Grand River News

It's a popular spot for swimmers boaters, anglers and bird watchers, but a plan is in the works, that could turn it into a "popular truck stop." Northeast Ohio politicans and developers want to park a " truck ferry" next to Mentor Headland's Beach.

CUYAHOGA FALLS: Paul Papes doesn't have to go far away to get away. A walk to his basement takes him to a throwback world of old passenger trains, stations, Esso gas pumps and diners.

The leaves are turning colors early in Lake County, Ohio's smallest county, east of Cleveland off Interstate 90, along the shores of Lake Erie.

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners gave its support to a number of measures that, collectively, would protect more than 336 acres of county land from development.

Posted by Karen Farkas / Plain Dealer Reporter September 05, 2009 20:33PM The view from the east beneath the Interstate 90 bridges over the Grand River in Lake County shows the two new spans, built with weathering steel, next to the truss bridge that has outlived its usefulness and will be demolished later this year.

Provincial funding for a feasibility study could bring a proposed Lake Erie ferry closer to reality.

More waterpsouts were spotted over Lake Erie today. Bill Gooding of Mentor, a spotter for the National Weather Service, took pictures of waterspouts about 6:30 this morning east of the Grand River.

More waterpsouts were spotted over Lake Erie today. Bill Gooding of Mentor, a spotter for the National Weather Service, took pictures of waterspouts about 6:30 this morning east of the Grand River.

Painesville resident Barb Walsh remembers the Lake County flood as if it happened yesterday.

Kentucky warblers are some of our most beautiful and prolific woodland songbirds -- and one of the hardest to photograph.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an 84-year-old man just after 3 p.m. Monday after he accidentally drove his riding lawnmower off the edge of Rutherford's Landing into the Grand River.

U. S. Senator George Voinovich is supporting preliminary planning for a Lake Erie ferry boat service between the Grand River-Fairport Harbor area and Bayham, Ontario.

Proponents of a Lake Erie ferry for Port Burwell have received a major boost from across the lake.

Flood waters forced residents of a Painesville condo complex out of their homes nearly three years ago, and the nightmare in many ways didn't end until now.