Fostoria City Council took one step closer to providing upgrades to the boat dock at Lake Lamberjack, also known as Reservoir 3.  The city will now be seeking bids for the work.  Fostoria was awarded a $118,000 grant last year from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to fund the project.  The grant will cover 100 percent of the costs associated with the construction.

Findlay Safety-Service Director Paul Schmelzer was granted a nearly 22 percent pay raise when Findlay City Council approved the 2016 budget Tuesday.  Schmelzer will be making just under $147,000 per year.  First Ward Councilwoman Holly Frische objected, saying council was not informed about Schmelzer’s raise.  Frische tried to amend the budget Tuesday to reduce Schmelzer’s salary to last year’s amount, but she didn’t receive any support from other council members.

The Fostoria Great Scot supermarket has closed its pharmacy and sold its patient records to Rite-Aid.  The pharmacy’s inability to turn a profit forced the closure….The Rite Aid Pharmacy on North Countyline Street acquired all prescription drug records from Great Scot Community Markets on Dec. 17.  Of the 34 companies under the Fresh Encounters umbrella, Fostoria’s Great Scot is the only location to have closed its onsite Good Neighbor Pharmacy.

Two men were arrested Monday night after a drug related search warrant was served at the residence of Kegan Woodland and Veronica Lowe on Elwood Avenue in Fostoria.  Jeffrey Brightman of Toledo, and Andy Foy were arrested for trafficking heroin and on an outstanding warrant, respectively.  Additional charges of trafficking heroin, permitting drug abuse, possession of heroin and possession of criminal tools are pending on Brightman and Woodland upon the conclusion of the drug investigation and the return of lab analysis.

The Findlay Income Tax Department will begin collecting income taxes for Vanlue and Mount Cory this year.  Findlay City Council approved ordinances Tuesday to allow the city to collect taxes for each village.  The villages decided to pay Findlay to collect their taxes because of changes made in 2015 at the state level.  The cost of the tax collection service is determined by how much of the tax department’s time is spent on a village’s returns.