Lorain County OKs 100K for Elyria Gold Star Memorial
Lorain County commissioners approved a 100000 grant from COVID relief funds for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in downtown Elyria. The project by the Woody Williams Foundation and local veterans groups totals about 340000 with a September 29 dedication planned behind the Old County Courthouse.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Jacob Smith
Mittee
Smith
Lorain
Army
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Coast Guard and Space Force
Woody Williams Foundation
Elyria Signs Placed On Alaska Highway Road Trip
Kent Sommer and family traveled in a 1965 Pontiac wagon from Elyria to Alaska and British Columbia in 1967 to hang Elyria’s sign among thousands along the Alcan highway. The family recalls dirt roads, wildlife sightings, and a planned re-creation starting in Texas in the coming month.
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Elyria
Kevin Brubaker
David Moore
Kent Sommer
Alaska
Kenneth Sommer
British Columbia
Leonard Reichlin
Sommer
Pontiac
Northeast
Ohio
Texas
Vermil
Jon Man
Unoccupied car rolls into pond at Valley of the Eagles
An unoccupied car rolled into the retention pond at the Valley of the Eagles golf course in Elyria on Tuesday. Fire crews responded around noon after a golf course employee, unfamiliar with the stick shift, failed to put the car in park and left it to roll into the water. Firefighters searched the pond and helped tow the vehicle from the water.
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Elyria
Valley of the Eagles
Joe Pronesti
Pronesti
Sugar Ridge Towing
Wellington 9 year old 4-H hog sale funds books for 60 children
Hailey Grills sold her 233 pound Dolly Parton themed hog at the Lorain County Fair raising funds to sponsor more than 60 Imagination Library book gifts for children. Proceeds from the sale plus donations to Final Drive Youth Auctions Add-On and Local 758 raffle support the effort. Hailey expressed gratitude to workers and businesses aiding the cause.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Dolly Parton
Hailey Grills
Jessica Grills
Hailey
Imagination Library
Dolly
Ben
Grills
Man arrested and found guilty of public indecency
Elyria police arrested 61-year-old George W Garrett Jr for exposing himself and masturbating at East Falls Riverwalk. He pleaded no contest, was found guilty, sentenced to three days in jail with credit and fined 100 dollars plus costs. Ordered good behavior for one year.
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Elyria
East Falls Riverwalk
Kerstetter Way
George W. Garrett Jr
Garrett
Elyria Municipal Court
Gary Bennett
Bennett
South Amherst
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