Ottawa News

Jeff Pope has mixed feelings about requiring licenses for general contractors. He understands it's important to protect consumers from shady construction companies and shoddy work.

Visit Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Black Swamp Bird Observatory and celebrate the "wild" holiday season from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

Hancock County's unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent in October. Jobless rates increased last month among each of its neighbors except Putnam County, the State Job and Family Services Department reported.

A Canadian manufacturer of refrigerators is closing its plant in the Putnam County village of Ottawa, furloughing 215.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 The Putnam County District Library will have holiday celebrations at all locations throughout the county.

Detention Facility Monday William F. Matthews, 32, Toledo, arrested by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, no bond.

Ten members and two guests of the North Central Ohio KOPS Honor Society, a division of Take Off Pounds Sensibly, met Nov.

This week's closure of W. C. Wood Co. represents more than a sad loss of jobs. It's the loss of a home-grown industry that has been considered something of a local institution.

The United Way offers a Resource Assistance Fair to help families find help in these tough times.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Home heating bills are likely to be lower this coming winter for many residents.

An 80-year-old Ottawa woman was killed Friday when she was hit by a vehicle while she stood on Old State Route 224 near the intersection of Putnam County 5, Gilboa.

An 80-year-old Ottawa, Ohio, woman was struck and killed by a minivan when she was standing on a road blowing leaves into a ditch, authorities said.

Harold B. "Hattie" Halker, 87, died at 6:10 a.m. Nov. 11, 2009, at The Meadows of Kalida in Kalida.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER A flood control planning group, using $300,000 in state grant money, has bought seven flood-prone Findlay properties that will be demolished.

Ottawa and Sandusky County rural landowners enrolled in the Current Agricultural Use Valuation program are invited to attend an educational workshop to learn why farmland property values increased this year.

OAK HARBOR --The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be teaching safe boating classes with qualified instructors from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov.

Since 1983, the Ottawa County Board of Health has presented Awards of Merit to those licensed operations in Ottawa County that have maintained a high degree of sanitation and safety.

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be teaching safe boating classes with qualified instructors 7 to 10 p.m. Nov.

Sunday, Nov. 1 12:07 a.m. Jonathan Guiterrez, 19, and Saul Maldondo, 21, both of Defiance, Ohio, were cited for obstructing official business.

According to the Marysville Division of Police, the following individuals were indicted in the local drug investigation: a Robert L. Arm, 24, 18897 Broad St.