Huron News

The flood of 1969 caused major damage in Ashland and neighboring counties, including Huron, Wayne and Holmes.

Nemecek Insurance and Financial Services has announced the acquisition of the Dan Clark Nationwide Agency in Bellevue.

BUCYRUS -- Saturday proved to be a hot day for Paws Walk, an annual fundraiser for the Crawford County Humane Society.

Bowling Green State University has approved a budget for the upcoming school year that includes nearly $14 million in reductions from the previous year - with $2 million of those yet to come.

WILLARD: Walter H. Lindsey, Jr., 83, of Willard, died peacefully Wednesday morning, June 24, in Mercy Hospital of Willard after a two month battle with cancer.

It will be a grand several nights for singing when the Huron Playhouse opens its 61st season Tuesday in McCormick Middle School.

Nemecek Insurance and Financial Services, with offices in Clyde, Port Clinton, Fremont and Huron, has bought the Dan Clark Nationwide Agency in Bellevue.

Fremont native Clay Schwartz, 15, had four birdies and two three putts on his home course with a 73 and the win in the boy's 14-16 age group at the Fremont Country Club on Monday during the Lake Erie Junior Golf Association tour.

OAK HARBOR -- Blake Sword held a pitching wedge from 150 yards out on the seventh hole to hit a hole-in-one at Oak Harbor Golf Club on Thursday during the Lake Erie Junior Golf Association tour.

WSOS board OKs stimulus request Submitted story * June 17, 2009 The WSOS Board of Directors recently approved submitting proposals totaling $9,762,232 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as stimulus funds.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray talks with school resource Officer Kathleen Mohr after announcing $2.2 million in drug-abuse prevention grants to police agencies in Ohio, including Toledo.

WSOS seeks 9.7 million in stimulus funds June 11, 2009 The WSOS Board of Directors on Tuesday approved submitting proposals totaling $9,762,232 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as stimulus funds.

The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Cuyahoga, Lorain, Erie, Huron, Sandusky and Ottawa.

Jobless rates across a large swath of northwest Ohio counties fell last month, even as the statewide unemployment rate and those in Lucas County and the City of Toledo ticked up, according to the state Department of Job and Family Services.

Milan Griffes bounced the racquetball up and down, noting its pep and resilience.

HURON TOWNSHIP -- A bit of Africa can soon be found just east of Ottawa County. The Kalahari Resort south of Sandusky will be home to the largest walk-through African-themed wildlife park in the Midwest, according to Bill Coburn.

The historic Spitzer Building at Huron Street and Madison Avenue in downtown Toledo has long been popular with small law firms and freshly minted lawyers looking for inexpensive space to hang out a shingle.

The blue Pacific, beautiful beaches and a bargain, too, can be found at the Maui Four Seasons in Hawaii.

The area now known as Ottawa County is closely tied to Sandusky County in playing a key role in the early development of the 'Great Northwest.' For many years, the current Ottawa County territory was part of Sandusky County, but the connection is much deeper.

HURON - Officials have issued a statewide alert for an endangered child from Huron County, last seen in the city of Norwalk.