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Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer in the Sheriff’s Office earlier this year. Balzer recently reflected on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, stating he was working for the U.S. Marshals Service at the time transporting a van of felons to prison when he heard the news of the attacks. File photo | The Gazette DELAWARE — Looking back on the events of Sept. 11, 2001 as the 25th anniversary nears, Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer shared where he was during the attacks and what impact it had on him.

I appreciate The Lima News regularly covering how people are struggling to “just get by.” If you’re feeling that your electric bills are out-of-control, you’re absolutely right. Ohioans saw their July electric bills hit record highs, rising on average 12% since last year. Also, Ohio hit a four-year high for disconnections this July. But here’s the solution. Electricity from solar is much cheaper than from natural gas or coal.

Seven of the Dancing With the Stars dancers are, from left, Tatyana Ali, Tyler Cameron, Jenna Dewan, Guillermo Rodriguez and Julia Stiles. Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The newest cast competing for the Mirrorball Trophy on “Dancing With the Stars” was unveiled Wednesday, featuring the usual complement of entertainers, reality stars and athletes ranging from gold medalists to a Savannah Bananas player.

By Jane Welch-Maiolo and Marie Thomas • Bowling Green News-Sentinel PERRYSBURG — It seems hard to believe that a quarter of a century has passed since the events of Sept. 11, 2001, rocked the nation.

Alex Stephenson, conservation information manager at The Nature Conservancy Vermont, injects a young elm tree with Dutch elm disease spores on May 19, 2026, in Benson, Vt. Amanda Swinhart | AP By Amanda Swinhart and Patrick Whittle • Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. — The very disease that has decimated millions of American elms in the U.S. is now being used to bring the iconic trees back.

Jillian Hatfield’s “Captivated” won the best of show in the 29th Amateur Photo Competition. LIMA — The deadline is Monday to submit entries into the 29th Amateur Photo Competition, sponsored by The Lima News, LimaOhio.com and Lima Convalescent Home Foundation. Readers can share their best photographs, with judges selecting the winners for cash prizes. Best of show earns $100, with $50 for first place in each category, $40 for second and $25 for third.

Kate Fitzsimmons, right, and Jacob Barefoot, center, gather plant material from a Kernza research field July 28 at The Land Institute in Salina, Kan. By Joshua A. Bickel and Alexa St. John • Associated Press BELOIT, Kan. — Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what’s normal.

Nichole Y. Shafer Guest Columnist At first glance, signing a deed from yourself to yourself sounds like one of those things that only lawyers could dream up to make real estate transactions more complicated. After all, if you already own the property, why would you need to deed it to yourself? The short answer is sometimes a deed that is “from you to you” can actually accomplish an important change in how the property is titled.

This week on The High School Happy Hour with Chris Howell and David Mansell, Caleb Hattery from 93.1 The Fan joined the show to take an in-depth look at Week 3 of High School football action, breaking down the following games: Van Wert 43, Bath 20 (postgame thoughts from Keith Recker, Xavier Kelly) Shawnee 28, Elida 7 Celina 30, St. Marys 28 Wapakoneta 29, Defiance 0 Columbus Grove 21, Patrick Henry 14 Allen East 32, Indian Lake 14 Marion Local 57, Delphos St. John’s 7 Additional notes on:...

The trend of the real estate market in Allen County is shown by the following report, for the week running Aug. 27 through Sept. 2. Figures reflect the selling price of the property, along with the address or lot number of same and are courtesy of Allen County Recorder Mona Losh’s Office. CITY OF LIMA Bonifas, Liesl to Williams, Josephine, 122 E. Circular St. (0.5 acres), Lima, $50,200 Hardeman, Jeremy/Lesh, Erica/Lesh, Jason/Lesh, Justin to Lesh, Jason/Lesh, Tyler, 314 S.