By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Galion head football coach Chris Hawkins chatted with the Kiwanis Club at the club’s weekly meeting Tuesday about the wrap-up of the 2011 season, in which the varsity team won eight of the 10 games. “We’re 8–2 and disappointed,” he said, “but that’s a positive thing.” Hawkins compared the standard that […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Galion’s school board will see little change once the newly-elected members take their seats next year. Incumbents Robert Zeisler and Dennis Long won the highest percentages of Tuesday’s votes and will be joined by newcomer Brian Owens, a 1993 Galion graduate currently employed at Mansfield Lahm Airport. Zeisler won upwards […]
Election results in full are as follows: Galion City Council-at-large Kenneth E. Bodkins, 1954 votes Galion City Council — Ward 1 Michael A. Christini — 301 votes, 48.31 percent Paul Flannery — 322 votes, 51.69 percent Galion City Council — Ward 3 Gail L. Baldinger — 260 votes, 69.89 percent Write-in — 112 votes, 30.11 percent Galion City […]
The unofficial count for the Galion city council and school board races and the Amvets local option has been released by the Crawford County Board of Elections. An official tally will not be final until ten days afterward, to allow for provisional ballots and votes overseas members of the armed forces to be added in. […]
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By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter A proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives to rework the formula that allots home energy assistance monies among the states is likely to further reduce the funding that Ohio gets, according to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH). Brown urges Ohioans to support an alternative proposal, now in the Senate, that […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter The Galion Kiwanis Club is collecting toys in its annual Toys for Tots campaign to provide new toys for low-income Galion families to give to children at Christmas. Toys for Tots co-organizer Robyn Minnear anticipates increased participation this year, meaning the Kiwanis club will need as many donations as possible […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter MedFlight, an emergency transport service headquartered in Columbus, is beginning the process of establishing a helicopter base at Galion Municipal Airport, according to MedFlight president and CEO Rod Crane. City manager Gene Toy is working with MedFlight to answer questions regarding hangar construction or acquisition, water and sewer environmental issues […]