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Photo Gallery: 29th Annual Vanity Fair High Tea at LaRoy’s Hall - 2025-02-22T20:20:58Z
The Women of Bedford United, a local charity organization, hosted its 29th annual Vanity Fair High Tea at Laroy’s Hall in LaSalle, Mich., on Saturday.

Michigan state lawmaker beats out loyal Trump ally charged in fake elector case for GOP party chair - 2025-02-22T22:37:12Z
DETROIT — Michigan Republicans gathered in Detroit on Saturday to elect a new chair who will lead the party into the 2026 midterms in the battleground state, when several key races will be decided including a critical U.S. Senate seat.

Seed swap grows interest in gardening - 2025-02-22T21:22:27Z
While a local organization helps plant thousands of seeds through its annual swap, it hopes the event helps attendees grow their love of gardening — and plants, of course.

Things are moving fast right here in the Great Lakes region, too - 2025-02-22T19:34:10Z
Like other parts of the country, the Great Lakes region is standing up and taking notice of rapid-fire actions the Trump Administration has been taking.

Robert Smith has long been a quiet leader for area's Black history - 2025-02-22T17:00:00Z
Known as a quiet public figure, Robert Lawrence Smith has worked tirelessly to uncover and preserve Toledo’s rich Black history — thoroughly and accurately.

Northwood still going round and round about $2.9M for roundabout - 2025-02-22T15:30:00Z
The fate of a $2.9 million grant to help construct a roundabout at Woodville and Lemoyne roads in Northwood is still undecided.

Judge allows testimony regarding blood tests during woman’s upcoming murder trail - 2025-02-21T16:54:13Z
MONROE — Prosecutors will be allowed to try to introduce contested blood-test results during the trial next month of a woman facing murder and other charges for the deaths of two children at a birthday party last year at a Newport Township boat club into which her car crashed.

Toledo youth reimagine a vibrant Dorr Street - 2025-02-21T22:38:57Z
Some Toledo students described Dorr Street as “a desert.”

Peer-to-peer platform makes private dog parks available to all - 2025-02-21T12:34:04Z
Dogs now have an app that lets them rent places to run, fetch, chase, and do the outdoor things they love so much.

Photo Gallery: 101st Annual Exhibition and Bourse of the Stamp Collectors Club - 2025-02-21T21:30:41Z
Stamps with various designs and locations were for sale during the 101st Annual Exhibition and Bourse of the Stamp Collectors Club of Toledo at Graystone Banquet Hall on Friday in Perrysburg.

Photo Gallery: Make-A-Wish to send local student on trip to Disneyland - 2025-02-21T20:59:55Z
Classmates lined the hallways during Joy Pasker’s Disneyland trip send-off assembly at Ella P. Stewart Academy for Girls in Toledo on Friday. The trip was made possible by Make-A-Wish.

2 people injured in early morning central city crash - 2025-02-21T20:59:18Z
Two people were injured in an early morning crash Friday.

Warming centers to open overnight Friday - 2025-02-21T20:55:29Z
Two emergency warming shelters will open overnight Friday due to windchills in the single digits, the city of Toledo announced.

University of Toledo host 10th annual sales competition - 2025-02-21T20:54:04Z
Business students from more than 30 universities across the country competed in a longtime sales competition at the University of Toledo on Friday.

New hours for Sheriff’s records division affords greater access to services - 2025-02-21T20:34:21Z
MONROE — Effective 7 a.m. Sunday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Records Division will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Troopers cite more than 700 motorists in multistate I-75 enforcement blitz - 2025-02-21T20:31:40Z
A multistate speed, seatbelt, and impaired-driving crackdown netted more than 700 violators across Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer agrees to limit wages for tipped workers amid minimum wage hike - 2025-02-21T20:20:20Z
LANSING, Mich. — Minimum-wage workers in Michigan started getting a pay raise Friday as Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislators agreed to a compromise that scales back sick leave and wages for tipped workers in an effort to appease businesses.

Perrysburg Twp., city work on getting consistent speed limit for Eckel Junction - 2025-02-21T19:43:00Z
The Perrysburg Township trustees are tapping the brakes on an effort to lower the speed limit on a stretch of Eckel Junction Road.

Overlooked land-water nexus is focus of climate change project led by UT soil scientist - 2025-02-21T19:32:14Z
The University of Toledo began its annual speaker series inside its Lake Erie Center in Oregon with a soil scientist who said he loves having a career that allows him to get his hands dirty.

Pastors’ group holds Black history program - 2025-02-21T19:04:49Z
A number of local pastors will be recognized Sunday for the Black History Community Service Awards.

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Editorial: Tariffs will tank Ohio’s agriculture - 2025-02-22T05:00:00Z
The Trump tariff policy will hit northwest Ohio farmers just as hard as the Greater Toledo manufacturers so tightly tied to cross-border business with Canada.

Editorial: Sports teams must pay for own venues - 2025-02-21T05:00:00Z
Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio has been helping to pay for sports stadiums since 1970 and that’s not going to end now. The governor concludes that the question is how much state money should go to football stadiums in Cleveland and Cincinnati and where the money should come from.

Editorial: University of Toledo research revival - 2025-02-20T05:00:00Z
The University of Toledo has achieved a significant metric — top-tier status for research from the prestigious Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, as reported in The Blade on Friday. (“University of Toledo recognized among the country’s top-tier research universities”).

Editorial: Restore driver’s education in Ohio schools - 2025-02-20T05:00:00Z
For a relative pittance, the safety of everyone on Ohio highways can be enhanced with an investment in school-based driver’s education programs.

Editorial: Broken water line raises core question - 2025-02-19T05:00:00Z
The city of Toledo was right to act quickly to hire a contractor to repair the broken water line to Imagination Station in order to get the building reopened to guests.

Editorial: PUCO not trustworthy - 2025-02-18T05:00:00Z
The fallout from the FirstEnergy Statehouse bribery scandal continues to be felt across Ohio. Toledo’s electric utility is asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a $190 million increase that would cover 2 million households.

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Lessenberry: Michigan’s manufacturing maven - 2025-02-20T05:00:00Z
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — For years, Michigan was proud to be known mainly as the “manufacturing state,” the place where they made stuff. Primarily cars and trucks, true, but all sort of other things as well, a place where engineers designed things and tough blue-collar workers in well-paid union jobs made them.

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