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Yoder’s Hometown Market isn’t your typical small-town market. Shelves are stocked with bulk food essentials, but we also offer a wide variety of unique food items you can’t find at just any store. From canned goods to sliced-to-order meats and cheeses. They’ve got you covered – all with an attention […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (March 2, 2022) – The Ohio History Connection is involving Tuscarawas County in its annual celebration of Ohio’s founding as well as its planning for an upcoming national milestone. The organization held a Statehood Day event at the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday to reflect on the state’s diverse past […]

It’s year number 17 of Plant Talk LIVE! Come see Fred’s live radio show THIS Saturday, March 5th from 10:00am to noon at New Towne Mall. This special live radio event is brought to your by WJER Radio and TMK Valley Propane in Bakersville. A few tickets are still available […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 1, 2022) – Tuscarawas Central Catholic students have been showing their support for a Ukrainian classmate whose relatives and friends and among the millions displaced by the Russian invasion. Junior-Senior High School Principal Jenn Calvo says the seniors organized a spirit day to show their solidarity […]

Home cooked meals. Personal service. Family friendly atmosphere. And fair prices. All the locals know Dee’s is the place for delicious lunches, homemade soups, and pies, and of course their famous breakfast served all day. Come see for yourself why Dee’s has been a local favorite for over 35 years! […]

DOVER (WJER) (Mar. 1, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County Literacy Coalition will soon begin mapping out a schedule for its newest One Book, One Community selection. The coalition recently announced the program that creates a shared reading experience for participants will revolve around ‘Kent State’ by Deborah Wiles this year. […]

DENNISON (WJER) (Feb. 28, 2022) – Village officials are getting another estimate to resurface some of the alleys downtown this year. Mayor Greg DiDonato says the ones they’re looking at are by CVS, around the girls’ softball fields, and behind the village’s Grant Street headquarters.   “I don’t know when that […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 28, 2022) – The East Central Ohio Educational Service Center (ECOESC) is announcing the winners of the annual Young Authors & Illustrators Conference and Competition hosted by Kent State Tuscarawas on February 25. The conference was open to fifth and ninth graders in school districts in Tuscarawas […]

DOVER (WJER) (Feb. 28, 2022) – Two area civic clubs are having to postpone their Spring Health Check fundraiser because of a global shortage of blood collection tubes. The event to benefit the efforts of the New Philadelphia Rotary and Dover-New Phila Kiwanis clubs had been scheduled to take place […]

Dover (WJER) (Feb. 28, 2022) – Firefighters responded to a couple of calls Saturday that didn’t end up requiring much time on the scene. Captain Mike Mossor says the first was for an 8×12-foot shed being used as a chicken coop that caught fire just after 7 a.m. in the […]