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Plenty of fun on tap at Fremont nightclub
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Moonshine is a hard-core liquor that was often made and distributed illegally. The name comes from the fact that it was usually created at night to avoid detection. There’s a Sandusky County nightclub that serves modern-day moonshine and a whole lot more. Front Street in...
Fremont churches celebrate National Day of Prayer
FREMONT ― Thursday's National Day of Prayer, with a theme of “Lift up the word, light up the world," included a program in front of the municipal building. The singing of the national anthem, led by Fremont Ross seniors Abby Cahill and Destiny Robinson, gave way to a proclamation from Mayor Danny Sanchez.
Tear gas used in peaceful resolution of 6-hour standoff in Fremont
FREMONT ― Fremont Police Department led a multi-agency operation during a barricaded standoff that lasted more than 6 hours Wednesday in the 500 block of South Wood Street. “If you draw the dots, it would be fair to say that this address was a target of a drug investigation by the Fremont Police Department,” Fremont Police Chief Derek Wensinger said.
PICTURES: Perrysburg Twp. police crawl under mobile home to save kitten
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Weeks after saving a cadre of baby ducks from a storm sewer, Perrysburg Township police officer Johnson was at it again. Proving no emergency is too small, Officer Johnson shimmied under a mobile home to save a newborn kitten. The department shared pictures of the slightly...
Recognizing schools that go above and beyond to support military families
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Recognizing schools that go above and beyond to support military families. The Purple Star recognizes school districts that show a strong commitment to students impacted by the military. The Ohio Department of Education announced its class of 2024 Purple Star schools that show a significant commitment...
Hoover is now Gibsonburg's strikeout king
Every strikeout for the rest of Nolan Hoover's high school career builds on Gibsonburg's program record. Hoover is a junior. He struck out nine Wednesday in a 5-1 setback to New Riegel in the Sandusky Bay Conference River Division. He surpassed 1990 graduate Scott Widmer (293) and finished with 295 career strikeouts. Widmer was...
Expensive magic: Why Perrysburg water, sewer rates are increasing
Every day, 6 million gallons of storm and sanitary water go into — and come out of — the City of Perrysburg’s wastewater treatment plant along the Maumee River. The water is treated biologically and chemically, with some nutrients like phosphorus and ammonia removed. “It’s the closest thing to magic that I’ve ever seen,” said Matt Choma, Perrysburg’s director of public utilities. “You’re taking the foulest of the foul coming into the plant — I mean just disgusting — and through mechanical, chemical, and biological operations, you’re putting out water that’s cleaner in the river.” It’s clean — and expensive.
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