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Muralist Presley Bergmooser is leaving her mark in Monroe County
MONROE — Bold. Disciplined. Driven. Those are the words Presley Bergmooser says best define her as an artist. The recent Michigan State University graduate with a degree in advertising management is leaving her mark in Monroe County — one mural at a time. ...
U.S. 23 ramp to shut down nightly for paving
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - A ramp onto the freeway will be closed nightly near Milan this week. The northbound Carpenter Road ramp onto U.S. 23 will shut down for paving from 7 p.m. to 5 p.m. starting Monday, Oct. 7, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. If you purchase...
How are Toledo area hospitals handling IV fluid disruptions from Hurricane Helene?
TOLEDO, Ohio — The impacts of Hurricane Helene are being felt across the country, including here in Toledo. Local medical facilities are now being more selective and cautious with their medical supplies. This comes after one of the largest suppliers of IV fluids was recently flooded in North Carolina.
Road Warrior: South End intersection closing cuts off practical access to I-75 interchange
I was particularly unhappy to hear about the delay to Toledo’s project to rebuild Broadway Street in the South End because I had checked not too long before the announcement on its progress and was told it was right on schedule. The series of water main breaks that have caused completion to be delayed more than six months, however, happened within days of that inquiry. Broadway’s reconstruction started out nearly a year ago with water-main replacement between Danny Thomas Park and South Avenue, but city officials believed such replacement was not needed between South and Western Avenue. The water main had other ideas, with three breaks in early August. Its replacement will chew up valuable construction time, causing the street reconstruction that follows to be delayed until spring.
Children and senior services, port authority levies on Nov. 5 ballot
Lucas County Children Services had hoped to put its request for 1.5 mills in additional property-tax funding on the same ballot as renewal of an existing 1.8-mill levy. But the agency learned several months ago that the renewal couldn’t go on the ballot until next year, while its leaders believe they need to tackle rising costs and a growing caseload right away. So the new tax, expected to generate about $13.7 million per year, will appear on the Nov. 5 countywide ballot as a stand-alone item, alongside operating-levy requests from the Area Office on Aging of Northwest Ohio and the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. The senior services’ agency also is seeking a revenue boost but will do that by renewing an existing 0.75-mill tax while adding on another quarter mill. The port authority’s request is a strict renewal of an existing 0.4-mill operating levy that it principally uses for its economic-development efforts.
Medical debt relief delivered to Toledo, region as other Ohio cities pick up model
In 2020, Alexandria Delikat-Hinze broke her ankle. Eight months later, she broke her arm as she tripped and fell while hiking. That broke the bank. As a graduate student, Ms. Delikat-Hinze was not working and what little health insurance she had through the open marketplace did not cover all her medical expenses. Her medical debt piled up to $25,000, an insurmountable amount for the now 30-year-old woman. Looking for a job upon graduation was hampered by a poor credit rating. Being able to move forward seemed impossible. Then, in April, she got a letter in the mail: Her entire medical debt had been paid for by Undue Medical Debt through a partnership with Toledo and Lucas County. The governmental entities had allocated $1.6 million to the nonprofit.
FirstEnergy Ohio to enhance service reliability through substation expansion
FirstEnergy Ohio will be expanding and upgrading a high-voltage substation to increase service reliability in northwestern Ohio. The substation expansion, in Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio, will include installing automated equipment and technology that will ... Read More » The post FirstEnergy Ohio to enhance service reliability through substation expansion appeared first on Daily Energy Insider.
Community leaders, organizations ask for community to vote in favor of tax levies in November
Community faith leaders came together to show their support and asked residents to vote “yes” for Issues 19, 29, and 30 at a news conference hosted by the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Toledo and Vicinity on Monday at Mount Nebo Baptist Church. Three local institutions — Toledo Public Schools, the Area Office on Aging of Northwest Ohio, and Lucas County Children’s Services — are requesting various tax levies to keep the money coming and their individual services running. Randy Muth, executive director of Lucas County Children Services, advocated for Issue 30, a 1.5-mill, five-year levy which would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $52.50 annually. “We know that adverse exposure to adverse childhood experiences actually changes the physiology of your brain,” Mr. Muth said. “It makes kids more susceptible to obesity, anxiety, [and] heart disease. We also know that if we get comprehensive, intensive and early treatment, we can reverse all of those negative outcomes and that’s what we want to provide for these kids.”
2 veteran politicians vying for Lucas County commissioner's seat
Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken is seeking re-election to his seat, but his challenger, former Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski, hopes to get elected instead. Mr. Gerken, 72, assumed office in 2005. He has announced his retirement in December. But if re-elected, he will serve out his four year term. “I paid into my retirement fund for 28 years. The law allows me to access my retirement benefits at my age, then continue on as commissioner, if I’m re-elected,” he said. Mr. Gerken, a Democrat, said he is running for re-election because he wants to “continue the growth of Lucas County.”
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