Mike Sigov

Toledo

Reporter and Columnist at The Toledo Blade

Mike writes for The Blade, Toledo, Ohio. Opinions are his and don't necessarily represent those of The Blade. Retweets aren't endorsements.

Articles

Barbara Tucker, 1941-2025: Toledo school teacher and community leader taught French and German for over three decades

6 days ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

Barbara Tucker, a longtime Toledo Public Schools foreign languages teacher and community leader, died June 6 at her Toledo home. She was 83. She suffered from age-related health conditions, her son, Allen Tucker said. Mrs. Tucker retired in 2000 from TPS, where she taught German at Bowsher High School for 20 years. Before that, she taught French at the former Robinson Junior High School for at least 10 years. “She was a very devoted and passionate teacher,” Mr. Tucker said.
New weight loss program in Sylvania promises ‘great result’

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

About this time of the year two years ago, Ron Ellis of Middleton Township realized he needed to lose weight and got help. A year later, the retired Toledo firefighter was 100 pounds lighter and has since generally stayed at that level. “I might go up a few pounds, and then I’m down a few pounds,” Mr. Ellis, 65, said. “Betty’s keeping me on it.
Maumee misses Ohio EPA deadline to file annual sewer system report

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

The city of Maumee missed the April 1 deadline to submit an annual sewer system report to the Ohio EPA. In a June 6 letter to Maumee Administrator Patrick Burtch, the state environmental protection agency said the failure is a violation and urges the city official to submit the report within 30 days of receipt of the letter or face administrative or legal penalties. On Tuesday, Maumee city officials were not available for comment.
Library poetry series celebrates Pride in safe space

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

For Tanasio Loudermill, writing poetry is a way to share himself with others. “I experienced a lot of, you know, turmoil and trauma and loss in my life over the course of my 30 years of existence, but I also experienced a lot of beautiful moments,” Mr. Loudermill said.
Tariffs create economic uncertainty, UT panel says

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

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Hundreds of cyclists participate in memorial ride

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

The Maumee woman who was killed by a car when riding a bicycle May 31 in Providence Township was a skilled nurse, an accomplished bicyclist, a triathlon coach, and a devout Catholic, those who knew her said. She leaves behind a husband, a sister, and a 2-year-old daughter.
Lucas County Child Protection Task Force holds its first meeting

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

The newly-formed Lucas County Child Protection Task Force met for the first time Wednesday, to hold introductions and start setting its goals and guiding principles. The task force of 27 people was announced May 22 by Lucas County commissioners after airing plans to create one in response to the abduction and murder of Kei’mani Latigue, 13, whose body was found March 24 in a burned-out East Toledo house after she’d been missing for nearly a week.
Perrysburg honors fallen veterans with parade, memorial service

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

U.S. Navy Air Corps aircrewman Barry Bidwell was on a A-3 Skywarrior on a combat mission when the plane went down June 18, 1971 in South China Sea, just off the coast of Vietnam, near the city of Danang. The body of the 23-year-old Navy Air Corps flight crewman from upstate New York, the bodies of other crew members, and the plane wreckage were never recovered.
Fort Meigs siege re-enactment ushers in Memorial Day

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

Memorial Day came early to Perrysburg this weekend as hundreds of people from across the United States and Canada participated in the re-enactment of a 1813 siege of Fort Meigs. “I think it is a good time to remember the people who fought and died for our country and who are buried here,” said Jonathan Birkenbach of Paw Paw, Mich., noting that he had visited every Fort Meigs re-enactment since he can remember himself.
Grover Wallace Cummings, 1942-2025: Blade photographer captured ‘action of life’

1 month ago | toledoblade.com | Mike Sigov

Grover Wallace Cummings, one of the Midwest’s first Black photojournalists, who was a former Blade photographer and an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War era, died May 14 at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. He was 82. He died after two years on dialysis, his son, Wade Harrison, said. Trained as a photographer while serving in the Air Force in the early 1960s, Mr. Cummings was a photographer at The Blade from the mid-1960s through at least 1977.