Bluffton Hospital, part of Blanchard Valley Health System, will be undergoing a $4.5 million expansion of services that includes the development of a Women’s Center of Bluffton Hospital.  New services available at Bluffton Hospital will include robotic-assisted surgery, pelvic pain center and medical spa.  Services will be added throughout 2016, with construction completing and all services being open to the community in 2017.

Two public meetings will be held to plan spring tree plantings with neighborhoods selected for the 2016 Findlay NeighborWoods Projects.  Meetings have scheduled Monday, February 1, at the Millstream Career Center at 7pm in The Café for residents around the area of Howard Street and Broad Avenue.  For residents in the Greystone and Stonehedge Streets area, a meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 2, at 7pm at Fire Station #4 on County Road 36.   Representatives of the Shade Tree Commission will outline the NeighborWoods projects, show maps and take applications to participate.

Randall S. Bendure, the attorney representing Pantry Plus of Seneca County, said the organization was not evicted from the Tiffin Mall, but chose to leave.  Bendure said Pantry Plus paid all of its rent to the Tiffin Mall in a timely manner — including for the whole 2015 calendar year — but the owner/agent of the shopping center “refused to cash” the checks. It was then when the mall’s owner initiated eviction proceedings.  According to documents filed with Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court, Tiffin Mall Realty Management, LLC filed to evict the Pantry on Aug. 18. Pantry Plus filed its counter-complaint on Sept. 2.  Both sides filed for voluntary dismissal of their claims on Jan. 6 and went their separate ways. Beginning Feb. 6, Pantry Plus will host its bingo nights at the Tiffin Moose Lodge, located at 1146 N. Ohio 53.

Duane J. Davidson, 16, of Upper Sandusky, was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident on US 23 at TH 44 Wednesday evening.  A release from Wyandot County Sheriff's Office states Davidson was driving a 1998 Chevrolet Venture east on TH 44 and failed to yield to a semi and trailer being driven north on US 23.  After impact, the vehicles went off the right side of the road and came to rest in a field about 200 feet east of US 23, it states…A junior at Upper Sandusky High School, Davidson is remembered as a well-know and well-liked boy who had the best smile.

The Wood County Commissioners appointed Kelly O’Boyle of Waterville to serve as Assistant County Administrator.  O’Boyle’s duties will include preparation and management of the county budget, supervision of the fiscal and clerical staff within the Commissioners’ Office, and working closely with the County Administrator to provide guidance to projects for Commissioners’ departments.  The Assistant County Administrator also serves as the Director of the Wood County Solid Waste Management District, including the Wood County Landfill.  Her employment with Wood County will begin on February 16, 2016.