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ONU remembers 9/11

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 12, 2013

On Wednesday, students, faculty and staff members of Ohio Northern University held a memorial service outside the ONU chapel remembering the events of Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorist attacks were launched upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Over 3,000 persons died in the attacks. (Richard Gainey photo)

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Some information about refuse and recycling tote removal

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Thursday, September 12, 2013

If you have left your garbage or recycling tote out in the tree lawn area, or near the road, a day or two too long, you may have received a warning notice from the Villlage. 

Per Codified Ordinance 955.10 and 955.11, the Village may remove your totes from the tree lawn area if they are left out until the Friday after garbage pickup, and charge you for the removal.

The Village sends a warning notice to give you a chance to keep your totes pulled back from the street. If you have repeat offenses, the Village will charge you $20 for the tote removal, a charge which appears on your water bill.

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ONU ranked No. 2 among Midwest regional colleges; top 50 engineering schools

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

 

Ohio Northern University has been ranked No. 2 among Midwest regional colleges in “Best Colleges 2014,” published annually by U.S. News & World Report.

Ohio Northern has appeared in the top 10 of the publication’s Midwest Regional College rankings for the past 22 years and in the top five for the past 10 out of 11 years. Because most of the colleges in the category draw heavily from nearby states, they are ranked by region.

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Ready, set, hike...here comes Wilson's football garage sale

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

It could be the largest single garage sale in Hardin County - make that northwestern Ohio.

"It's" Wilson Sporting Goods Co., football garage sale. This year's sale is from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 14, on the Wilson property.

The sale brings a couple thousand football and other sports fans to Ada for a once-a-year chance for footballs including overruns, blemished footballs, scrap footballs and many other miscellaneous sporting goods items.

The company is already staking out the area where sale items will be on sale.

 

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State Route 235 accident

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

An accident south of Ada on State Route 235 this morning (Sept. 11) stopped traffic for over an hour. Two vehicles were involved, and the Hancock County State Patrol are investigating. According to a truck driver stopped by the accident, a Life Flight helicopter arrived and the scene around 6:30 a.m. and transported at least one person to a hospital. CLICK FOR A VIDEO.

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Weather: Looks like no rain in sight

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The first nine days of September weather have ranged fairly wide, according to local weather observer Guy Verhoff.

Our highest temperature during that time was 91 degrees (F) on Monday, September 9 and our lowest temperature was 47 degrees (F) during the overnight of September 6.

Notably, we had very little rain in the first nine days of September.  The first and second days held less than four one-hundredths of an inch of rain.  And no rain has fallen since.

The greatest temperature swing in one day was on Monday, September 9 when the high was 91 degrees and the low was 57 degrees, a difference of 34 degrees in one day.

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