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STRASBURG (WJER) (Feb. 27, 2024) – Village leaders are again changing the speed limit on part of South Wooster Avenue. During last Tuesday’s council meeting, members approved legislation repealing the ordinance from last summer that extended the 25-mile-per-hour zone through downtown to 9th Street Southwest. Wes Hosteler wasn’t on council […]

DOVER – (February 26, 2024) WJER) – A manufacturing company plans to build a $30 million, 130,000-square-foot facility on the north side of the city, bringing 450 jobs and $27 million in payroll. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and other state officials Monday announced a deal with Schaeffler for the company […]

DOVER – Tuscarawas County residents should be on the lookout for tiny superheroes making a difference in the community. The Dover Elementary PTG, instead of having students sell something, are asking them to perform acts of kindness. Veronica Studer with the PTG says they didn’t want to do a typical […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 23, 2024) – The organization formerly known as Community Hospice has its rigatoni dinner fundraiser this weekend. Volunteers will be at Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School on Saturday from 4 to 7 pm serving up pasta dinners by donation to support patient care through the organization […]

DOVER (WJER) (February 21, 2024) – Mayor Shane Gunnoe this week provided updates on two significant project proposals – a grocery store and a housing development, both on the north side of the city. Gunnoe says both project developers are moving forward, but there are still months of meetings and […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (Feb. 22, 2024) – Mayor Bruce Metzger has been praising village police for a recent string of drug busts.  “I don’t know if people in town know. They had basically had two drug raids. One was a high pursuit chase. They got the guy after he went through […]

GAHANNA (WJER) (Feb. 22, 2024) – Three police officers are receiving a heap of recognition for jumping into action and helping move Tusky Valley students to safety as November’s charter bus tragedy was unfolding near Columbus. Gahanna Police officer Kaylea Pertz and sergeants Justin Sheasby and Kyle Parrish were presented […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (Feb. 21, 2024) – It’s now illegal for anyone other than registered caretakers to feed stray cats in the village. The combined wildlife feeding ban and TNR ordinance that council has been considering passed 4-to-2 on Tuesday evening with a last-minute revision adding exemptions for squirrels and rabbits. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 21, 2024) – Area artists are getting a chance to leave their mark on the new and improved homeless shelter that will be going up downtown. The Tuscarawas County Friends of the Homeless are hosting a logo contest for the facility that will be called ‘Jack’s […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Quaker baseball fans can help add new turf to the Tuscora Park field piece by piece. Those pieces are 2-by-2-foot squares of turf which can be sponsored for one hundred to one thousand dollars, depending on where they are on the infield. This is the latest fundraising […]