Van Buren News

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER VAN BUREN -- By a 3-2 vote, Van Buren school board Thursday accepted a property tax reduction for a proposed Home Depot warehouse.

The community of Van Buren could be turning away money and jobs. The debate is over something we first brought you last week - the possibility that Home Depot would build a distribution center employing up to 400 people and making a $30 million dollar investment in Hancock County.

Students at Palmer and Van Buren elementary schools each held their own version of the summer Olympics the week of June 15.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Hoping to bring a Home Depot warehouse to Allen Township, Hancock County government leaders are planning to offer it a property tax break.

Army Corps of Engineers flood studies for Findlay and Ottawa are progressing rapidly, but will cost more than estimated, Northwest Ohio Flood Mitigation Partnership President Tony Iriti said Monday.

On June 15, representatives from the Liverpool Elks Lodge 2348 presented Van Buren Elementary School with a $500 Gratitude Grant.

A convoy of historic military vehicles and some older cars will pass through Hancock and Wyandot counties on Wednesday as it travels from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco.

The Findlay Garden Club's 2009 annual garden tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20 and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 21.

William H. "Bill" Spraw was Findlay's police chief for only four years, but at times it must have seemed liked an eternity.

Band students from Van Buren Elementary School filled Shamballa Cafe and Coffee Roasters in the village of Baldwinsville with music on the evening of April 28.

Updated voting results on the Findlay Municipal Court judge race and the Blanchard Valley Center levy will be available tonight on The Courier's Web site and at The Courier's InfoLINE telephone service.

As Van Buren High School Students prepare for their prom they got a sober reminder this morning.

Findlay school board voted 5-0 Monday to pursue a building issue in an August special election, then fielded questions from parents of elementary students concerned about the transition.

By J. STEVEN DILLON STAFF WRITER A judge lambasted a convicted sex offender Tuesday for taking away the innocence of two youths.

Count Mark Meadows as a recent convert to the Findlay way of life. "I moved here a year and a half ago from Michigan," said Meadows, who lives just outside the city in nearby Van Buren.

The Thompson School District is demolishing two old buildings at Van Buren Elementary School to make way for one brand-new building.

A Van Buren High School student is out of a local hospital, after police say he was stabbed during a fight at the school cafeteria.

Fairmont High School Choral Boosters will host the 22nd Annual Choir Invitational on Saturday, Feb.

The Downer Street Corridor Study public meeting originally scheduled for Jan. 28 has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Van Buren Elementary School, 14 Ford St.

MARION - Joyce E. Lust, 90 yrs. of age, formerly of Bucyrus and residing for the past 3 years in Marion, died at 11:25 am Tuesday Feb.