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STRASBURG (WJER) (May 24, 2022) – Village leaders are memorializing a longtime Water Department employee with a plaque at the park’s new play area.  Mayor Steve Smith proposed the honor for Neal Dickerhoof, who is described in his obituary as an avid bicycle rider who was employed by the village […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 23, 2022) – The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District will make more than 40 million dollars on a new oil and gas lease at Tappan Lake. At 73-hundred acres, it is the largest land lease to date on MWCD property. MWCD Executive Director Craig Butler says the […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 25, 2022) – The city needs a new city council president. The most recent one, Shane Gunnoe, is now interim mayor. The Tuscarawas County Republican Party Central Committee is accepting applications for Gunnoe’s replacement. Because he is a Republican, his replacement must also be registered to vote […]

DENNISON (WJER) (May 23, 2022) – Dennison officials say the Police Department’s K9 Unit will go on after Handler Stephen Feck steps back to deal with some COVID-related health issues. Feck is resigning from his position as a full-time patrolman on June 4th, although he told council he would be […]

COSHOCTON (WJER) (May 23, 2022) – Members of the Grace United Methodist Church in Coshocton were still able to gather and begin the healing process two days after a fire heavily damaged the place where they would normally worship. The churchgoers moved services, led by Senior Pastor Deb Quillen, to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 23, 2022) – A new sign in front of Tuscarawas County’s Job and Family Services Office is reminding passers-by that public assistance fraud is a crime that impacts everyone. Director David Haverfield says they used grant money to buy the sign which features a screen for […]

SUGARCREEK (WJER) (May 23, 2022) – Sugarcreek firefighters made quick work of a fire at ProVia’s Walnut Creek corporate facility on state Route 39 Sunday morning using extinguishers. Assistant Chief John Meek says they were sent to the smoke-filled building shortly after 11 a.m. Numerous departments responded as a precaution. […]

GOSHEN TWP (WJER) – A cannabis dispensary could be going in along one of New Philadelphia’s routes despite the city’s ban on marijuana-related businesses. The Ohio Pharmacy Board last week granted Ratio Cannabis LLC a provisional license to put one in what’s currently the West End Drive-Thru at 1145 West […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (May 20, 2022) – State EMS officials are honoring a team of local first responders for saving a critically injured woman in October of 2019. The MedFlight crew, Uhrichsville firefighters, and Smith Ambulance paramedics who kept the 51-year-old alive after she was kicked in the head by a […]