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Walbridge man loses home

Walbridge man loses home

As Eric Rice sits among the unpacked boxes in his new apartment, he is painfully aware that his life has slipped backwards. As a 27-year-old custodian for the Northwood School District, he thought he had it made. He owned his own house on the east side of Toledo and had a steady income of about $25,...

BG man surrenders to crisis negotiators

BG man surrenders to crisis negotiators

Crisis negotiators from the Bowling Green Police Division were able to convince a reportedly suicidal man to be taken into custody about 9:45 Tuesday night. Shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Link, a crisis interventional agency, reported to police that they had been talking to a male subject who h...

Motor fire at BGSU

Motor fire at BGSU

Bowling Green firefighters were on the scene at Bowling Green State University’s Eppler North on Ridge Street for about 90 minutes today. The alarm was reported at 11:36 a.m. The building was turned back over to BGSU officials just before 1 p.m. BGSU spokeperson Teri Sharp said the problem was ...

Police Memorial Service Thursday at courthouse

Police Memorial Service Thursday at courthouse

The Wood County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No.109 will hold its annual Police Memorial Service on Thursday at noon outside the Wood County Courthouse near downtown Bowling Green. The annual memorial service pays tribute to law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty here in Wood ...

 

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Massage therapy becomes Amy Weymer's lifeimage

A specific form of massage therapy gave Amy Weymer her life back following five serious car accidents. As a massage therapist now herself, she's helping others return to a pain-free life. Weymer is owner of Rapids Healing Gallery which has just become her full-time career. It is located in the tiny yellow cottage at 24241 Front St.  Read More

High School Sports

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Ben Hammer came close to being perfect Tuesday. His teammates on the Elmwood baseball team played just as well. Hammer pitched a no-hitter for 6 1/3 innings, and Jon Aurand drilled a three-run homer and a solo homer as the Royals won a sectional championship with a 6-0 win over Liberty-Benton at Elmwood High School. Read More

High School Sports

Hatfield leads Otsego past Gibsonburgimage

Kelsey Hatfield hasn't fared so well against Gibsonburg in tournament play during her high school career. The Otsego senior stopped that trend Tuesday at Elmwood High School, helping the Knights beat the Golden Bears, 2-1, with both her arm and her bat in Division III sectional play. The next tournament action for Otsego, 14-9 overall, is May 20 against the Elmwood-Liberty-Benton winner back at Elmwood High School starting at 5 p.m. Read More
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Education

Career options

imageSixth-graders at Eastwood Middle School recently held Science Career Week. Among their visitors were members of various medical and emergency professions. Nick Smith checked out a heart monitor, which showed him how fast his heart was beating. Students learned how an ambulance is a hospital on wheels, and paramedics answered questions about their careers. READ MORE

Farm

Stars over Otsego honored at FFA banquet

imageFriends and family joined with members of the Otsego FFA for its 47th annual banquet on Thursday at Nazareth Hall, Grand Rapids. During the evening, awards were presented and highlights of the year were reviewed. Tony Wenig and Jenna Genson were recognized with honorary membership; while top awards included the FFA Stars Over Otsego. READ MORE

Youth News

Puppet helps with teaching and getting children to communicate

imageThree-year-olds in Art Rometo's pre-school class relate to an antique, gray crocheted hand puppet sporting an orange pom-pom nose.
"My grandmother Bruna Rometo made 'Mr. Yakety-Yak' and one for my sister Danielle so that we would have someone to talk to about our troubles, a confidante our size," Rometo said. 
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Seniors

Mother's Day cards for all

imageMary Szegedi (left), a resident of Otterbein Portage Valley Retirement Center, receives a Mother’s Day card and a visit from Reagan Boyce (center) and Kirsten Ameling, Junior Auxiliary members of the Troy-Webster American Legion. Each female resident of Portage Valley was given a hand-made card from girls of the auxiliary on Thursday. (Photo: Aaron Carpenter/Sentinel-Tribune) READ MORE

Religion

Migratory church lands at mall

imageMeet Pastor Bob. Forget the clerical collar and stained-glass-window voice. Picture instead large tattoos, body piercings, jeans and a black tee-shirt that says, "These ARE my church clothes."
Pastors Bob and Deanna Lamb are the senior ministry team at Broken Chains Church which has just moved into its new location at Woodland Mall.READ MORE

A & E

Retired BGSU professor’s book helped inspire Adirondacks film

image The largest public park in the continental United States isn'’t in the wild West. Rather that distinction belongs the Adirondack Park, a six-million-acre expanse, bigger than Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon combined, and all within a day’s drive of the Eastern Seaboard. READ MORE

Lifestyles

Quilts spring out Saturday in Extension show

County residents are invited to enjoy quilts, quilted items and learn quilt techniques this Saturday at the second annual Ohio State University Extension Quilt Show.  It will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Extension Office at 639 S. Dunbridge Road, Suite One, Bowling Green. The theme is "Spring into Quilts." This year there will not only be elaborate quilts on display, organizers will also be offering two "Make It, Take It!" classes from quilt expert Edith Richmond Dyke:
¥ Make It, Take It" - session one, 10 a.m. - "No Knots Please!" In this session Richmond Dyke will teach the art of hand quilting.   READ MORE


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