WILLOW, Alaska — Matthew Failor isn’t convinced the Iditarod needed to change its path across Alaska this year. The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday it had made the “difficult but necessary” decision to move the official restart of the 2025 race to Fairbanks, about 290 miles north of the normal restart in Willow, due to […]
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Mansfield Board of Control OKs $149K sediment study in Clear Fork Reservoir
MANSFIELD — How deep is the Clear Fork Reservoir, the 4.4 billion gallon body of water that supplies most of the drinking water for the City of Mansfield? The best answer is: It depends on where you measure. Thanks to a bathymetric survey planned this year by Stantec Consulting Services, the city will have a […]
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News Man Weekly: Winter misery, Team USA, Faith Life Church and the Iditarod
MANSFIELD — This week on News Man Weekly, it’s just the crew—no guest, no script, just a freewheeling discussion on everything from winter misery to the weekend in sports. Local country music singer Luke Watson was our scheduled guest this week, but was unable to make it. That left our crew on its own — which […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider $92K to help remediate Bowman Street gas station
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is scheduled to discuss in caucus a remediation match fund to the Richland County Land Bank for a property at 474 Bowman Street.
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Training races complete: Mansfield native Matthew Failor set for Iditarod
WILLOW, Alaska — Training races are complete. Drop bags with food are filled for checkpoints. In other words, the hay is largely in the barn for Mansfield native Matthew Failor and his Alaskan Husky Adventures 17th-Dog teams for the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race, the 53rd annual race across Alaska. Two members of his team, […]
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Richland, Ashland and Knox counties all under Level 2 snow emergencies
The weatherman got it right this time. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland on Saturday predicted two to five inches of snow on Sunday as temperatures fell and precipitation changed from sleet and rain to the white variety more often associated with winter. A winter that officially continues until March 20, by the way. […]
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Column: Oh, Canada, the fists were flying — USA enjoys biggest hockey win since Lake Placid
The puck dropped Saturday night in Montreal. Matt Tkachuk dropped his gloves. His brother, Brady Tkachuk, fought a Canadian challenger seconds later. When play resumed, USA’s J.T. Miller challenged the biggest Canuck on the ice to a brawl. Three fights. Nine seconds. Team USA set the tone on foreign ice. More than 21,000 fight fans packed […]
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Old Man Winter ain’t done: 2 to 5 inches of snow expected on Sunday
The sleet and ice that came through north central Ohio Saturday is about to change on Sunday. But not for the better. A winter weather advisory has been issued for Sunday by the National Weather Service office in Cleveland for most of northern Ohio, an area that includes Richland and Ashland counties. The advisory is […]
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Open Source: What’s going on at the old Appleseed School lot on Cline Avenue?
Question: “What is going on at the old Appleseed school lot on Cline Avenue?” MANSFIELD — Work has begun on a planned $24-to-$25 million assisted living apartment complex for senior citizens at 300 Cline Ave. Earth movers have been on site for more than a week and now additional work has begun, with a fence […]
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Weather update: Snow. Sleet. Ice. All now expected Wednesday afternoon
Your drive home may be a bit slippery Wednesday. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a winter weather advisory for Wednesday from 1 to 7 p.m. across a section of Ohio that includes Richland and Ashland counties. Earlier in the day, it appeared the frozen precipitation may remain north of the area. […]