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The Wood County District Public Library is returning more than three times the value of what it is spending. When the Ohio Library Council updated its return on investment calculator, the local library’s Deputy Director Michele Raine inputted the local numbers “and we’re really excited to share that in 2024, for each $1 invested, $3.96 in value was returned to the community,” reported Director Michael Penrod at the board of trustees’ May meeting.

Wood County is looking for a new place to store highway maintenance equipment, but the $40 million price tag proposed by a local architectural firm is too high for John Musteric, county engineer. At a recent county commissioner’s meeting, Musteric said the county has been dealing with this need for too long. He said that working with the existing facilities on East Poe Road is a “waste of money,” and two sites on East Gypsy Lane Road are better options.

In 1985, a sitcom about four women who were considered past their prime debuted in prime time. “The Golden Girls” turned out to be a ratings hit for NBC for seven seasons. After 40 years, people of all ages are still thanking Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty and Betty White for being their friend. The comedy continues to find fans on Hulu and has spawned a pop-up restaurant and a fan convention.

Today is Tuesday, April 15, the 105th day of 2025. There are 260 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland just over two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. Over 1,500 people died; 710 survived.

TONTOGANY —- Mackenzie Hady played an integral role for her team on Monday, twirling a complete game in the circle while racking up three hits to lead No. 8 Eastwood softball past No. 5 Otsego in a battle of unbeaten, state-ranked Division V teams. “We’re really happy,” Eastwood coach Joe Wyant said. “We’re still not sure how good we are. We’ve beaten two good teams (so far this year), but we knew today was really going to be tough.

By Nicholas Huenefeld Special to the Sentinel-Tribune TONTOGANY —- Eastwood’s Drew Kachmarik came through when his team needed him most in Monday’s NBC opener, entering in relief in the bottom of the seventh to induce a groundout and a strikeout with two runners in scoring position to seal a 3-2 victory over Otsego. “We came in here last year and got beat, and then they came to our house, and we got beat, so coming in here, we wanted to beat them,” Kachmarik said.

By Yaneek Smith Special to the Sentinel-Tribune MILLBURY — For a while, it looked like Lake would cruise to victory over visiting Oak Harbor. But the Rockets, trailing by six runs, scored five in the top of the seventh inning before Kali Bedford got Allie Giezie to ground out to second base with runners in scoring position to end the game with the Flyers winning, 8-7.

By Jeffery Ratliff Northwest Signal NAPOLEON — Napoleon sent 15 batters to the plate — 10 before recording an out — in the sixth inning, scoring 12 runs to erase Bowling Green’s 5-3 lead and post a 15-5 win Monday night at Booster Field on the campus of Napoleon High School. Napoleon (4-1) had nine hits in the inning, including three bunt singles and two more infield hits. The Wildcats also took advantage of three Bobcat errors in the inning. Bowling Green (4-6) had eight total errors in the game.

President Donald Trump bitterly attacked “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him. “Almost every week, 60 Minutes … mentions the name ‘TRUMP’ in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend’s ‘BROADCAST’ tops them all,” the president said on his Truth Social platform.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday morning, sending boulders tumbling onto rural roadways outside San Diego, items rattling off shelves and elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park scrambling to encircle their young. Officials reported no injuries or major damage.