Rawson News

By ERIC SCHAADT Staff Writer MOUNT CORY -- An early Sunday morning fire destroyed a vacant Mount Cory home that had been struck twice by suspicious fires in 2007.

Two women who died in a trailer fire on Columbus Grove's North Main Street early Saturday morning have been identified.

Hancock County commissioners enjoyed a victory Tuesday night when a sales tax, the third proposed in the past four years, not only passed, but by a 60 percent margin.

Updated voting results on Findlay, Hancock County, and Findlay City Schools tax issues will be available tonight on The Courier's Web site and at The Courier's InfoLINE telephone service.

Two females died in a trailer fire reported at 1:54 a.m. Saturday on Columbus Grove's North Main Street across from Jennings-Gomer Equity's grain elevator.

A two-vehicle crash at Hancock County 313 and County 26 left five people injured Friday afternoon.

The American Cancer Society's 18th annual Festival of Trees will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

GLANDORF a ' The Kalida Lady Wildcats sat in wait during the opening Division II sectional soccer contest at Titan Field in Glandorf on Monday evening.

Fire destroyed a large storage building in Eagle Township early Saturday, causing more than $200,000 in damage.

Two people were taken to the hospital following a fire at a log cabin at 4498 Union Township 25 near Rawson Tuesday morning.

By DENISE GRANT Staff Writer Local school officials are leaving it up to teachers to decide whether President Barack Obama's address to the nation's children will be seen by their students today.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Thursday was show time for about 100 kids, ages 9 through 18, who took turns walking into the show arena at the Hancock County Fair with their dairy feeder steers.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER A quiet, leisurely stroll up the midway on the first afternoon of the Hancock County Fair served as a counterpoint to the intensity inside barns and buildings.

A total of 15 Hancock County teens will compete today for the title of Junior Fair king and queen at the 2009 Hancock County Fair.

By DENISE GRANT Staff Writer Area schools got high marks this year on the Ohio School District Report Card, but school officials say the rules are about to change.

By MARY KATE MALONE Staff Writer For voters living in Findlay, the Nov. 3 ballot will include three major tax issues that officials say are crucial to the economic health of the city and Hancock County.

Cory-Rawson Schools will be on the ballot in November asking voters to approve a bond issue to help pay for construction of a new pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade building.

Monday, July 27, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. Three vehicles were damaged and one person was taken to the hospital after two vehicles collided early Monday morning in Union Township.

The body of an Eagle Township man who went missing Thursday was recovered Friday in a small quarry near his home, according to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.

By DENISE GRANT Staff Writer RAWSON -- Residents of the Cory-Rawson School District will most likely be heading to the polls in November to vote on funding the construction of a new pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade building.