Ottawa County News

Dr. R. Donald Woodson, a surgeon and an early faculty member of the former Medical College of Ohio, died Monday in the Jane Baker House, a skilled care home at the Otterbein North Shore community, Lakeside, Ohio.

As weddings go, there wasn't a lot of pomp, but it had plenty of circumstance for Amanda Wick when she tied the knot Friday with Perrysburg resident Geoff Pryka at the Cleveland Clinic.

A Marblehead man was cited for driving while intoxicated Wednesday night after a deputy stopped him on Ohio 2 in Bay Township, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reported.

Local officials are cautiously optimistic that this winter's mild weather could mean less cost in snow and ice removal efforts.

One man was arrested on warrants from Lucas County after a 1 a.m. traffic stop Saturday uncovered suspected stolen merchandise, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reported.

Port Clinton Middle School eighth-grader Ellis Adolph won the 19th Annual Ottawa County Spelling Bee at Port Clinton High School Tuesday night.

The Red Cross has the a blood drive scheduled in Ottawa County from noon to 6 p.m. Feb.

These volunteers and community leaders work as ambassadors for the chamber, interpreting the mission of the organization and advancing its position.

The seminars will be in the Ottawa County Community Resource Center, 8043 W. Ohio 163 on the following dates in February: "Get a Job, Get a Better Job" -- 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Feb.

The Bowling Green Republican says he's calling for a "Marshall Plan for Lake Erie," an urgent bipartisan effort to restore Lake Erie and respond to the growing threat posed by toxic algal blooms and other problems.

In western Ottawa County, several local governments share a fire department, and they are looking at sharing a law enforcement district.

The Ottawa County News included a story with the headline, "Work Started on O.H. School Addition Job, Project is Approved by PWA Officials; Steinle-Wolfe Awarded Contract" in the Jan.

Data for 2011 is not complete. The department receives information on crimes from about 70 percent of the state's law enforcement agencies.

The following real estate transactions represent the highest and lowest amounts recorded in Erie, Huron and Ottawa counties for the week ending Feb.

"It's fair to say you've had a lot more than a few issues, isn't it?" defense attorney Andrea Whitaker asked J. Kevin Kelley late Thursday afternoon.

It started with a question posed by Elmore Mayor Lowell Krumnow: Why hasn't The Moving Wall ever come to the Elmore area? Ron Distel, the man to whom the mayor posed the question, usually has a full plate of veteran-related projects and issues to keep him busy - he being the adjutant of American Legion Post 279 and a former post commander as well ... (more)

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY, 7 p.m. "Crazy, Stupid, Love" will be shown in the community rooms of The Ida Rupp Library, 310 Madison St.

A Port Clinton man was injured Wednesday evening in a single-vehicle crash on State Rt.

A magistrate for Ottawa County Common Pleas judge was fired on Friday but court officials are refusing to discuss the details.

When a majority of Ohio voters agree to change state law for the public good, we'd like to think... PORT CLINTON -- County commissioners hosted about 30 elected officials and department heads at the courthouse Tuesday for a discussion about budget cuts and cost-saving measures.