5/1/19 – 11:41 A.M.

Residents in the Arcadia school district will see a renewal levy on the ballot next Tuesday. Superintendent Bruce Kidder says the levy raises more than $800,000 a year for operations. That includes costs like transportation, building maintenance, and teacher salaries.

Kidder says the levy is not paying for the construction of new classrooms at the school. The district is paying for that work with money already set aside for the project.

Voters in the Arcadia district first approved the operations levy in 2004. They last renewed it in 2014.

05/01/19 – 11:07 A.M.

The Children’s Museum of Findlay is hosting a special event to kick off “Ohio In Demand Jobs Week”. There will be exhibits that feature guests doing an activity to share what they do. Children will have jobs passports to take with them as they learn about the many jobs available. There is a prize for getting a stamp at each location.

The event will be this coming Monday from 5 – 7 p.m. and admission is free.

5/1/19 – 8:12 A.M.

Mount Blanchard officials have concerns about the village pump house. Council members recently learned the pump house needs completely repaired, have some sections repaired, or get completely rebuilt. Officials say the pump house property needs cleaned up as well.

MORE: Update on facility repairs

5/1/19 – 6:58 A.M.

Area levy campaigns recently issued their finance reports. They show the Blanchard Valley Center renewal levy received more than $5,000 since its last report. It carried forward a balance of more than $18,000 and had spent more than $8,000 on efforts to pass a renewal issue.

The campaign for a building issue in the Liberty-Benton school district brought in more than $6,000 in contributions. They had spent roughly $2,500 of that in the last reporting period.

More: List of contributors and expenses.

5/1/19 – 6:45 A.M.

A semi got stuck on railroad tracks north of Ottawa Tuesday. The Lima News reports the incident happened on State Route 65 around 11 a.m.

76-year-old Mark Doster of Chicago slid on the wet road, causing his semi to go off the road and land on the tracks. The crash closed the highway for about an hour.

Doster was not hurt in the crash.

MORE: Lima News

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5/1/19 – 6:36 A.M.

Cooper Tire & Rubber cited higher expenses for pensions and post-retirement benefits for a decline in profits during the first quarter of the year. Cooper reported $7 million in profits for the first three months of 2019. That’s down 16 percent compared to the same time frame in 2018.

Sales increased by nearly 3 percent to $619 million. Operating profit was relatively flat compared to the first quarter of 2018, but exceeded company expectations. In a statement, Cooper CEO Brad Hughes said: “Operating profit in the first quarter was higher than we expected due to stronger than anticipated performance in North America and Asia.”