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Norma Johnson Center hosting drawing and essay contest

  • March 10, 2014
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The Norma Johnson Center (NJC) will be hosting a drawing and essay contest for students grades K-8. Essays are due March 19 to the office at 85 E. Iron Ave., Dover 44622. The selection committee will select first, second and third place in each category. Each winner will receive a NJC membership, a T-shirt and two free dinner tickets to the silent auction and recognition program April 3. The...

Lower fees to hit health district bottom line

  • March 10, 2014
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The Holmes County Health District will have to eat some of its costs for inspections after the Ohio Department of Health adjusted their fee schedule lower. Holmes County Health Commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden said Friday, Feb. 28 that inspection fees for 2014 will actually be lower than 2013. McFadden said the reason for the decrease is a cost methodology used by the Ohio Department of Health...

Job growth in enterprise zone program ahead of schedule

  • March 10, 2014
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Job growth driven by the county’s enterprise zone program is ahead of schedule, with more jobs than expected added to payrolls. Holmes County Economic Development Council executive director Tom Wilke reported Thursday, March 6 that the 12 individual companies in the county with active enterprise zone (EZ) agreements have created 174 new jobs, 26 more than the 152 pledged in their EZ agreements...

Entries now being accepted

  • March 10, 2014
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The committee for the 21st annual Great Dandelion Cookoff is now accepting entries. Recipes may be submitted in the following categories: Appetizers/Dip, Side Dish, Main Dish, Dessert, Soup/Salad. Recipes should be unique, colorful and use the dandelion flower, green or root as a main ingredient. Deadline for entries is April 15. Finalists will be notified and should be able to prepare or finish...

County receives second round of demolition dollars

  • March 10, 2014
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The Holmes County Planning Commission is weighing projects for state dollars that pay to have dilapidated structures demolished. Planning Commission director Arnold Oliver said Monday, Feb. 24 that the Ohio Attorney General’s office has granted Holmes County an additional $7,800 in Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Program funds. The funds come from a lawsuit settled between the federal government...

Commissioners sign off on enterprise zone agreement, review natural gas exploration request

  • March 10, 2014
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Natural gas drilling and jobs, perhaps the top hot-button issues in Ohio today, made it into the Holmes County Commissioner’s business meeting Thursday, Feb. 20. Commissioners approved an enterprise zone agreement with a Mt. Hope business that carries the promise to create five new full-time jobs. A request for seismic testing to look for potential gas wells on county property was brought in by...

Charges pending in bomb threat at Millersburg Elementary

  • March 10, 2014
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Charges are pending against a West Holmes fifth-grade student who allegedly left a bomb threat at school. Holmes County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sean Warner said Monday March 10 that charges are pending against a girl in the fifth grade who has been identified as the suspect in a March 6 bomb threat at Millersburg Elementary. Warner said a charge of inducing panic will likely be filed,...

High school student gets 30 days for bomb threat

  • March 10, 2014
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A West Holmes sophomore with no prior criminal record or disciplinary problems was ordered to serve a period of incarceration for making a bomb threat at the high school.The student, a male 15-year-old sophomore, was sentenced Monday, March 10 by Holmes County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Lee to serve 30 days at the Richland County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) on one count of inducing panic, a...

HEAP program available to offset high heating costs

  • March 10, 2014
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Cold temperatures mean higher heating costs this winter. Help is available for those in need of assistance. Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission’s Emergency HEAP program continues to provide assistance with home heating bills. Emergency HEAP is a federally funded program administered by the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Assistance that provides financial assistance...

Henry A. Yoder

  • March 10, 2014
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Henry A. Yoder, 89, of Berlin passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 11, 2014 at Sycamore Run Nursing Home in Millersburg following an extended illness. Henry was born Oct. 19, 1924 in Holmes County and was the son of Abraham J. and Mary (Miller) Yoder. He previously lived in Lone Grove, Okla. and Mesa, Ariz., but lived in Holmes and Coshocton County Ohio for most of his life. He married Ida...