A Wind Chill Warning remains in effect until 4 this afternoon, for Huron County, and points south and west.
A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect until 4, for Erie County.
Firefighters had to battle brutally cold temperatures, and a blaze at a home in Ridgefield Township last night.
Firefighters from Monroeville and Norwalk were summoned to the Field Road home shortly before 7:30. They arrived to find flames coming from a second-floor window. Crews quickly contained the blaze. No one was home at the time. A chimney malfunction was blamed as the cause. Early damage estimates were placed at $100,000.
The Perkins Board of Education has canceled a special session, scheduled for this Saturday.
The school board was set to meet at 7:30am, to discuss personnel, levy options and budget cuts.
It’s a chance to offer input into selecting a new superintendent for the Norwalk City Schools.
The board of education has scheduled a series of focus group sessions for next Tuesday at Norwalk High School’s Fisher Titus Learning Center. A consultant with the Ohio School Boards Association will meet with community members at noon and 6pm. She’ll also meet with administrators, teachers and support staff during the afternoon. Among the topics to be discussed: major issues facing the district, performance expectations and personal and professional qualities to be sought in the next superintendent. The school board hopes to name a new superintendent in the spring.
Water and sewer rates are going up in Norwalk.
Starting with bills received next month, water rates for those living within the city limits will increase from 72 to 78 cents per hundred gallons, while sewer rates will go from 81 to 86 cents per hundred gallons.
For water and sewer customers outside the Norwalk city limits, water rates will increase from $1.44 to $1.56 per hundred gallons. Sewer rates will go from $1.13 to $1.20 per hundred gallons.
Minimum rates for water and sewer are going up as well. The new combined rate for city residents will be $8.20, an increase of 55 cents. For customers outside the city limits, the new minimum rate will be $13.80, an increase of 95 cents.
A trade newspaper has given Ohio’s educational system a ‘C’.
In its annual Quality Counts report, Education Week ranked Ohio 18th and gave the Buckeye State a score of 75.8 out of a possible 100. That’s slightly higher than the national average of 74.3. The national report card grades are based on factors such as educational financing, student achievement and graduation rates.