David Zak is returning as president and CEO at Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp., five months after leaving the post for a position at Tiffin University.  Zak led SIEDC from January 2014 to Sept. 11, 2015.  He started as TU's vice president of university advancement and economic development Sept. 14 and resigned that post at the end of December.

Family Farm & Home  will be moving into the former DeHaven Home & Garden Showplace on 224 East in Findlay.  The business sells hardware, automotive, pet supplies, clothing, farm supplies, livestock feed, lawn and garden items and alternative heating.  No opening date is available, but the company plans on making $30,000 worth of interior improvements.  Family Farm & Home is headquartered in Muskegon, Michigan, and has 40 retail stores: 34 in Michigan; two in Indiana; and four in Ohio, located in Bowling Green, Defiance, Bucyrus and Austintown.

Cooper Tire and Rubber CEO Roy Armes is urging Gov. John Kasich to reject proposed income-guarantee plans by AEP and FirstEnergy.  According to Armes, if approved by Ohio regulators, the proposal “will make it more difficult for Cooper Tire and other Ohio manufacturers to remain competitive in the global markets.  The utilities say the the power purchase agreements are necessary hedges against open-market volatility that, in the long run, will benefit consumers. Opponents say it could cost consumer billions of dollars.

 Police in Toledo say they arrested a janitor at a charter school during an after-hours party he threw for his birthday.  Officers say they found the man passed out at the school last weekend after responding to reports of a fight.  Police say Devon Loggins of Toledo used his keys to get inside and throw the party.  He pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct on Tuesday.  Ten other people were cited on charges that include trespassing or unruliness.

The Hancock County Prosecutor’s Office will be requesting a maximum prison sentence today for Kevin J. Potts of McComb who attacked an off-duty corrections officer inside his Arlington residence in June.  Potts will be sentenced for aggravated burglary and felonious assault, both with firearm specifications.  He could face up to 22 years in prison.  On June 25, Potts broke into the home of John Shepard, an off-duty corrections officer.  Potts targeted the residence after his girlfriend, Lori Welly, was sentenced for falsely claiming that the corrections officer sexually assaulted her in 2014.

The Fostoria Garden Club announced that the Fostoria Farmer’s Market will move to a new location.  The markets will take place in the green space at the corner of Main and Tiffin Streets.  The move was necessitated by the sale of the former KeyBank on West Tiffin Street.