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• City Council approves regional water plan

  10-01-2017 23:27 via toledoblade.com
  
  Plans for a regional water system will move forward after the city of Toledo approved a nonbinding resolution today supporting such a system.
  
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• Dogs rescued from South Korean meat trade headed for Toledo

  10-01-2017 23:11
  
  Toledo Area Humane Society president and CEO Stephen Heaven said 11 dogs are on their way to Toledo. He believes all are Korean jindo dogs, though he's not sure what ages they are.
  
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• Kaptur calls on DeVos to pay $5.3M fine owed to Ohio

  10-01-2017 22:55 via toledoblade.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) joined two of her Democratic congressional colleagues today in calling on education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos to pay a $5.3 million fine owed to Ohio by a PAC she once chaired.
  
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• OSU names Wilson new offensive coordinator

  10-01-2017 22:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio State has officially named former Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson as its new offensive coordinator.
  
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• Ex-Alabama defensive back commits to OSU

  10-01-2017 22:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio State has officially named former Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson as its new offensive coordinator.
  
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• Dogs rescued from Korean meat trade headed for Toledo

  10-01-2017 22:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Area Humane Society could receive nearly a dozen dogs this week that were rescued from a South Korean meat farm, according to the local and international society.
  
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• Michigan's Jabrill Peppers declares for NFL draft

  10-01-2017 21:37 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — Jabrill Peppers is going pro.
  
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• Abou-Arab arson trial pushed back to April

  10-01-2017 20:10 via toledoblade.com
  
  The trial for the property owner accused of setting a fire nearly three years ago that killed two Toledo firefighters has been pushed back to April.
  
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• U.S. imposes tariffs on imported washers, helping Whirlpool

  10-01-2017 19:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. International Trade Commission decided unanimously today that Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have illegally “dumped” clothes washing machines into the United States from China factories for prices below fair market value.
  
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• State attorney spars with justices over traffic camera law

  10-01-2017 18:41 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — A lawyer for the state today sparred with members of the Ohio Supreme Court over whether its law imposing restrictions on cameras run by cities like Toledo are really aimed at overriding local policing powers.
  
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• UT to hold MLK Unity Celebration

  10-01-2017 18:02 via toledoblade.com
  The University of Toledo will host the 16th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Celebration on Monday.
  
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• Special edition of Wrangler likely, exec says

  10-01-2017 17:46 via toledoblade.com
  
  DETROIT — The top executive for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Jeep brand said today that the next-generation Jeep Wrangler will offer buyers a number of powertrain options when it goes on sale next year.
  
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• Injury crash slows traffic on SB I-280

  10-01-2017 13:20 via toledoblade.com
  An injury crashed slowed traffic on slush-slickened southbound I-280 in Toledo early today, authorities said.
  
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• Fatal crash closes U.S. 6; Level 1 snow emergency declared

  10-01-2017 13:20 via toledoblade.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Ohio -- A fatal crash closed slush-slickened U.S. 6 in both directions near this Wood County community early today, authorities said.
  
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• Crashes on slick roads include 2 fatalities; Lucas County snow emergency canceled

  10-01-2017 13:20 via toledoblade.com
  
  A spate of crashes, two of them fatal, occurred on slush-slickened roads in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan early today, authorities said.
  
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• Crashes on slick roads include 2 fatalities; Level 1 snow emergency declared

  10-01-2017 13:20 via toledoblade.com
  
  A spate of crashes, two of them fatal, occurred on slush-slickened roads in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan early today, authorities said.
  
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• School delays and closings

  10-01-2017 12:11 via toledoblade.com
  
  ACADEMY OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE - Delayed 2 hours
  
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• Manslaughter trial opens in East Toledo shooting

  10-01-2017 09:06
  
  That Ramiro Ramirez fatally shot Dale Delauter at his East Toledo home after an altercation during the wee hours of a spring morning nine months ago is undisputed. Whether Mr. Delauter's display of a shotgun as he stood in or near the house's doorway after fetching the firearm from a bedroom gives Mr. Ramirez a valid self-defense claim is the key question at a trial that began Monday afternoon in Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Michael Goulding's courtroom.
  
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• Michigan university brings study of elk to classroom

  10-01-2017 06:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Imagine enrolling in a university without being required to fill out a lengthy and redundant application form. You need submit no ACT or SAT scores, pay no administrative fees, and you are not required to complete the scourge of many parents of college-bound students — the dreaded FAFSA form — which asks you repeatedly about your foreign investment properties and your extensive agricultural holdings.
  
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• UT’s Boyd doing all the little things

  10-01-2017 06:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  After limited playing time as a redshirt freshman last season, University of Toledo sophomore Mikaela Boyd has flourished in a starting role this season.
  
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• Only 2 teams back at top of Blade polls

  10-01-2017 06:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  The first set of Blade high school basketball polls is out for the 2016-17 season, and only two of the eight teams that won poll titles last year begin this year still at No. 1 in their respective divisional rankings. Both are boys teams.
  
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• Ohio State loses Samuel, 1 of its top playmakers

  10-01-2017 06:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio State’s best offensive player is leaving school early for the NFL.
  
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• Workers reach out, help clients locate resources

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Kim Fitzpatrick gets teary talking about the help she’s gotten thanks to a community health worker.
  
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• Union president praises Toledo academy

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Technology Academy was one of about a dozen schools across the country praised by the American Federation of Teachers president in a speech about the future of public education.
  
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• Trump's son-in-law owns area property

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Jared Kushner, President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law who has been named a White House senior adviser, has a Toledo business connection.
  
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• Toledo makes waves at auto show

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  DETROIT — The revived Ford Bronco, which looks poised to give the Toledo-built Jeep Wrangler its first true competition in years, will ride on axles made by Dana Inc. at the company’s new Toledo plant.
  
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• Regional water system garners Waterville's support

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The city of Waterville adopted a nonbinding resolution Monday in support of a regional water system, leaving only Toledo still to consider the resolution.
  
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• Oregon council mulls raises for city’s elected officials

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Elected officials in Oregon could soon receive a pay bump for the first time in more than a decade.
  
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• Olander officials aim for vote in November

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Voters in the Sylvania area will vote in November on an issue mistakenly left off their ballots in 2016.
  
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• Olander officials aim for park vote in November

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Voters in the Sylvania area will vote in November on an issue mistakenly left off their ballots in 2016.
  
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• Mayor’s proposal to pour over $4M into Toledo street fixes

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Crediting belt-tightening and an increase in city income tax revenues, Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson on Monday unveiled a proposed 2017 capital budget with more than $4 million to spend on residential street repair.
  
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• Mayor’s proposal to pour over $4M into street fixes

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Crediting belt-tightening and an increase in city income tax revenues, Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson on Monday unveiled a proposed 2017 capital budget with more than $4 million to spend on residential street repair.
  
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• Mayor’s proposal to pour more than $4M into Toledo street fixes

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Crediting belt-tightening and an increase in city income tax revenues, Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson on Monday unveiled a proposed 2017 capital budget with more than $4 million to spend on residential street repair.
  
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• Maumee school board OKs random drug tests

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Maumee Board of Education unanimously approved a random drug testing policy Monday for students involved in extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
  
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• Lucas Co. agency’s interim director promoted

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lucas County commissioners promoted the interim director of Jobs and Family Services on Monday to director of the agency.
  
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• James Gramza: 1953-2017

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  James Gramza, who for decades served the region’s senior citizens with kindness and commitment, died Wednesday at his home in Toledo. He was 63.
  
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• Fiat ‘will adapt’ to new U.S. policies, CEO says

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  DETROIT — The chief executive officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles seemed somewhere between miffed and amused Monday as reporters fired question after question his way about President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Casino revenues take overall hit of 2% in 2016

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Gaming revenues were down at three of Ohio’s four casinos in 2016, resulting in a 2 percent decrease from the previous year in total proceeds, figures released Monday showed.
  
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• Campaigning against ‘cake culture’

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Royal College of Surgeons’ department of dental surgery has suggested a resolution for us all: abolish “cake culture.”
  
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• Art museum solicits input on buildings

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Museum of Art is encouraging area residents, especially those who live in the city’s Old West End, to offer input Friday about the future of a historic, U-shaped collection of five apartment buildings next to its Monroe Street campus that it is acquiring.
  
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• An evening with the Cookbook Club

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Cookbook clubs are all the rage among the food-obsessed.
  
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• A get-together with the Cookbook Club

  10-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Cookbook clubs are all the rage among the food-obsessed.
  
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• Retired Monroe firefighter says he'll never forget Comair crash

  10-01-2017 02:51
  Retired Monroe Firefighter Clem Hess says he will never forget Jan. 9, 1997. At first, he thought it could have been a prank, but when they got to the scene and saw the smoke and the large crater in the ground, his heart fell.
  
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• Coach Pep Hamilton leaves Browns for Michigan

  10-01-2017 01:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — Pep Hamilton will join the Michigan coaching staff, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter.
  
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• Olander parks to put tax levy on ballot

  10-01-2017 00:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  Olander Park System officials today decided to put a property tax levy that accounts for most of the park district’s budget on the ballot for the next general election. Their other options included filing to be on the May ballot for a special election or to be on the primary election ballot in September.
  
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• Lucas Co. commissioners sigh relief following FCA announcement

  10-01-2017 00:42
  The announcement by Fiat Chrysler to invest in the Toledo Assembly plant means Jeep is staying in Toledo for the long haul, which gave Lucas County commissioners a sigh of relief. The up and down in recent years of whether the Jeep and the Wrangler would stay in Toledo, or more would be invested in the glass city, was answered with the announcement from Fiat Chrysler on Monday.
  
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• Goodwill partners with Cherry Street Mission for day of giving

  10-01-2017 00:42
  "So you have people on one end saying 'I really have a desire and a need to find a new home for this coat'," said Dan Rogers, CEO of Cherry Street Mission Ministries. "And you have someone who is absolutely in need of not having any coat or access, to then you have joy on both sides of the equation."
  
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• Maumee schools approve random drug testing policy

  10-01-2017 00:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Maumee school board unanimously approved a random drug testing policy tonight for students involved in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities.
  
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