Owners of businesses located in Northwood have an opportunity to help city officials better understand the issues they face.

The East Toledo Family Center, an organization that has served Northwest Ohio for 125 years, will celebrate its anniversary with a community open house on April 30 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. inside the Glass City Enrichment Center.

Area residents and officials are fighting a proposed rezoning request for a parcel of land that sits on the border of Lake Township and the village of Walbridge.

Nine fifth grade students from Ottawa, Sandusky, and Seneca counties recently combined to produce winning designs as part of the OSS Solid Waste District’s annual billboard contest.

Walbridge council members approved the hiring of Dave Shaffer as the village’s new administrator at its latest meeting on April 1, which also included discussion about potential improvements to fire response and the hiring of Andrew Thomasson as a new part-time police officer.

Members of the Pemberville village council will host a public hearing on April 7 at 7 p.m. inside the town hall building at 115 Main Street to discuss the proposed establishment of a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA).

A pair of Clay High School graduates, Nick Amrhein and Dean Davis, recently came together for a collaborative canvas showcase titled Lenses + Lines on March 21 at the River Gallery Studio in Toledo.

McAllister, a 2002 Clay High School graduate who passed away in an automobile accident in early 2015, will be celebrated at the 11th Annual James R. McCallister “MAC” Memorial Fishing Tournament on April 11 at Side Cut Metropark in the Riverview Area.

The City of Oregon Fire and Rescue Department was awarded the SAFER Grant through FEMA on Sept. 24, 2025. It provides financial assistance to local governments for the purpose of increasing and/or maintaining the number of trained front-line firefighters within the community.

Members of the Oak Harbor city council debated raises for village employees and a potential birding designation, while the police chief recognized multiple officers for their positive actions in the community at the latest council meeting on March 16.

Gibsonburg mayor Steven Fought at a regular council meeting on March 5 updated residents on what village officials know about any of the latest talk around town and social media about a potential data center involving the village and Woodville Township.

The Lake Township trustees voted on March 3 to issue a 12-month moratorium on data centers within their jurisdiction in response to a Facebook post on the “Lake Township Voice” and “AW Area Community Response Awareness Group” pages that provided a link to a potential data center site for sale in the township.

Oak Harbor village council members approved an ordinance at the latest regular meeting on March 2 authorizing an annexation agreement with Salem Township.

Village council members in Walbridge held the latest regular meeting on March 4, highlighted by the approval of a revised resolution for a 23-month extension of a natural gas agreement with Archer Energy, LLC.

The Lake Middle School Mathletes earned a second place finish among 16 area schools in the Toledo Area MathCounts competition on Feb. 6.

Genoa’s village administrator Thomas Bergman is excited about some improvements coming to town in both the near future and over the next few years.

The Oak Harbor village council had a second reading at its latest regular meeting on Feb. 17 for one ordinance and one resolution. The ordinance would authorize the village to enter into an annexation agreement with Salem Township, while the resolution would better enable the distribution of liquor permits in the revitalization district.

The village of Millbury hired a new street commissioner, Mike Sanders, at its latest council meeting on Feb. 9.

The city of Oregon’s acting law director, Chynna Fifer, received an official response from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on Feb. 18 in regard to her question about whether or not the recent ordinance for an extension for data center developer Will Turner of Capacity LLC passed.

Cardinal Stritch senior Olivia Ford has been named the Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Club of Toledo.