Helena News

FREMONT -- A 24-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly raping a mentally challenged female.

The number of interested residents at the public meeting that the town of Gibsonburg had on Monday night was disappointing to village officials.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP -- A 17-year-old male is recovering after a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon.

GIBSONBURG: Kevin T. Ernsberger, 52, of Gibsonburg, died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at his home.

Several local projects are included in a revised list of water quality improvement projects seeking funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act a ' the so-called stimulus bill.

There will be a gospel sing at Jimmy and Jeanne Potridge's, 3201 County Road 65 in Helena.

FRIDAY | CHARGE Jed P. Davis, 27, 535 S. Wood St., Fremont, probation violation.

BLUE ROCK: Howard W. Foster, 75, of Blue Rock passed away at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Helena, Ohio.

SUNDAY | MISCELLANEOUS 1:03 a.m., Norfolk Southern Railroad reported a suspicious vehicle near Sandusky County Road 302, York Township.

FREMONT -- With warmer weather finally here, it's the time of year for crews to clean up the mess that winter left behind on area roadways.

CHARGED WEDNESDAY Kyle Lagrou, 19, probation violation. Bruce Rosas, 22, failure to appear.

GIBSONBURG -- Eleven-year-old Maddie Tyson was in the car with her dad driving down Ohio 6 near Helena when she saw a drawing she created and her name attached to a billboard.

Joni Leigh Wilhelm and Ismael "Gordo" Gutierrez Jr., both of Fremont, OH, would like to announce their engagement.

The Master Gardeners of Sandusky and Ottawa counties have organized a recycling program for horticultural plastics.

CHARGED -Raymond Bucher, 76, violating a protection order, Thursday. -Willie Darby, 34, probation violation, Thursday.

CHARGED Scott Arend, 24, failure to appear, Thursday. HAZARD At 11:15 a.m. Thursday, on Sandusky County Road 108 by Adams Acres in Jackson Township, a caller reported his niece was cut off the roadway by two dirt bikers driving erratically.

VANDALISM At 3:55 a.m. Monday, in the 2200 block of East McPherson Highway in Clyde, a woman reported her live-in boyfriend smashed the windshield to her vehicle.

Fire crews from 5 different departments helped battle a fire in Western Sandusky County overnight.

A Helena man reported more than $755 was fraudulently charged to his credit card, according to a report from the Sandusky County Sheriff's Office.

SUSPICIOUS At 7:14 p.m. Tuesday, in the 1000 block of Sandusky County Road 72 in Helena, a caller reported suspicious people at a nearby home.