11/13/18 – 5 p.M.
You’ll be seeing more charities asking for donations with the recent natural disasters and with the holidays around the corner. Toledo Better Business Bureau president Dick Epstein warns that scammers will try to take advantage of you during these times.
He added that there are resources to help you figure out if a charity is actually a scam.
You can find these resources and more at bbb.org
11/13/18 – 7:25 A.M.
The North Central Ohio Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Upper Sandusky Fire Department need your help for a weekend event. The group is installing smoke alarms in Upper Sandusky on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Red Cross volunteers and local partners will canvass neighborhoods to install free smoke alarms and replace batteries in existing alarms. They’ll also help families create escape plans.
The volunteers are meeting at the Upper Sandusky Fire Department at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, you can call 419-422-9322.
11/13/18 – 7:16 A.M.
A Forest man was injured when he drove over railroad tracks too fast over the weekend. The Upper Sandusky Police Department says the crash happened on West Johnson Street around 5 p.m. Sunday. 39-year-old Benjamin Frey jumped the tracks and landed 15 feet west of the crossing.
Frey went to Wyandot Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Police cited him for failure to control.
11/13/18 – 6:51 A.M.
A Sunday afternoon crash injured a Forest woman. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reports the two-car crash happened south of Riverdale High School on State Route 37 around 1:35 p.m.
21-year-old Abigail Leathem of Findlay was driving a minivan east on Delaware Township Road 150 when she stopped at the intersection with the highway. She then pulled into the path of a car driven by 53-year-old Annette Kober of Forest. Hanco EMS took Kober to Blanchard Valley Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
Deputies cited Leathem for failure to yield the right of way.
11/13/18 – 5:35 A.M.
St. Wendelin school officials laid out a grim financial picture during a meeting with parishioners and school family members Monday night. The Review-Times reports Reverend Todd Dominique laid out two underlying issues, heavy expenses, and light enrollment. Dominique says they lost nearly half of their K-8 students when they announced the closure of the high school in 2017.
The church says it costs roughly $13,500 to educate a student at St. Wendelin. Dominique says a recent survey found most families were only willing to pay $1,000 for tuition. That means the rest has to come from fundraising, parish offerings, and state dollars. A foundation that helps fund the school is quickly running out of money.
Monday’s meeting was an effort to put information in front of parishioners and to look for ideas on how to move forward.
MORE: Review-Times
11/13/18 – 5:20 A.M.
Efforts continue to raise money for the new baseball and softball diamonds in Carey. Superintendent Mike Wank says the athletic boosters are working to raise money toward the $265,000 price tag for the project. Wank says many people have donated to help build the dugouts at the new diamonds.
Wank adds that they have started preparation work for the installation of an electric conduit.
The school expects the diamonds will be ready for use by late spring. They will replace the varsity baseball diamond in Memorial Park and the varsity softball diamond in Waterworks Park.
MORE: The Courier
11/13/18 – 5:12 A.M.
A reminder, the new ramp from I-75 to U.S. 68 and State Route 15 is now open. ODOT opened the ramp around midnight. The so-called “fly-over” ramp takes exiting southbound traffic over I-75 and to U.S. 68 and Route 15.
Now that the ramp is open, the loop from I-75 to 68 and 15 is now closed. ODOT has also closed the ramp from U.S 68 and Route 15 to southbound I-75. It will remain closed until the project finishes in the fall of 2020.
11/13/18 – 5:04 A.M.
McComb has a new village council member. Mayor Chuck Latta swore Brenda Mygrant into office Monday night. Mygrant replaces Robin Rader, who recently stepped down due to health concerns.
Mygrant will fill the rest of Rader’s term. It runs through the end of 2021.
MORE: The Courier
11/13/18 – 5:00 A.M.
A company on Findlay’s north side is expanding its footprint. Valfilm recently started leasing 62,000 feet of space in an industrial building on Hancock County Road 212. Steve Shiparski is the operations leader for Valfilm in Findlay. He says the company is using the space for distribution on quick-shipment orders.
Valfilm makes films for food packaging as well as for the automotive, construction, and telecommunications industry. It operates at the former Dow Chemical facility on North Main Street. The new distribution facility is in a building largely occupied by G2 Revolution, a recycling company.
MORE: The Courier
11/12/18 – 7 P.M.
A local man is heading out to California to join the wildfire relief efforts. American Red Cross North Central Ohio Chapter executive director Todd James will be serving on the senior leadership team for the Camp Fire relief operation. The fires are burning in both the northern and southern parts of the state.
This is James’ third deployment in recent months. He recently served in North Carolina as part of the Hurricane Florence team and in Florida on the Hurricane Michael relief operation.