By Dean Shipley Staff Writer On Monday, Madison County commissioners and Julia Cumming, director of the soil and water district, did more than talk about money to burn. Commissioners approved spending $750 or 50 percent of the cost of conducting a prairie burn on sites along the Prairie Grass bike trail. The soil and [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Proposed changes to deer hunting regulations drew the most comments during March 2 open houses sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Dave Kohler, wildlife management administrator for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said 399 people attended seven open houses held around the state. [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Now, it’s up to the judge. In a proceeding rarely — if ever — seen in Ohio, Madison County Commissioner Paul Gross and London resident Susan Dunham agreed to allow visiting Judge James Brogan decide if five of Dunham’s Facebook posts during the 2012 Republican primary campaign were true [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Is a $10 debt service fee for a state-of-the-art water treatment plant too much? Mt. Sterling council member Diane Spradlin thinks so and stated her opposition Monday evening. After resident B.J. Little stated her opposition to a $10-debt service fee — couldn’t you make it seven dollars, she asked–Spradlin [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer London City Council hesitated on Thursday to spend money on new employees or promote current ones. The group delayed until future meetings decisions to hire a part-time zoning inspector or create an official manager’s job at the city’s board of public utilities (BPU) office. Council member Alan Knowles introduced [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer This time around, the bids for the proposed municipal courthouse are much closer, it was learned Monday afternoon. Eight general contractors submitted bids for the courthouse project, which had to be re-bid because the original base bid by the architect was too low. Schorr Architects revised the base bid [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Vandals struck the former Midway Elementary School sometime in late March, inflicting an estimated $7,000 in damage to the 93-year-old building. A Madison County Sheriff’s Report said owner David Loy of Findlay reported the damage at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 29. Loy purchased the abandoned school, located at [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Simply put, the food pantry of the Mt. Sterling Community Center needs canned vegetables and a few other staples. The shortage was shared with The Madison Press on Tuesday. A volunteer showed this reporter the shelving allocated for canned vegetables and it was nearly bare. On the shelf below, [...]
