The village of Walbridge officially received grant money for improvements to Railway Park at the latest council meeting on May 20, and members also discussed safety improvements due to visibility concerns on local roads.

Pemberville’s American Legion Post 183 held a moving Memorial Day service on May 25 in observance of the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of all American citizens.

Medal of Honor recipient, Master Chief Edward C. Byers, a retired Navy SEAL whose father graduated from Clay High School in 1945, delivered the keynote address at the Oregon Area Memorial Day Observance on May 25 inside Clay High School’s Memorial Stadium.

The Eastwood Board of Education held its monthly regular meeting on May 26 at the elementary school, where they recognized several students for athletic and academic achievements as well as their contributions to their community.

From May 28-30, the Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce has over 15 events planned for community members to participate in and celebrate the village’s homecoming.

Members of the city of Oregon’s police department, fire and rescue personnel, and administrative staff joined together on May 17 for a day of remembrance in hosting the 59th annual memorial service in front of the municipal building.

A group of nearly 15 students in an advanced skilled trades class at Genoa High School are nearing completion of a landscaping overhaul on campus.

Safety Town, which is a program at Starr Elementary that helps teach four- and five-year-old children safety lessons, is getting a full rebuild thanks to generous help from the community, including construction from Clay High School students.

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

Acaylia Taylor, a senior at Northwood High School, has been tabbed as the first recipient of the Northwood Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) Community Impact Scholarship.

Beginning July 1, St. Jerome Parish in Walbridge and All Saints Parish in Rossford, which have been “sister parishes” since 2022, will observe new worship schedules.

Pemberville’s council president Edwin Wozniak took over the position of mayor earlier this month following the surprise resignation of Carol Bailey, and council held its first regular meeting May 20 with the new adjustments.

Alexis Hayward, of Curtice, won a ProMedica Support Staff Excellence Award during a Health Care Week 2026 Nursing Excellence Awards held May 6 in the ProMedica Toledo Hospital Education Center Auditorium.

First St. John Lutheran Church recently displayed some of the quilts its Quilters Group created over the winter months on Mother’s Day during worship. Most of the quilts will be donated to local charities and ministries. (Submitted photo)

For more than 35 years, the Genoa Area Local Schools Scholarship Foundation, Inc. has been helping Genoa High School graduates pursue further education through scholarships.

Clay High School student Cooper Kesling earned the highest score on Clay’s America 250 test.

Gibsonburg mayor Steven Fought has tabbed Amanda Sears as the village’s new administrator.

The Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Prism Awards on May 7 at Maumee Bay State Park Lodge.

This week in Toledo history items for May 17-23.

As part of its America 250 celebration, officials at Fassett Junior High School celebrated the newly installed Freedom Shrine on May 8.