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Arturo Polizzi just steered one of northwest Ohio's largest employers out of a financial crisis. ProMedica was - as he puts it - hemorrhaging money when he became the leader of the company  two years ago. Today, the company is on, what he calls, solid footing. WTOL 11 is the first Toledo station to sit down with ProMedica’s president-CEO for an in-depth discussion of the healthcare organization’s...

Giving thanks by giving back Caden Laney - Toys for Tiny Heroes - Congenital Heart Defects Patient Tanya Laney - Toys for Tiny Heroes - Caden’s Mom This story is about more than just the toy drive of this Swanton congenital heart defect patient - it’s also about community connections - and family finding comfort in knowing they’re not alone. The Laney family is giving thanks to love and time toget...

State Rep. Josh Williams ( R ) | District 41 / District 44 talks about his election to a new district. Also, what people in his district are saying are about what they think the top priorities in the statehouse should be. Newly-elected State Representative-Elect Erika White (D) | District 41 says she is ready to get to work, and hopes people can come together in the “center” to get things done. Ni...

The state of labor relations as it relates to layoffs at Toledo Jeep plant; Local actress and mother of four seeing success as background actress in TV and movies. GUEST: Art Wheaton | Cornell University | School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Arthur Wheaton is an industry education specialist based in the Cornell University ILR School office in Buffalo, New York Wheaton discusses the rec...

BGSU poll seeks to better understand where citizens stand on issues of government, elections, and political preferences. Guest Joshua Boston, Ph. D. | Associate Professor of Political Science | BGSU Democracy and Public Policy Research Network Poll • Voters’ election/campaign engagement • Voter evaluations of governing elites (approval and favorability), the country’s direction, economic situation...

Ohio Dept of Development Director Lydia Mihilak discusses economic development in northwest Ohio .    I-475 Neighborhoods Coalition Coordinator Peggy Daly-Masternak discusses opposition to the widening of I-475 in west Toledo.

ConnecToledo and Toledo’s Master Plan ConnectToledo President Paul Toth, MBA discusses updates to the 2017 Downtown Toledo Master Plan including work that has been done on the Downtown Toledo Glass City Riverwalk.   Toledo area housing market Eddie Campos , realtor and President of Northwest Ohio Realtors talks about the area’s housing market.  

Immigration  Baldemar Velasquez |  F.L.O.C. - President & Founder  According to a new Scripps News/Ipsos survey , more than half of all Americans, including a quarter of Democrats, support the mass deportation of immigrants who are living in the country illegally. Immigration continues to be in the top 5 issues driving people to the polls in November. But, as we see with each report, there nee...

UToledo Leadership Matt Schroeder |  University of Toledo Interim President    The Toledo Blade reported in September that the University of Toledo had experienced a 3.8 percent decline in total enrollment. As part of the article, UToledo Interim President Matt Schroeder said, “It will take discipline and execution of our enrollment and recruitment plans to turn this around. We have to hold oursel...

WESTGATE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER - Its History and its future  Liz Holland | CEO | Abbell Associates   In an uncertain and trying economy, the plans that once were on the books are now changing for Westgate Village North on the north side of Central and Secor and the former home of Sears and Elder Beerman. Until recently the plan was to go mixed-use on the site. But according to the Toledo Blade,...

PROMENADE PAVILLION CONCERT SEASON IN REVIEW Hunter Brucks | HB Concerts Inc.  Toledo city leaders handed Hunter Brucks the keys to operate the summer concert series at Promenade Park (newly renamed Promenade Pavillion) last year. Once all the t’s were crossed and the “i’s” were dotted … he had a shorter window to secure acts, secure a stage, and make something out of it. There were cancellations...

VOTING PREPS LaVera Scott | Director | Lucas County Board of Elections Lucas County BOE Director LeVera Scott talks about what it takes to put on a general election when one of the presidential tickets changes so late in the campaign. “PARENT STRESS IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE” Erin Wiley, MA, LPCC | Psychologist | The Willow Center Psychologist Erin Wiley discusses Surgeon General Dr. Vi...

DOLLARS AND SENSE Alan Lancz | Registered Investment Advisor Bankrate reports just 6% of the nearly 400 items the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks are cheaper today than before the pandemic-induced recession, and most people are feeling it in their wallet. Still, inflation is at the lowest point it’s been since March 2021. At the same time, the Dow Jones is hovering around 40,000 and a record hig...

Saving our Community: One Year Later | Peace in Motion Malcolm Cunningham & Josh Davies, Save our Community School-based team It’s been a little over a year since Malcolm Cunningham was tabbed as the leader of Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz’s initiative to combat gun violence in Toledo. In that time, there’s been a significant change in the number of gun violence-related homicides - since the peak d...

“NEVER HAVE A BAD HAIR DAY: REDEFINING RESILIENCE BY EMBRACING LIFE CHALLENGES” McKenna Reitz - Author | “Never Have a Bad Hair Day: Redefining Resilience by Embracing Life’s Challenges” Former Springfield Schools’ teacher and volleyball coach, and Alopecia Areata-aware spokesperson, McKenna Reitz, has been on talk shows, she’s been on the TEDx circuit, and now she’s getting ready to release her f...

A new electric vehicle center at Toledo Public Schools’ Toledo Technology Academy will teach the mechanics and engineers of the future all about the cars and trucks that are quickly gaining a major presence on roads around the world. The initiative is something that car dealers and UAW representatives have been calling for for years and will keep Toledo at the forefront of the vehicle manufacturin...

Leading Edge | Historic election, partnerships for growth, Wood Co. Fair - July 28, 20 Dr. Sam Nelson – University of Toledo, Political Science and Public Administration It’s been an historic summer ahead of the presidential election in the fall, with an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump followed one week later by President Biden announcing he will not be running for re-electi...

For more than two years, WTOL’s 11 Investigates team has looked into the blight issue in the city of Toledo. There are hundreds of homes that are uncared for or abandoned. And many times, the owners simply don't pay their real estate taxes.       But there’s something our team has never experienced before… a series of properties that have seemingly slipped under the radar of state and city off...

Rick Longenecker is on a mission to connect UToledo graduates from around the country and help them share there stories. Also, teaching kids skills of the future.

Jamie Farr, well-known to Toledoans for his years on the hit television show M*A*S*H, as well as the professional women's golf tournament that bore his name, is 90!

Base Molecular Resonance Bo Short | Base Molecular Resonance Technologies   Lee Duke | Base Molecular Resonance Technologies    Touting it as a piece of technology with applications in military, medical, and security - BMRT contends that its Base Molecular Resonance tool will give those who have cancer and don’t know it more time - it will give schools, malls, governmental building a much more adv...

Rossford Schools and the benefits of business Dan Creps | Superintendent = Rossford Schools Mayor Neil MacKinnon | Rossford  Northwest Ohio is an interesting study when it comes to its schools. As of late, a suburban Toledo district that’s been growing by leaps and bounds over the last two decades doesn’t have room for more kids - and voters have turned down two straight levy requests. The money t...

City of Toledo Let’s Move program City of Toledo, Director of Parks and Youth Services Jacqueline Johnson Mercy Health Registered Nurse Sandy Sulier Mercy Health Nurse Coordinator Bethany Pfeiffer Let’s Move is a city of Toledo-run program designed to improve the overall health of Toledoans. Flag City Honor Flight Bob Weinberg – Flag City Honor Flight

NCAA Revenue Sharing and Lawsuit Settlement Stewart Mandell | College Football Editor-in-Chief | The Athletic  We are living through what will undoubtedly be the redefining of college sports as we know it. The NCAA is about to not only settle a series of multi-million dollar lawsuits, but also embark on a revenue sharing program that will see Power 5 conference teams (Big Ten included) flooded wit...

Carol Ann LaBounty – daughter of D-Day paratrooper It’s Memorial Day weekend - a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country. In a matter of weeks, Carol Ann LaBounty and her family will undertake a journey thousands of miles away. They’re headed to Normandy, France. This year marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy in what w...