High water on area roads
ODOT District 2 announces that several state and federal routes in Lucas, Wood and Ottawa Counties are impacted by high water as off noon on Thursday.
US 20 at County Road 7 is closed in Fulton County until further notice. The detour is SR 64 to US20a to SR109
The following roads are not clos ...
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Independance Day celebration this week
The annual Swanton fireworks display will be held this week. The show will be Thursday, July 3 at the Swanton football stadium.
The fun starts at 5 p.m. DJ Tommy Ray will be providing entertainment for the entire family prior to the fireworks.
There will be 50/50 raffles, bouncies, mini-golf, w ...
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Accident claims Columbus man
Fiery head-on crash claims Columbus man
AMBOY TWP. - A head on collision claimed the life of a Columbus man here on Thursday morning.
At about 7:50 a.m. a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid driven by Daniel J. Roberts, 45, of Columbus, went left of center on US 20 near Co. Rd. 4-3. Roberts' vehicle s ...
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No vote on alcoholic beverage limit in parks
By DREW STAMBAUGH
Enterprise News Editor
Swanton Village Council last week tabled an ordinance that would have limited where alcoholic beverages could be sold in village parks. They did, however, approve an ordinance establishing training requirements for selling the beverages.
The proposed l ...
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County jobless rate dips slightly
There was mixed news in the immediate area in the most recently released unemployment numbers. Fulton County's jobless rate declined, while Lucas County's was up slightly, according to data released last week by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
The unemployment rate in Fulton Co ...
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Weekly Briefs
Battle of the Bands planned at Corn Fest
The Swanton Corn Festival will be hosting a battle of the bands at this year's festival. It will be on Aug. 23 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The prize for first place is $250 and $150 for second place. Sound equipment will be provided. If interested in participati ...
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Rotary Foundation awards scholarships
The Swanton Rotary Foundation has announced its 12 scholarship recipients for the Class of 2008. Six appeared in last week's Enterprise and the other six appear this week.
Sarah Hounshell
Sarah Hounshell is the daughter of Michael and Barbara Hounshell. She will attend Bluffton University to ma ...
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Kroger recalls ground beef
The Kroger Co. is recalling an undetermined amount of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced last week.
The products subject to recall include all varieties and weights of ground beef pr ...
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Antique steam engines,
tractors chug into town
By DAVID J. COEHRS
Enterprise Staff Writer
Eighty-year-old Phyllis Smith of Fremont couldn't put her finger on exactly what fired up her, her husband and son to attend the 64th Annual Reunion of the National Threshers Association (NTA). She only knows she loves the old steam engines and the way ...
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Board moves foward with levy decrease
By DREW STAMBAUGH
Enterprise News Editor
Swanton School Board members took another step in lowering the district's income tax at their meeting last week.
The board approved a resolution sending the decreased, .75 percent levy to the State Tax Commissioner. The levy currently collects ...
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Swanton Rotary Foundation awards scholarships
The Swanton Rotary Foundation has announced its 12 scholarship recipients for the class of 2008. Six will appear in this week's Enterprise and the other six will appear next week.
Amanda Peabody
Amanda Peabody is the daughter of Amy and William Peabody. She will be attending Purdue University a ...
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