8/9/17 – 5:00 A.M.

Local officials and Campbell Soup representatives officially broke ground on the site of a new distribution center Tuesday. The $44 million, 740,000 square foot Campbell Soup facility should be up and running in about a year. During the event, Campbell vice president of supply chain Mark Cacciatore told the Courier Findlay’s location next to I-75 and near the CSX rail yard in North Baltimore made the location appealing.

The company is building the center south of Hancock County Road 212 near the McLane Distribution Center. Cacciatore says Campbell can distribute products across the entire nation from the Findlay location.

Joe Needham is the director of food and agribusiness for JobsOhio. He says the project almost didn’t happen because the land needed environmental remediation. The agency helped get that obstacle taken care of, clearing the way for the project.

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08/08/17 – 10:01 P.M.

Findlay City Council had a meeting for the Mid-Year Review. City Auditor Jim Staschiak said that after the recession, the city has made its way back into good standings.

Jim Staschiak

Staschiak added that city officials can now look to the future.

JIm Staschiak

Staschiak urged council to focus in on strategic and long-term planning for city projects. He added that with the money the city is holding there are no concerns in future budgets for the time being.

8/8/17 – 5:35 A.M.

Carey has bid $50,000 for the site of the old school building in the village. The Courier reports if the bid is successful the village will use the site on East North Street as green space. The village expects the school board to discuss the bid at their meeting next week.

The school district is also considering selling the property at auction next month.

At least one person at Monday’s council meeting opposed the bid. Don Stock told council they should spend the money on fixing downtown streetscape pavers. Stock says the pavers have become uneven over the years.

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8/8/17 – 5:28 A.M.

An all-day event in Fostoria this weekend will address the ongoing opioid epidemic. The Review-Times reports “Start the Conversation: A day of heroin awareness education” runs from noon until midnight at Cowboys & Angels / Venue 18 on State Route 18 this Saturday. The event will feature several speakers including recovering addicts and a motorcycle rally that runs to Findlay and back.

Elected leaders are backing the effort. Fostoria, Tiffin, Findlay, and the commissioners from Seneca and Hancock counties are all proclaiming Saturday to be Heroin Awareness Day.

For more information, call (419)937-4341 or visit the “Start the Conversation/Rachael’s Ride” Facebook page.

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8/8/17 – 5:15 A.M.

Three Fostoria residents were targets of phone scams late last week. The Review-Times reports one person lost $500 in one of the scams. The man told police he got a phone call from someone offering him a loan. The caller said to get the money the victim needed to buy a $500 iTunes Gift Card and call back with the numbers. The man did what the caller asked, and found out it was a scam afterward.

A second resident said she got a call from someone claiming to work for the IRS. She ignored the call. Scammers asked the final potential victim if they could provide a social security number of someone who lived in the house, but died five years ago.

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8/8/17 – 5:03 A.M.

Arlington will replace a problematic pump for a retention pond in the village. The Courier reports council voted Monday to pay Buckeye Pump just over $4,000 for a new pump at the Apple Blossom Lane retention pond. Rebuilding the pump would have cost nearly $2,900.

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8/8/17 – 4:57 A.M.

A former Riverdale teacher charged with sex crimes now has a trial date set. WKTN radio reports 26-year-old Brooke Rosendale will go in front of a Jury on January 8 of next year. Rosendale faces three counts of sexual battery.

Authorities say the former fifth-grade intervention specialist had sexual contact with a 13-year-old student three different times. Rosendale was also a former girls basketball and volleyball coach in the district. She resigned in March.

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08/08/17 – 12:29 A.M.

The Findlay City School’s dark fiber project was installed on July 27. Director of Information Technology Martin White said that the black fiber has sped up their connection.

Martin White

He compared it to going from 10 miles an hour to 500 miles an hour. Since the Fiber runs in both directions if one side fails they will continue to have service through the other section.

White said that there are other entities that will benefit from the three year project.

Martin White

TSC was the company that won the bid to install the dark fiber. The city, county, and Blanchard Valley Hospital have all agree to use the service at a cost.

08/07/17 – 5:18 P.M.

The Findlay Fire Department was called out to a fire near the Findlay Airport Monday morning. The Courier reports that the fire was called in a little before 10:30 a.m. At least one unit of a duplex at 1592 Bliss Avenue suffered smoke and fire damage on the upper floors.

The fire department said that they were done with the scene by 2:45 p.m.