Ottawa Hills News Archives

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.

Prolific children's author and illustrator Patricia Polacco may be hard to book for an appearance, but she's not hard to find.

Gov. Ted Strickland Friday took issue with the contention of one of his predecessors that raising taxes would have been a better option to balance the budget than embracing slot machines.

An aerial survey performed Jan. 12 counted 76 deer in the village. Officials note that the transient deer follow food and move back and forth across Central Avenue between Wildwood Preserve Metropark and Ottawa Hills.

Students evacuated from Reynolds elementary, house on Angola burned to the ground, state-wide alert has been issued for a missing Ohio woman.

Village leaders in Ottawa Hills are looking into ways to reduce the deer population in parts of the village.

The recent discussion of the closing of the South Toledo YMCA has suggested that families may transfer to the Henry Morse Center on the University of Toledo Medical College campus.