Bulletin board items for Sept. 1, 2025.

Gaylord Sheldon, a long-time resident of Genoa who is the president of the Genoa Historical Society, said he remembers when the town hall building also housed the fire department and the garage was later used for the town’s dump truck.

Members of the Walbridge village council held their latest meeting on Aug. 20.

The 50th annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival was held at Saint Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church on Aug. 17.

This week in Toledo history items for Aug. 24-30.

Bulletin board items for August 25, 2025.

Josh Thurston, a business engagement specialist with the Lucas County Department of Economic Development, spoke Aug. 7 at the Oregon Fire & Rescue Station #41.

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jim Tressel will be the keynote speaker at Gibsonburg’s 9/11 ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m.

History corner with East Side Central in the early 1900s.

Real estate transfers for the week ending Aug. 15, 2025.

Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 26, Eastmoreland Drive North will be closed to through traffic between Coy and S. Edward, including the intersection of Eastmoreland Drive North and S. Edward.  This closure will remain in effect through Friday, Sept. 26. 

Once the end of America's deadliest war came in 1865, thousands of men shed their uniforms, put down their muskets and picked up their normal lives again as they returned home.

United States Army Sergeant, Howard L. Hasselkus, was captured and ultimately died as a prisoner of war during World War II at just 24 years old.

This week in Toledo history for Aug. 17-23.

Real estate transfers for the week ending Aug. 8, 2025.

Bulletin board items for Aug. 18, 2025

The village of Walbridge held a special council meeting on Aug. 12 in which officials authorized mayor Edward Kolanko to apply for grant funding through the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program.

The Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District is accepting orders through Oct. 1 for its Fall Fish Sale.

Ottawa County has contracted with R&I Construction, Inc., to replace the bridge on Rocky Ridge Road over Toussaint Creek, between True Road and Toussaint North Road.

This is the third part of a series about Genoa and Clay Township’s contribution to the Civil War.