TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Proposed Ohio rules on how much water farms and factories can draw from Lake Erie and the rivers flowing into it don’t offer enough protection for the lake’s tributaries, environmentalists and anglers told the media Thursday in a teleconference organized by the National Wildlife Federation. The plan now being debated in […]
(AP) OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Faced with the prospect of closing, a small Catholic elementary school has come up with a plan — and the cash — to keep operating. Supporters of St. Boniface School in Oak Harbor, which has just 34 children in grades K-5, raised more than $100,000 in two months and devised a […]
OAK HARBOR — Samuel Wurzelbacher, known as Joe the Plumber, and Herman Cain will make an appearance today in Ottawa County as Wurzelbacher runs for the 9th District Congressional seat. There will be a rally at 8:30 p.m. at Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 7880 W. Ohio 163. Wurzelbacher and Cain will speak at the rally, which is […]
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Environmental regulators will begin testing the air and water near dump sites in rural northern Ohio where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided to take action after officials last year met with families who have had children diagnosed with cancer […]
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — The debate over a nuclear plant where small cracks were discovered in a concrete shell is revealing another split between two Democrats who are veteran members of Congress and opponents in the March 6 primary. It’s one of the first noticeable divides to surface in the race since Ohio’s new […]
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Federal inspectors are convinced that a nuclear reactor along Lake Erie is safe to operate even though they said last Thursday it is not clear why small cracks appeared in a concrete shell that protects the plant. Tests on the concrete have not given inspectors any reason to keep the plant […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Scientists want to know if an underwater cannon can protect valuable Great Lakes fish from a greedy predator. The round goby is an exotic species that hangs around spawning beds, gobbling up eggs of native varieties such as lake trout and whitefish that are important to the fishing industry. Biologists […]
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Researchers who study Lake Erie think toxic algae blooms that have fouled the water in recent years will continue to cause drops in the number of walleye and perch in the lake. That could deal a big economic blow to northern Ohio towns along Lake Erie that depend on tourists who […]