Northwest Ohio
Toledo, Findlay, Lima and the Maumee basin.
Latest
- Growth & housing
Toledo moves to extend fair-housing tests on source-of-income bias
Testers posing as renters have found smaller landlords less familiar with the rules. Council is expected to vote next week.
- Sports
Unbeaten teams lead 18 of Ohio's 28 high school football playoff regions with two weeks left
Sunbury Big Walnut and Gahanna Lincoln have the highest ratings in the state. The top 12 in each region make the playoffs when the final ratings come out Oct. 25.
- Business
Canadian bag maker Polyethics picks Antwerp for its first U.S. plant
The recycled-plastics manufacturer plans more than $41 million in investment and 250 jobs at an existing building in Paulding County.
- Growth & housing
Ohio has more than half of the nation's local data center ballot measures
Ballotpedia counts 21 Ohio measures in 18 communities this year, from outright bans to a vote-first rule in Grove City.
- Growth & housing
Rail advocates push for daytime trains through Toledo
Supporters want same-day round trips on a route linking Toledo, Detroit and Cleveland. Their best case is the mid-2030s.
- Business
State backs five projects expected to add 1,173 jobs, led by a Fayette County battery plant
The Tax Credit Authority approved credits for projects totaling more than $431 million in investment and $79 million in new annual payroll.
Local businesses
- Marathon PetroleumEnergy & utilities · Findlay
- Spangler CandyFood & beverage · Bryan
- ProMedicaHealth & life sciences · Toledo
- Cedar PointHospitality & tourism · Sandusky
- DanaManufacturing & industrial · Maumee
- O-I GlassManufacturing & industrial · Perrysburg
- Owens CorningManufacturing & industrial · Toledo
- Polyethics IndustriesManufacturing & industrial · Antwerp
- Sauder WoodworkingManufacturing & industrial · Archbold
- Toledo-Lucas County Port AuthorityTransportation & logistics · Toledo