 56 remaining workers at the facility.

Teeple says they now have to negotiate a closing agreement. He believes they might stay open another six months. The company’s contract with the union says Autolite has to give a 90-day notice before permanently closing the factory.

The plant employed more than 1,000 people in the mid-90s.

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