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Red Cross takes steps for blood
Despite concentrated efforts to recruit more blood and platelet donors, the Red Cross is taking the next step to increase awareness of the need for these donors by offering a summer sweepstakes with a grand ...
Local Red Cross out for blood as shortage prompts plea for donations
The local Red Cross is making its perennial summertime plea for blood donations as overall supplies stand at about a day and some hospital shipments are being cut.
Premiere Put-in-Bay band to perform
FREMONT -- Wally and The Beavs, one of Put-in-Bay's premiere Island bands, will be performing at the Sacred Heart Festival in Fremont from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Howe named Lucas County elections director
A probation officer in Maumee Municipal Court was named Thursday morning as the new director of the Lucas County Board of Elections.
Napoleon woman strives to make world a better place
Guatemala is a long distance from northwest Ohio, but the country's impoverished women remain close to the heart of Napoleon resident Daphne Cole.
More animals wind up at shelters and are euthanized
Like just about everything else, the slow economy is affecting animal shelters and humane societies.
Defiance grand jury indicts 20 individuals
A Defiance County grand jury has returned indictments against 20 persons, according to Prosecutor Jeff Strausbaugh's office.
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Army Sgt. Maj. Joel Dulyea answers his nation's call of duty with an exquisite tenor.
Dulyea serves not overseas, but in the homeland. He does not carry a weapon. Instead, he visits small towns in middle America, performing in high school gymnasiums and on makeshift stages and singing patriotic numbers such as 'God Bless the USA' and 'Battle Hymn of the Republic.'
He is a member of the Fort Meade-based Army Field Band, one of a group of military ensembles whose mission has changed from raising war bonds in World War II to boosting morale in the current 'global war on terror.' Few days are as big for these bands as Independence Day, when Dulyea's 90-member concert band and chorus is to perform on a river barge before a large crowd in Pittsburgh.
Best mechanic ever: Ohio man tunes Ford Mustang to produce 400 horsepower and return 110 mpg
With gas prices setting record highs nearly every day, many Americans are being forced to trade in their performance cars and large trucks and SUVs due the high price of a fill up.
4th of July: Times and places for local fireworks displays
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 6:08 p.m. Here is a list of fireworks displays for the Toledo area on the 4th of July: Toledo - Promenade Park at 10 p.m. Adrian - Lenawee County Fairgrounds at dusk Bowling Green - ...
Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of '87 Mustang
Doug Pelmear said he isn't toying with the engine of 1987 Ford Mustang for the money.
Local 4th of July fireworks displays
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. Here is a list of fireworks displays for the Toledo area on the 4th of July: Toledo - Promenade Park at 10 p.m. Adrian - Lenawee County Fairgrounds at dusk Bowling Green - ...
Napoleon man's low-profile auto aims for $10 million mileage prize
Doug Pelmear has lots of secrets beneath the hood of his black 1987 Ford Mustang on which the only outward hint of individuality is a series of stickers.
Toledo area 4th of July Celebrations
Lakeside: Parade, 10:30 a.m., from Perry Park. Food and entertainment. Fireworks, dusk, at Perry Park.
Ila Mae Eychas of Saginaw, Mich., announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Crista Hernandez, son of Alex Vasquez Jr., son of Neil and Kim Williams, Sherwood, and Alajando... Read ...
Wauseon church regroups after fire breaks out
Trinity Lutheran Church in Wauseon is regrouping after a fire broke out in the sanctuary.
An annual water quality report sent to city residents is generally a routine matter for Defiance officials, but last year's recap indicates some positive water plant changes.
When a support beam in a bridge on Oakwood Avenue in Napoleon failed recently, area officials quickly moved to reduce the load limit on the crossing to ensure the safety of traffic.
Dustiny Dominique and Charles Blue, Bryan, a daughter, 8 lbs. 4 oz. at 9:28 a.m. Friday -- Autumn Sleesman and Jorge Valdez Jr., Napoleon, a daughter, 6 lbs.
Napoleon man killed in motorcycle crash in Stryker
A Napoleon, Ohio, man was killed late Sunday when the motorcycle he was operating crashed on West Lynn Street in this Williams County community, authorities said.