Port Clinton News

PORT CLINTON --A comprehensive outline for operating the district over the next five years will cover everything from student character development to curriculum development.

PORT CLINTON -- A city man was arrested and charged with resisting arrest, misconduct at an emergency and disorderly conduct after he caused a disturbance at Magruder Hospital according to a Port Clinton Police report.

ERIE TOWNSHIP -- A Perrysburg developer plans to help market the Lake Erie Business Park as a haven for alternative energy and companies that want to make and use clean power.

A Parma man was arrested for reportedly taking a vehicle at knife-point, according to reports The Port Clinton Police Department reports the office received a call at 3:46 a.m., Thursday about a stolen black Chevrolet Silverado located in the city.

The company charged with developing Toledo's Marina District is taking on a new project: helping to turn a 436-acre industrial park in Port Clinton into a showcase for alternative energy.

Four men were arrested and charged with criminal trespassing Monday evening after throwing a beer can and other trash from a vehicle at a campground in the 1000 block of Helendale Street, according to an Ottawa County Sheriff's Office report.

* The company received a $300,000 federal grant issued through the Ohio Department of Development and a $36,750 loan from the Ottawa County Improvement Corp.

The Greater Port Clinton Arts Council needs volunteers for the third annual Garden Tea and Tour that will be July 11.

The Ottawa County Agriculture Society will be have the annual election of directors noon to 4 p.m. July 26 at the Senior Fairboard Office Complex.

The board of directors for the Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber Foundation have cancelled the reverse raffle Friday.

PORT CLINTON --The northern half of the county took a pounding during Thursday afternoon's storms, and area crews spent much of the day Friday cleaning up the mess left by high winds and severe thunderstorms.

PORT CLINTON -- A lone gunman robbed the Rite-Aid Pharmacy at 1626 E. Perry St. on Thursday night at 5:43 p.m. The robber, described as a white man about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, entered the store wearing a blue jacket with a scarf covering his lower face and wearing sunglasses.

After months of labor and thousands of dollars in donations, the new weight room at Port Clinton's True Lay Stadium is scheduled to open.

New developments on the renewable energy front have shown more promise with the power of wind.

PORT CLINTON -- The county's prescription drug program is now in place, according to Ottawa County Administrator Rhonda Slauterbeck.

River Front Live! is introducing a new volunteer five-member band from Vermilion to the music program 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

PORT CLINTON -- Lucille Zunk remembers the December day more than 50 years ago when her twins disappeared into the woods outside their Oak Harbor home.

Port Clinton Fire Department and North Central Station 8 were called to the 200 block of Alice Street in Port Clinton for a transformer that is on fire.

Ronald C. Caldwell, 23, 8438 Northshore Boulevard, Marblehead arrested by Danbury Township Police Department on a warrant for failure to comply, $5,000 bond.

I have a small shop by Subway on Jefferson Street and we just started to get a little business and what does the city do? Makes everyone pay $5 to park to see the lake, maybe go on a charter, go out to eat and shop downtown.