North Romick Parkway, between West Romick Parkway and Bright Road in Findlay will be closed beginning at 7am this morning until 5pm this afternoon for roadwork.  Avoid the area if possible.

At Monday’s Findlay Rotary meeting, ODOT District 1 Deputy Director Kurt Slusher said travellers on I-75 could see some relief soon.  Reconstruction and the addition of a new lane from North Baltimore to the SR 582 exit should be completed this year.  Work just north of Findlay should be completed in 2017.  Slusher said the I-75/Ohio15-US 68 interchange will begin in 2018.  Improved exit and entrance ramps, roundabouts at Lima Avenue and noise walls along Broad Avenue, Bigelow Avenue and Harrison Street are planned.  The project should be completed in 2021.

A man allegedly led Fostoria law enforcement on a high-speed chase before driving the car into a creek at Loudon Meadows Golf Course and being shot with a Taser Monday night.  After receiving a call for a domestic disturbance at the Fostoria Townhouses and the Lytle Street Circle K, officers pursued the man who was travelling at a high rate of speed.  The vehicle drove on the golf course at to elude the officer.  The Chevrolet Cobalt crashed into the golf course's creek where the driver got out of the vehicle, ran and was shot with a Taser.  The man is going to be charged with a minimum of vandalism for the damage to the golf course.

The Village of McComb is preparing to start negotiations on an agreement to permit a Bowling Green agency to oversee McComb’s water and sewer treatment plants operations.  According to McComb officials, keeping pace with regulations from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was a significant reason for contacting the district.  Cygnet, Weston and Bloomdale are examples of Wood County communities that have agreements with the water and sewer district to oversee their plant operations.