This week in Toledo history for Oct. 19-25.

Baumann Ford Oregon, part of the Baumann Auto Group and located across the street from the new Oregon Town Center on Navarre Avenue, officially began its showroom addition and renovation project on Oct. 7 with a groundbreaking ceremony.

This week in Toledo history for Oct. 12-18.

The Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce sponsored a forum for Northwood’s city council candidates on Oct. 2 inside Northwood High School’s AAA auditorium.

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, a prominent fixture for many generations in Millbury, will officially celebrate its 150th anniversary on Oct. 10.

Millbury mayor Michael Timmons, Walbridge mayor Ed Kolanko, Lake Township police chief Brandon Rosebrock, and Lake Township fiscal officer John Ervin were all sent a letter on Oct. 1 thanking them for their cooperation in a recent Public Protection Classification (PPC) survey.

Michael Heck, a former Clay High School science teacher who pleaded no contest to a pair of first-degree misdemeanor counts of assault on July 30, received a 10-day jail sentence and two years probation on Sept. 30.

The Wood County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, Sept. 30 reported that 66-year-old Raymond Dannenberger was found stabbed to death outside his Pemberville home.

Ohio’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase Jan. 1, 2026, to $11 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.50 per hour for tipped employees.

The Jeffris Family Foundation has awarded the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums a major grant to help fund a $2.2 million restoration of the historic Hayes Home.

The 3rd annual Hispanic Heritage Festival was held at Williams Park in Gibsonburg on Sept. 27. The festival, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and presented by La Familia Mancha Entertainment, LLC, and the Village of Gibsonburg, drew an estimated 3,000 people.

Bulletin board items for Oct. 6, 2025.

Real estate transfers for the week ending Sept. 26, 2025.

This week in Toledo history for Oct. 5-11.

On Sept. 19, officials at Clay High School unveiled a new landmark mural on the exterior of the Harold R. Potter Fieldhouse, which was created by local artist and 1996 Clay graduate Dean Davis.

Jerusalem Township trustees hosted the first of two forums for residents on Sept. 16 to discuss a pair of upcoming levies on the November ballot — a 6.5 mill renewal fire levy and a combination road/bridges levy.

This week in Toledo history for Sept. 28 to Oct. 4.

The Oregon Rec fields were buzzing with activity Sept. 20 as people gathered for the third annual Honey Fest.

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has declared a single-vehicle crash that occurred at the 10000 block of West Oak Harbor Southeast Rd. on Sept. 20 the result of a murder-suicide.

Village officials in Oak Harbor announced that its previously proposed property tax reduction will not appear on the November ballot due to a filing error. Instead, they intend to put it on the May 2026 ballot.