Category: Ohio
Findlay area begins what it hopes will be a new era of flood control
FINDLAY — About 100 people gathered at the site of the future Eagle Creek Storage Basin in rural Hancock County to celebrate the beginning of a project they hope will make downtown flooding in Findlay a thing of the past.
Independent testing finds toxic chemicals near Brent Industries fire site
Soil and ash samples collected near Brent Industries after its deadly Aug. 18 fire contained dioxin and benzo(a)pyrene, according to preliminary testing presented Thursday by a nationally known independent scientist.
Michigan communities invest millions in their rivers. Will it bring returns?
On a recent sunny fall morning, a couple dozen people paddled in bright-colored kayaks past factories, a docked freighter and miniature mountains of industrial materials on southeast Michigan’s Lower Rouge River.
Toledo sets high-temperature record Tuesday
Tuesday has become the warmest Oct. 13 in Toledo’s recorded history.
Metroparks Toledo helping conservation group buy historic Lake Erie island
Metroparks Toledo’s governing board approved a grant application Wednesday morning to help the Black Swamp Conservancy purchase a small Lake Erie island once owned by President Rutherford B. Hayes.