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Daily Log: 6/7 - 2025-06-07T04:00:00Z
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Concerts in the Park return to Bowling Green - 2025-06-06T18:13:04Z
BOWLING GREEN — Concerts in the Park return to the Needle Hall stage at City Park, 520 Conneaut Ave., Sunday, with the Bowling Green Area Community Bands kicking off the summer shows.

Canadian wildfire-driven haze in Toledo should lessen this weekend - 2025-06-06T16:54:57Z
Canadian wildfire-driven haze caused Toledo’s air quality to be “unhealthy for sensitive groups” throughout much of the metro region on Friday, but relief is in sight beginning this weekend.

Photo Gallery: Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo Color Run - 2025-06-06T21:36:54Z
A plume of colored powder was thrown on participants of a color run on June 6 at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo’s Schoenrock Family Club in Toledo.

E. coli advisory extended to Swan Creek and tributaries - 2025-06-06T20:35:24Z
Recent testing has resulted in another public health advisory due to elevated E. coli levels, this time for Swan Creek and its tributaries between Eastgate Road and the Maumee River.

Maumee, county settle yearslong dispute over unpaid sewer charges - 2025-06-06T17:07:37Z
The city of Maumee and Lucas County have settled a yearslong disagreement over unpaid sewer outflow charges at the county-owned recreation center in the city.

Richfield Township residents pack meeting; zoning amendment abandoned - 2025-06-06T18:31:19Z
A raucous meeting Thursday night resulted in Richfield Township trustees abandoning a plan that could have led to data centers in the township.

Music production, songwriting summer workshop offered in Tiffin - 2025-06-06T18:23:05Z
TIFFIN — Two artists-in-residence will be among the professionals giving high school and college students as well as amateur and professional musicians and educators instruction and coaching during a Tiffin University music camp in July.

Tax troubles, bankruptcies: Financial struggles for Maumee challenger, others - 2025-06-06T15:10:29Z
A woman challenging the mayor in the Maumee recall election in September owes almost $23,000 in Lucas County taxes.

Daily Log: 6/6 - 2025-06-06T04:00:00Z
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Epic Willys Adventure racers rattle into Toledo - 2025-06-06T16:22:58Z
Bearded and begrimed, a score of weary men disembarked at Toledo’s Middlegrounds Metropark from their fleet of elderly, patched-together vehicles Thursday evening.

Woman dies after being pulled from Maumee River - 2025-06-06T14:34:43Z
A central city woman was pronounced dead after a late-night swim in the Maumee River, according to police.

Photo Gallery: Best pictures for week ending June 5 - 2025-06-06T14:09:17Z
From intense hockey play on ice to naturalizing 41 new citizens, Blade photographers head out every day to capture the triumphs, tragedies, and oddities of life in Lucas County and beyond.

Female police officers aim to change narrative, recruit more women - 2025-06-06T13:24:52Z
Officer Sydney Morelli typically starts her day in the school pickup line.

Public health advisory issued after 'massive' sewer collapse near Delaware Creek - 2025-06-05T23:18:45Z
There’s no question that there’s a problem near Delaware Creek in South Toledo: The stench of human waste is impossible to ignore.

Blitz Build returns for an 8th year, constructing playhouses for children - 2025-06-05T23:39:27Z
Planks of wood were transformed into Barbie and Sesame Street-themed playhouses — even a castle tower with a slide and ladder — Thursday at Fifth Third Field.

Same-sex marriage plaintiff Jim Obergefell to join Pride celebration in Sandusky - 2025-06-05T21:08:35Z
SANDUSKY — Sandusky will celebrate a hometown hero and the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell vs. Hodges court ruling alongside the Shoreline Pride Parade and Gathering at Shoreline Park later this month.

Nearly $5M awarded for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites - 2025-06-05T21:15:00Z
The Lucas County Land Bank will clean up four industrial sites with nearly $5 million in funding from state grants, hoping to give them new life.

Committee advances children services levy for county approval - 2025-06-05T20:29:11Z
The county’s citizen levy review committee sent Lucas County Children Services’ 10-year, 1.8-mill levy request to the commissioners for final approval, taking its first step to the November ballot.

Ohio's House Minority Leader to step down from leadership role - 2025-06-05T18:38:15Z
Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D., Upper Arlington) is stepping down from the state’s Democratic leadership team at the end of the month.

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Editorial: Preserve elections commission - 2025-06-07T04:00:00Z
A proposal in the state budget to abolish the Ohio Elections Commission would eliminate an important function at a time when election and campaign integrity are under greater scrutiny than ever.

Editorial: Pay for early test to detect Alzheimer’s - 2025-06-06T04:00:00Z
Toledo resident Carrie Norris deserves our thanks in Blade Staff Writer Sheila Howard’s report on her frightening fight with Alzheimer’s disease.

Editorial: Emission grants gone - 2025-06-05T04:00:00Z
The start-stop policies of a nation without governing continuity hit northwest Ohio hard last week.

Editorial: Salary review for naught - 2025-06-05T04:00:00Z
The expiration of the deadline to accomplish pay raises for city council and the mayor has passed, rendering all the work done by the salary review commission moot.

Editorial: Pot high lowered - 2025-06-04T04:00:00Z
Legislative revisions to the citizen-initiated recreational marijuana law passed in 2023 are set for a vote soon as House and Senate differences have been worked out by majority Republicans.

Editorial: Zelensky has cards - 2025-06-03T04:00:00Z
Far from having no cards to play, Ukraine has successfully opened an important new front in their battle for survival against a Russian invasion. The ingenious Ukrainian drone attack that destroyed Russian bombers on five remote airfields over the weekend surely surprised President Trump as much as it did Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Lessenberry: Mayor Duggan a tough act to follow - 2025-06-05T04:00:00Z
DETROIT — For the last dozen years, one name has been synonymous with Detroit and its comeback: Mayor Mike Duggan. But this year, he won’t be on the ballot; he’s running for governor in 2026 instead. His decision sent a flood of candidates to try to replace him, and sent waves of worry throughout the region.

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