In case you have haven’t been affected by the detour yet, a two-lane stretch of Ohio 12 was closed Tuesday for an anticipated five-day period.  Resurfacing and culvert replacement are the projects taking place.  The road is closed just east of Arcadia to Fostoria.  Drivers can find alternate routes if they do not want to follow the posted detour path.

The City of Fostoria approved two ordinances to remove unsightly buildings from the city.  One ordinance requires property owners to register vacant buildings and structures every twelve months to weed out buildings that are abandoned.  The second ordinance requires citizens to keep their lawns trimmed in an effort to improve the aesthetic look of the city. 
 

Hancock County’s unemployment rate declined one tenth of a point in March.  Jobless rates declined among most neighboring counties. Unemployment rates in Allen, Putnam, Seneca, Wood and Wyandot counties fell, too.  The statewide jobless rate was 5.1 percent in March and February, while nationally, the rate was 5.5 percent.

The Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will only take written questions at today’s public meeting on the proposed flood control plan.  The meeting will allow for public input, but participants will be asked to write down questions on cards, to be answered by corps officials near the close of the meeting.  Each question card submitted will be read “word for word, minus any inappropriate language, and will be answered by the study team.  The public meeting on the corps’ draft flood-control report will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Findlay High School.

The Heartland Board of Realtors on Tuesday publicly disagreed with Findlay’s water shut-off policy.  The policy change allows the city to turn off water to property owners who have repeatedly disobeyed city junk ordinances.  The board also expressed concern about how the policy will be handled by the administration.  Mayor Lydia Mihalik defended the policy and said city officials have gotten a lot of positive responses to the policy change.  In a response to complaints about the policy, the city is offering free trash dropoff in conjunction with the Backyard Mission Trip on Saturday.
 

Seneca County commissioners agreed Tuesday to a memorandum of understanding from the City of tiffin to build a joint justice center on Courthouse Square.  Supported by Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz, the memorandum is to be discussed by Tiffin City Council members at a committee of the whole meeting Monday.  The letter outlines a plan to renovate the East Tower property and move several city and county offices into the building.  At this point, the only point of agreement is construction of a joint justice center.  All other items in the memorandum are to be discussed as the project moves forward.

Nine people have been arrested in two human trafficking stings conducted by the Wood, Ottawa and Hancock County sheriff's offices, along with the Bowling Green Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General's Office BCI&I.  The Wood County Sheriff's Office says the enforcement operations were conducted over the past week at several locations along I-75 between Bowling Green and Findlay.  Eight of the people arrested were charged with solicitation prostitution, a misdemeanor.

Hopewell-Loudon Local Schools after Superintendent Nichole Jiran resigned Tuesday morning.  Jiran has been with the district for approximately three years.  She has accepted a job with Marion City Schools as director of teaching and learning.  The district will be posting for the job by the end of the week…

The attorney for a 14-year-old Isaiah Oliver of Findlay who was charged with aggravated robbery in the Tiffin Avenue Kroger and Circle K parking lots has filed a motion to keep the media from attending the proceedings in Hancock County Juvenile Court.  According to court documents, Oliver’s attorney, Abigail Hefflinger, wants to close the court proceedings to “protect the nature of the juvenile court process and the rights of the alleged delinquent child,” court documents state.