HAYESVILLE – C. Ivan Stoltzfus is on a mission to help injured veterans, one mile at a time. The retired farmer is making his third cross-country “Across America for Wounded Veterans” trip to raise money for Operation Second Chance. As always, he’s driving the entire distance in a 1948 John Deere Model A tractor retrofitted with […]
Courtney McNaull, Staff reporter
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Ashland University, former professors reach settlement in lawsuit
ASHLAND – Ashland University and six of the university’s former tenured professors have reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the university. The agreement will end the civil trial that began in Ashland County Common Pleas Court Wednesday and was expected to continue through next week. After opening arguments and about one day of […]
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Ashland mourns loss of council member, business owner
ASHLAND – Ashland City Council member and longtime local business owner Al Farnam died Monday morning in his Ashland home. Elected in November 2017 to represent the city’s fourth ward on the city council, Farnam served from January 2018 until his death. Farnam was known to many in town as the owner of Al Farnam […]
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Dutch Harness Horse Sale draws Amish crowd to Ashland County Fairgrounds
ASHLAND – Judging by the number of cars in the Ashland County Fairgrounds parking lot, passersby would have had no idea just how happening the Coliseum was this weekend. That’s because a majority of the sellers, buyers and spectators at the 15th annual North American Spring Dutch Harness Horse Sale were Amish. Many attendees hired […]
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Former faculty suit against Ashland University set for trial next week
ASHLAND — A lawsuit brought by seven former faculty members against Ashland University is scheduled to go to trial next week in Ashland County Common Pleas court. The plaintiffs allege the university violated their contracts by terminating them without cause, despite the each of the six faculty members having tenure. The university argues the non-renewals were […]
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Ashland studio’s ‘Storm Boy’ now playing at Mansfield Cinemark
MANSFIELD — North central Ohio residents have been abuzz since last October, when independent movie studio Good Deed Entertainment announced plans to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to Ashland. Community members will have a chance to familiarize themselves with the company by watching the studio’s newest film locally this weekend. “Storm Boy” was released […]