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LIMA The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Van Wert County this week. All outlined work is weather permitting.
U.S. 30 at U.S. 224, both directions, will have lane restrictions beginning Monday, April 12, for finish work. The project increases vertical clearance of the overhead, improves drainage, replaces barrier wall and replaces guardrail. The project is expected to complete in April.
U.S. 30, between Ohio 49 and U.S. 224, will have lane restrictions for crack sealing operations.
U.S. 30 eastbound, at the Dog Creek Road overhead, near the village of Middle Point, will have lane restrictions for bridge maintenance.
Donations of school supplies sought for Navajo children
Volunteers helped load a U-Haul van and two trailers with water, food, and many other items that were later transported to a Navajo reservation in Arizona last summer.
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With the success of 2020 efforts, local residents Nick and Val Steyer are again asking the Van Wert County community to help members of Navajo tribes living on a reservation near Tuba City, Arizona.
Last summer, Val Steyer saw a “Today” show segment showing the poverty that highlighted the poverty of the Navajo tribes, whose members often lived without running water and many other amenities. The information shocked Steyer, and she decided to do something locally to help the struggling Navajos. That decision led to the collection of approximately 16,000 pounds of donated items, including 200 cases of water, food, clothing, toys, kitchen and bathroom items, beds and bedding, shoes,
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COLUMBUS Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost called on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent CDC vaccination cards on their platforms.
“Fraudulent vaccine cards simply don’t have a place in the marketplace,” Yost said. “Vaccines are more readily available across Ohio than ever before – don’t fall into a deceptive trap when you could get the real thing with less effort.”
AG Yost joined a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general, led by Attorney General Josh Stein of North Carolina and Attorney General Herbert Slatery of Tennessee, in raising concerns about the public health risks of these fake cards in a letter to the companies’ CEOs.