Ottawa News

This week's closure of W. C. Wood Co. represents more than a sad loss of jobs. It's the loss of a home-grown industry that has been considered something of a local institution.

The United Way offers a Resource Assistance Fair to help families find help in these tough times.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Home heating bills are likely to be lower this coming winter for many residents.

An 80-year-old Ottawa woman was killed Friday when she was hit by a vehicle while she stood on Old State Route 224 near the intersection of Putnam County 5, Gilboa.

An 80-year-old Ottawa, Ohio, woman was struck and killed by a minivan when she was standing on a road blowing leaves into a ditch, authorities said.

Harold B. "Hattie" Halker, 87, died at 6:10 a.m. Nov. 11, 2009, at The Meadows of Kalida in Kalida.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER A flood control planning group, using $300,000 in state grant money, has bought seven flood-prone Findlay properties that will be demolished.

Ottawa and Sandusky County rural landowners enrolled in the Current Agricultural Use Valuation program are invited to attend an educational workshop to learn why farmland property values increased this year.

OAK HARBOR --The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be teaching safe boating classes with qualified instructors from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov.

Since 1983, the Ottawa County Board of Health has presented Awards of Merit to those licensed operations in Ottawa County that have maintained a high degree of sanitation and safety.

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be teaching safe boating classes with qualified instructors 7 to 10 p.m. Nov.

Sunday, Nov. 1 12:07 a.m. Jonathan Guiterrez, 19, and Saul Maldondo, 21, both of Defiance, Ohio, were cited for obstructing official business.

According to the Marysville Division of Police, the following individuals were indicted in the local drug investigation: a Robert L. Arm, 24, 18897 Broad St.

MONTREAL and OTTAWA - O ttawa is moving to close the door on early parole for white-collar criminals and other non-violent offenders, a step that would cost taxpayers $60-million a year in added incarceration costs.

Kelly Ward of the Putnam County District Library told Fort Jennings Village Council Tuesday she hopes the district's new main location in Ottawa will be completed by Christmas 2010.

Oak Harbor - On November 14, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Harbor, Ohio, will provide the setting for a conference like no other, as student members of a statewide nature organization, The Ohio Young Birders Club , host their annual conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 pm.

Lucille D. Gasser, 86, died at 7:35 a.m. Oct. 21, 2009, at The Meadows of Kalida in Kalida.

Georgia D. "Nikki" Jones, 73, died at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 15, 2009, at Oak Grove Healthcare Center, Deshler.

Donald E. Griffith, 86, died at 3 p.m. Oct. 5, 2009, at The Meadows of Kalida in Kalida.

The Port Clinton Pointe housing development was chosen as Project of the Year 2009 by the Ohio Community Development Corp., at its annual conference in Canton.