Ottawa Hills News

Michael McCloskey can't talk much about his new life but it's clear from the ramps outside his home and the way he has to adjust his now nonfunctioning legs that life is devastatingly different for the 25-year-old man.

Voters have yet to weigh in on the issue, but some Ohio senators already are questioning whether the state could use casino money to help patch its leaky budget.

Local Episcopal clergy are anxiously awaiting details of a new Vatican plan to ease the way for discontented Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church.

A pivotal vote on efforts to cull deer within the Ottawa Hills village limits has been pushed back to Nov.

The Ohio department of health is beginning a cancer assessment in Ottawa County.

Willis Boice, 86, founder of a machine tool-importing firm who turned a corner of his warehouse into an art gallery, died Tuesday in Parkcliffe Community.

A rain garden collects storm water and filters pollutants, but there's a local one that's doubling as a tool for education.

LAKESIDE -- The Danbury Lakers potsed a 25-18, 25-21, 13-25, 25-16 win over Toledo Area Athletic Conference foe Ottawa Hills on Monday.

Pete Silverman has discovered two distinctly different paths to fame: politics and his palate.

John G. Merriam, 76, an expert on Middle East and African politics who taught at Bowling Green State University, died Wednesday in his Ottawa Hills home.

Blessing of the Animals services will be held at a number of local churches this weekend in remembrance of St.

Milton A. Netter, Jr., 86, a former chairman of the industrial engineering department at the University of Toledo, where he taught for decades, died of pneumonia Wednesday in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 6:07 p.m. COLUMBUS- The Fort Meigs State Memorial in Perrysburg will receive $200,000 in state capital funds from the state Controlling Board to preserve the setting of the historic site.

This Saturday, you're invited to the 5th annual Ottawa Hills Fall Festival. It's from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Geresy Field, at the high school.

An Ottawa Hills man wanted for breaking into a Sylvania home where another intruder was shot to death was arrested Thursday in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Michael Swiergosz, who is accused of twice keeping police at bay in separate standoffs within weeks of each other, was found not eligible for a not guilty by reason of insanity plea yesterday and instead pleaded not guilty to multiple assault, kidnapping, and burglary charges.

Sylvania police have arrested two more suspects in a burglary that happened last month: Billy D. Wilkinson, 33, of Toledo and Julie A. Britton, 25 of Sylvania Township.

The Ottawa Hills deer-kill plan is both sad and laughable. The residents of the Village of Ottawa Hills chose to live in a community which is a beautiful, natural wildlife area, full of hills, alleys, streams, brooks, and deer.

Toledo and surrounding communities would do well to follow the leader of tiny Ottawa Hills, which has taken the buck by the horns and decided to manage its out-of-control deer herd.

Wyoming City Schools is once again Ohio's No. 1 school district, according to the state's recently released school report cards.