8/3/18 – 5:29 A.M.
Arlington Elementary School students can meet their teachers for the upcoming school year later this month. A “meet the teacher” night is set for August 13 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Students and parents can visit classrooms, bring in school supplies, and pay fees during the event.
8/3/18 – 5:25 A.M.
A Putnam County woman’s fraud case continues in the U.S. Federal Court in Toledo this month. The Putnam County Sentinel reports Jennifer Edelbrock will have a pretrial hearing on August 15. Edelbrock is facing seven counts of bank fraud stemming from cases in Putnam and Allen counties.
Investigators say Edelbrock took money from her client’s accounts “for her own enrichment.” The indictment also says she spent the money to “meet personally-held debt obligations.”
Edelbrock pleaded not guilty during her arraignment in April.
MORE: Putnam County Sentinel
8/3/18 – 5:15 A.M.
A Findlay man decided not to take a plea deal in a fatal overdose case. Prosecutors offered 37-year-old Maynard Norton a deal that included a five-year prison sentence in exchange for a guilty plea in an involuntary manslaughter case. Investigators say Maynard provided the drugs that led to the death of 25-year-old Jaerrod McDaniel of Findlay in December of 2016.
A trial for Norton is set for January. He faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted on the involuntary manslaughter charge. He also faces a count of corrupting another with drugs, which carries an eight-year maximum sentence.
MORE: The Courier
8/3/18 – 5:06 A.M.
A 33-year-old Findlay man pleaded no contest to seven child pornography charges Thursday. Authorities originally charged Ronald Hoke with 13 counts of child pornography in March of 2017. The no contest plea means Hoke didn’t dispute the facts of the case but also did not admit guilt.
Hancock County Common Pleas Court Judge Jonathan Starn noted Hoke is legally blind during the Thursday hearing. He also said Hoke has Asperger’s syndrome. People with Asperger’s can have high intelligence and narrow, obsessive interests.
Hoke’s sentencing hearing is September 17. A plea deal recommends 180 days in jail followed by five years of community control sanctions. Hoke will also have to register as a Tier II sex offender.
MORE: The Courier
08/02/18 – 6:04 P.M.
The Hancock County Commissioners got an update on Jobs and Family services Thursday. Executive director Diana Hoover explained that costs keep going up.
Hoover said that she is doing everything she can to find funds.
08/02/18 – 5:02 P.M.
Findlay’s Feast on the Street is coming up this weekend. You may remember it as the Rib-Off. Marathon Center for the Performing Arts outreach coordinator Kelda Heitkamp said that they changed it to bring in a variety of food.
Heitkamp said that the event raises money to support their programs.
Heitkamp explained that this lowers the cost involved in these programs and events. Feast on the Street will be this Saturday from 4-11 p.m. on Broadway Street in Findlay. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for kids 12 and under.
8/2/18 – 12:47 A.M.
Water distribution continues to improve in McComb. That’s the message from Northwestern Ohio Water and Sewer District officials. District president Jerry Griner updated the Hancock County Commissioners on the work they’ve done in the village during a Thursday meeting…
Audio: Jerry Griner
Griner says they’ve also improved water filtering in McComb. He adds they may have to look at outside water sources for the village in the future…
Audio: Jerry Griner
Griner also talked to the Commissioners about a new sewage treatment plant. Construction begins next month and should finish at the end of 2019.
8/2/18 – 12:26 P.M.
Earlier this summer McComb asked the Hancock County Commissioners to split the village limits with the boundaries of Pleasant Township. On Thursday, the Commissioners met with other county officials and representatives from the township to talk about the issue. They found out that the township has a lot to lose…
Audio: Charity Rauschenberg
Auditor Charity Rauschenberg says the money the township loses doesn’t move to McComb’s ledger. Rauschenberg says McComb’s inside millage would stay the same.
Aside from the loss of revenue, township officials have concerns about what a split could mean for the area fire district.
Commissioner Mark Gazarek says they’ll review the numbers and meet with both sides again before making a decision.
08/02/18 – 11:36 A.M.
The Carey Police Department is investigating a hit-skip crash that happened Tuesday. The accident happened around 5:30 p.m. according to a post on the departments Facebook page. The post says that police are looking for a maroon early to mid-2000’s Chevy Impala. The picture shows that there is debris hanging from under the car. You can see the picture below.
If you have any information, you can reach the Carey PD at 419-396-7678
8/2/18 – 10:48 A.M.
The EPA permitting process for the Blanchard River flood reduction project found some wetland areas. Project manager Steve Wilson says that means they’ll have to mitigate that area of the river…
Audio: Steve Wilson
Wilson says the credits will cost $97,000. However, Wilson says they anticipated this expense and it was already included in the project cost.
Wilson adds the Maumee Watershed Conservancy has the Blanchard River benching project out to bid. The Conservancy could approve a contract in September, with construction starting in October.