Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County recently held a Raise the Wall Ceremony for its spring builds.

The Raise the Wall Ceremony marks the beginning of construction on builds number 46 and 47 at 2032 Harrison Street in Findlay.

These two homes will be completed side-by-side simultaneously.

More than 750 volunteers will build these new homes in just six weeks.

The two homes are the first of four homes scheduled to be built in 2021 as Habitat doubles construction this year to help stabilize more families within the community.

The Carter and Campbell families qualified as a low-income family unable to qualify for a conventional loan who were willing to partner with Habitat and complete at least 400 sweat equity hours.

They will purchase the home with a low interest loan and their monthly mortgage payments will be used to build future Habitat houses.

Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications from families now for new homes.

To apply for a home or a home repair, visit habitatfindlay.org or call 419-429-1400.

A boil water advisory was issued for the village of Continental on Tuesday afternoon.

Residents are advised to boil their water before using, or use bottle water.

Boiled or bottled water should be used for things like drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and food preparation until further notice.

People should not drink the water without boiling it first.

Let it boil for one minute and make sure it cools before using.

The village is working to correct the issue.

People are being encouraged to remember and honor the fallen heroes of law enforcement this week during National Police Week.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.

The Light Ohio Blue campaign coincides with activities associated with Police Week.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and other police agencies are encouraging people to take part in the Light Ohio Blue campaign this week, in which you light an exterior light blue to show support for law enforcement and to honor the fallen.

The picture above is the ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag hanging from the walkway connecting the Findlay Municipal Building to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office thanking all officers for the service.

And more details about ‘Light Ohio Blue’ are below from the sheriff’s office.

A Flood Warning is in effect for the Blanchard River in Ottawa.

The warning goes until late Wednesday night.

Forecasters say the river is expected to rise to a crest of 24.1 feet by Tuesday morning, which is about a foot above flood stage.

Minor flooding is forecast.

The river will then fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning.

For latest water level on the river click here for the WFIN River Levels page.

(ONN) – A homeowner in northeast Ohio had the shock of their life when a semi loaded with beer came smashing through a wall of their house.

Police in Avon Lake say a Budweiser beer truck hit a brick home after colliding with a Toyota Avalon a little after 9 a.m. on Friday.

A wrecker had to be called in to pull that semi back out.

Crash investigators say the driver of the semi was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The car’s driver was unscathed and no one inside the home was harmed.

No word on who was at fault.

It took nearly four hours to get the truck removed from the property.

(pics courtesy of the Avon Lake Police Department)

High water has closed State Route 235 between State Route 12 and U.S. 224 in Hancock County until further notice.

The video and picture are what the flooding looked like at around noon on Monday about a mile north of Benton Ridge.

Other roads are also being affected by flooding. Officials say to always turn around when you see a flooded road. Never try to drive through it.

Flood Warnings were issued for the Blanchard River in Findlay and Eagle Creek due to all the rain that fell on Sunday.

For the current water levels on area rivers and creeks check out the WFIN Rivel Levels page by clicking here.

The Flood Warning for Eagle Creek in Findlay has been extended through Monday night.

The creek has risen to more than 10 feet, which is a foot above flood stage of 9 feet.

Flooding is closing some roads and encroaching upon houses.

This video was taken at 6th Street and Brookside Drive.

The Flood Warning for the Blanchard River in Findlay goes until until 4 a.m. Tuesday.

Forecasters say the river was expected to rise to above flood stage of 12 feet and crest at 12.8 feet on Monday afternoon.

The picture and video in this story are from around 12:30 Monday afternoon.

For the current water levels on area rivers and creeks check out the WFIN Rivel Levels page by clicking here.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the Blanchard River in Findlay.

The Flood Warning goes from 10:15 a.m. Monday until 4 a.m. Tuesday.

Forecasters say the river was at 11.6 feet Monday morning and was expected to rise to above flood stage of 12 feet and crest at 12.5 feet on Monday afternoon. (the above pic was taken at 9 a.m. Monday)

The river will then fall below flood stage late Monday night and early Tuesday morning.

Minor flooding is forecast.

At 12 feet, flooding impacts areas near Riverside Park and East Main Cross.

There will be flooding on County Road 223 and portions of Howard Street.

Water will be approaching some properties on Liberty Street and Apple Alley.

A Flood Warning was issued on Sunday for Eagle Creek in Findlay.

Flood stage is 9 feet and forecasters predicted the creek would rise to above flood stage and crest at 9.8 feet by Sunday night, causing minor flooding.

Findlay received around 1.85 inches of rain on Sunday.

As for the Blanchard River in Ottawa, the river was forecast to rise to 23.4 feet by Tuesday afternoon, which is right around minor flood stage of 23 feet.

Monday’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies and a high of 58, and it looks like there is no rain in the forecast this week.

For the latest levels on area rivers and creeks click here. 

After receiving their diplomas on Saturday, hundreds of brand new University of Findlay graduates completed the university’s most sacred tradition by walking through Griffith Memorial Arch towards Main Street.

As freshmen, the same students walked through the Arch towards Old Main to symbolize the start of their journey at UF, and tradition states that students must not walk back through the Arch until commencement, or they wouldn’t graduate.

We caught up with new graduate Samantha Bartley of Valencia, Pennsylvania after she completed the Arch Ceremony.

“It’s really awesome to participate in such a tradition,” the Animal Sciences major told WFIN.

Samantha walked in the ceremony with the service dog she’s been training for the last nine months through the UF organization 4 Paws for Ability named Jiggly. (pictured below)

As she mentioned in the audio, Jiggly will now go on to advanced training before being placed with a family with a child with disabilities.

As for Samantha, she’ll be attending veterinary school at Cornell University in the fall.

At the conclusion to Saturday’s Arch ceremony there was a marriage proposal as Christian Sauer popped the question to Brooklyn Iiames and she said said yes. (video below)

Christian earlier in the day received his doctorate and Brooklyn received her bachelor’s degree in the afternoon.

On Saturday, 440 undergrads and around 400 graduate students completed the Arch Ceremony — and around 200 students who graduated in 2020 came back to complete the tradition as well.

U.S. 224 will be closing for a week a little west of Interstate 75 for a project to elevate the roadway and there will also be daily lane closures for a resurfacing project.

The Ohio Department of Transportation says U.S. 224 will close at County Road 223 on Monday, May 10th for seven days for a project to raise the profile of the roadway and for resurfacing.

Elevating the roadway will lift it out of the floodway and help in ensuring access to the city would be maintained during a flood.

The detour will be County Road 140 to State Route 12 to I-75 back to U.S. 224.

As part of the project, a six mile stretch of U.S. 224 between Findlay and State Route 235 will be resurfaced and there will be daily lane closures.

Get more details on the project here.