02/28/18 – 7:32 P.M.
4-H Week kicks off on Monday to showcase the programs that are available in Hancock County. Cassie Anderson serves Hancock County as an extension educator. She said that there are programs for everyone.
The first event is a kickoff party on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Everyone is welcome to come. Anderson said the last day to join 4-H is April 1.
Cancer-Patient Services is holding its Annual Chili Cook-off fundraiser this Saturday. Event co-chair Suzette Boyd said they hope to bring in a bigger crowd than last year.
The event will feature over 20 teams competing for best chili as well as a kids zone. There will also be basket and trip raffles for sale. Boyd said that the proceeds will help fund the services offered by the organization.
Tickets to the event are $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-12-years-old and free for children under 6. The event will be from 4:30-8 p.m. at the University of Findlay’s Koehler Center.
1/30/18 – 8:46 A.M.
The Cooper Tire & Rubber board of directors will have a new Vice President and Treasurer starting Thursday. Jerry Bialek is taking over the position on February 1. He’ll also continue to lead investor relations for the company.
Bialek replaces Tom Lause, who retires from Cooper effective January 31.
1/11/18 – 10:16 A.M.
The county is set to make repairs to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices on County Road 140. The Hancock County Commissioners approved a contract for more than $34,000 with Garlock Brothers Construction during their Thursday meeting…
Audio: Tim Bechtol
Commissioner Tim Bechtol says the damage happened in November. Workers in the office have been working around the problems since then.
The offices won’t have to close while the repairs take place.
The county’s insurance policy is paying the cost of the contract.
1/2/18 – 5:11 A.M.
Five fire departments battled a fire west of Fostoria late Monday afternoon. The Review-Times reports firefighters responded to a blaze at 4588 Stearns Road around 5:45 p.m. They put the flames out by 9 p.m. but stayed at the scene to watch for flare-ups.
We’ll have more details on the fire as they become available.
10/3/17 – 5:16 A.M.
Carey is taking steps to get funding for a new sanitary sewer lift station. The Courier reports the village is applying for up to $420,000 in grants and loans from the state Public Works Commission. Carey has to submit the grant application to the Wyandot County Commissioners by Friday.
Lift stations pump wastewater or sewage from lower to higher elevations. Carey has already rebuilt two of the village’s five lift stations.
If approved, Carey could pay up to 40 percent of the project. That amounts to $168,000.
The application has to pass through a ranking process. If it gets by that part of the approval process it moves to a final round in early 2018.
MORE: The Courier
9/28/17 – 4:30 A.M.
Driving under the influence is a bad thing to do but now those that do are more likely to get caught. The Courier’s Eileen McClory says that there’s been an increase of arrests.
McClory said that the increased training has allowed officers to better tell when someone is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. She added that the State Highway Patrol has reported fewer accidents involving substance abuse.
MORE: The Courier
8/22/17 – 10:50 A.M.
Unemployment continues to creep upward in Hancock County. Numbers reported by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show a 4.1 percent unemployment rate in July. That’s up from 3.9 percent in June. The local unemployment rate has risen slightly every month since the May report.
The same trend is true in Putnam County. The latest figures show a 4.1 percent jobless rate. That’s up from 3.7 percent in June and 3 percent in April.
Wyandot County has the lowest jobless rate in the area at 3.9 percent. All other area counties are above 5 percent unemployment. Hardin County has the highest unemployment rate in our region at 6 percent.
07/21/17 – 2:42 P.M.
Sister station WKXA and the McDonald’s on Tiffin Avenue have partnered to help needy children get school supplies. Millstream Career Center director David Danhoff said that they are accepting all sorts of donations for Stuff the Bus.
Danhoff said that they have been seeing some slow and steady progress.
You can donate at the McDonalds on Tiffin Avenue until 7 p.m. today and between10 a.m. and 2 p.m. tomorrow.
06/20/17 – 12:40 P.M.
A Bowling Green man is a suspect in a Kirkwood Court stabbing Tuesday morning. The Courier reports that 29-year-old Gabriel Underwood is suspected of stabbing his brother around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. The victim suffered an injury to the chest and to the forearm. Hanco EMS took him to Blanchard Valley Hospital. He has been released.
Officers arrested Underwood for felonious assault and domestic violence. He is currently in the Hancock County Jail.
His brother was not named.