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4 days ago | 
thenews-messenger.com | Roger LaPointe
Roger LaPointeThe Ottawa County Sheriff's Office has received a new boat, which was entirely paid for with a $360,000 grant from Homeland Security. The upgrade has an enclosed cabin with heat and air conditioning, expanding the weather conditions for patrolling Lake Erie. Roger LaPointe/News HeraldThe Ottawa County Sheriff's Office has received the new boat, which was entirely paid for with a $360,000 grant from Homeland Security.
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6 days ago | 
portclintonnewsherald.com | Roger LaPointe
ELYRIA - During the last day of witness testimony Friday, the state homed in on the "Blazing Saddles" incident that resulted in Judge John Ickes’ recusal from a case, which was the result of his own behavior. Hearings are now complete for Ickes with the Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Conduct. It started May 19 and continued on May 21, 22 and 30.
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1 week ago | 
portclintonnewsherald.com | Roger LaPointe
CATAWBA ISLAND - The newest park in Ottawa County is 17 acres of land on Catawba Island with a unique limestone cliff called the Davenport Memorial Woodlands. “Several components of the property make it unique,” Park District of Ottawa County Executive Director Jannah Wilson said. “The show-stopping feature is a cliff. A limestone cliff runs the length of the whole property.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Roger LaPointe
SOUTH BASS ISLAND – After an Ottawa County Sheriff's deputy found a white powdery substance during a traffic stop in Put-in-Bay Township, two people were arrested. Lindsey Gibbs, 37, of Put-in-Bay, is charged with tampering with evidence and operating a motor vehicle impaired. The passenger, Joseph Dunphy, 40, of Toledo, is also charged with tampering with evidence.
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1 week ago | 
thenews-messenger.com | Roger LaPointe
BENTON TOWNSHIP – A traffic stop and the use of a K-9 led to felony charges for possession of controlled substances on Sunday. “That was K-9 Kash. He made positive identification of narcotics in the vehicle,” Ottawa County Sheriff Stephen Levorchick said. The traffic stop was conducted on May 25 in the area of Ohio 2, near West Krause Road in Benton Township. The deputy was patrolling in the area and observed a traffic violation.
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1 week ago | 
thenews-messenger.com | Roger LaPointe
PORT CLINTON – A man hit speeds over 130 mph in a high-speed chase on May 26 through Allen and Clay townships, Williston and the Village of Genoa before being arrested by an Ottawa County Sheriff’s Deputy. Ryan Eshelman, 22, from Logan, Ohio, was arrested for and charged with fleeing and eluding (a felony), as well as misdemeanor charges for weapons under disability, operating a motor vehicle impaired, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and for speed.
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2 weeks ago | 
portclintonnewsherald.com | Roger LaPointe
ELYRIA ― Members of the Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Conduct appeared exasperated when Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge Jon Ickes was on the witness stand for more than three hours May 21. “It wasn’t bad stuff. It was humor and jokes,” Ickes said, summing up the office atmosphere that brought him in front of the board. “Why didn’t I shut it all down? “I regret it because I regret that it came to all of this. I regret that I didn’t identify it sooner.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenews-messenger.com | Roger LaPointe
FREMONT – After a brief mix-up, the fisherman who rescued the infant in the May 18 Norfolk Southern pedestrian-train incident has been found. “I did that because God put me there," said Jon Cooper of his rescue of 16-month-old Arti Kar, whose three family members died attempting to cross the Miles Newton Bridge. "It was the most horrific thing and it’s not about me.
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2 weeks ago | 
portclintonnewsherald.com | Roger LaPointe
ELYRIA – A tearful primary witness talked about her fear of losing her job and health care when she went on the stand against Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge Jon Ickes. Ickes is now in hearings with the Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Conduct, which started May 19, and are scheduled to last at least until May 21. He faces six counts against him, with 239 allegations, primarily from April 2024, which includes claims of a general atmosphere of unprofessional conduct.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenews-messenger.com | Roger LaPointe |Anthony Hennen
On Monday afternoon, authorities announced that they recovered the body of a 5-year-old girl from the Sandusky River. Three people are now confirmed dead and a 14-month-old infant was rescued after a Norfolk Southern train struck pedestrians while crossing the Miles Newton Bridge in Fremont Sunday evening. Authorities confirmed a 58-year-old woman and a 38-year-old woman, believed to be mother and daughter, were killed.
