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ROSSFORD SCHOOLS AND DEVELOPMENT Neil MacKinnon III – Rossford mayor; Dan Creps – RossfordSchools Superintendent How are they doing it? What’s the blueprint for theirsuccess? Rossford Schools announced plans to not only construct a new $35million middle school without a levy - but also to decrease one of the currentlevies on the books. Are we finally starting to see the dream sequence play outfor...

Hear more about Race for the Cure and the work Komen does in northwest Ohio, plus get a spring weather preview with Chris Vickers to get ready for severe weather.

Jeff Smith interviews Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who recently announced his intention to run. Also, Scott Hayes, with Project I Am, talks about this year's Acoustics for Autism music festival and the good it does for the community.

It’s a groundbreaking investigation into the murders of twoToledo teenagers. This story is like nothing you've ever seen in local news - five pieces on the murders of two young boys, Ke'Marion Wilder and KyShawn Pittman and the 11 people who conspired to lure, kidnap, kill them, then cover it up. Investigative reporter Melissa Andrews and Brian Dugger discuss what they thought about the ca...

RUNNING FOR TOLEDO MAYOR   Roberto Torres | Toledo Mayoral Candidate   Roberto Torres is a Toledo native and a former staff member of both the Carty Finkbeiner and Jack Ford administrations. He’s no stranger to politics - holding economic development positions not only in Canton, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Michigan  but also as part of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s team.    ADRIAN COLLEGE GROWTH   Jeff...

LUCAS COUNTY REVALUATION TURMOIL Katie Moline | Lucas County Auditor Lucas County Auditor Katie Moline is currently at the centerof a property revaluation issue that has caused concern among residents. The revaluation process, which adjusts property values for tax purposes, has led to significant increases in property assessments across the county, sparking public frustration.  Recently, former Lu...

MAUMEE’S CITY ADMINISTRATOR   Patrick Burtch | City Administrator | Maumee    A newspaper article back in 2020 … which you can find on MLIVE.COM … has a headline that reads, “LOVE HIM OR LOATHE HIM, THE FEATHER-RUFFLING PATRICK BURTCH CHANGED JACKSON.” It refers to Maumee City Administrator Patrick Burtch during his time as a “visionary” city manager for Jackson, Michigan. 2020 was right about the...

LOOKING BACK ON DISTRICT 9 ELECTION Tom Pruss | Former Libertarian US House Candidate  Headlines in November read “This libertarian candidate may have swung Ohio’s most competitive congressional race.” Tom Pruss received 14,800 votes in what was one of the closer House races in the U.S. Without a doubt, it was one of the tightest races ever for the longest serving women in Congress, Democrat Marcy...

TRUST IN LEADERSHIP Clint Longenecker, Ph. D. | Distinguished University Professor Emeritus | UToledo Two years ago Clint Longenecker did a study with two-star retired Army Gen. John Gronski. Longenecker says the gist of the study is this simple fact that if you do not trust your leader or boss - it creates a strange and less than productive work environment. There are certain leader behaviors tha...

SYLVANIA’S NEW MAYOR  Mayor Mark Frye - (R) Sylvania  Mark Frye was sworn in as Mayor of Sylvania on January 6, replacing longtime Mayor Craig Stough who is retiring before his final term is up. Frye will fill the rest of Stough’s last term. Frye talks about what he would like to accomplish while mayor, the large number of trees that have been cut down near the U.S. 23 interchange, the city’s rela...

BGSU - MOMENTUM  Rodney Rogers, Ph. D. - President | BGSU BGSU President Rodney Rodgers discusses what the university is doing to prepare for the future of education including what it is doing to ensure college remains affordable for students. WHAT’S GOING AROUND?  Dr. Brian Kaminski - ProMedica Dr. Kaminski discusses communicable diseases coming out of the holidays and heading into the winter str...

MAYOR CRAIG STOUGH RETIRING   Craig Stough  | Mayor | Sylvania   Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough says he plans to retire at the end of the month.    "I have been one of the luckiest people on Earth to have served in Sylvania. It has been the honor and privilege of my life to serve 10 years on Sylvania City Council and 29 years as Sylvania's Mayor." Stough's current term runs through 2025 - but he says...

SHERIFFS AS IMMIGRATION AGENTS GUEST: Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn - Wood County The Trump administration is planning big changes in how the country is governed once they take power. One of those being the plans to give local sheriffs more power to act as immigration agents amid a mass deportation crackdown. Wood County Sheriff Wasylyshyn discusses how his office is preparing for the possibility; what...

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...