BELLVILLE — State Route 97, just east of North Huron Street, will close on Monday, Nov. 17 for a culvert replacement, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. This project is managed by the village of Bellville because it falls within the village corporation limits. The detour route for eastbound motorists will be State Route […]
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Let Ohio’s state park lodges, like Mohican, handle your Thanksgiving feast
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was first published at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. COLUMBUS – This Thanksgiving, skip the hours in the kitchen and savor a festive meal with breathtaking views of Ohio’s award-winning state parks. Ohio’s state park lodges will take care of the cooking and cleanup, giving you more time to relax, […]
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Veterans invited to shoot for free at Ohio’s public ranges on Nov. 15
COLUMBUS – In honor of Veterans Day, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites veterans to visit and shoot for free at one of Ohio’s premier public shooting ranges on Saturday, Nov. 15. The shooting range permit requirement is waived for veterans on all Division of Wildlife Class A, B, and C shooting […]
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Richland County’s bowhunters slightly improve deer totals checked to this point
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. COLUMBUS – Ohio archery hunters have checked 46,359 white-tailed deer through Sunday, Nov. 2, which includes the first six weekends of bowhunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The 2025-26 statewide archery season began on […]
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Ohio’s 2025 wild turkey poult index dips slightly
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources at its website. COLUMBUS – Ohio’s wild turkey poult index, a metric used to estimate nest success and poult survival for the bird, was 2.7 poults per hen in 2025, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. […]
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ODNR to release pheasants at multiple north central Ohio locations
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is releasing more than 14,000 ring-necked pheasants at public hunting areas in late October and November. Releases begin Saturday, Oct. 25 during Ohio’s youth small game hunting season. Locally, the Kokosing Wildlife Area in Fredericktown and the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area in Ashland County […]
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Ashland County Pheasants Forever buys hunting licenses for 42 youth & women
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP — The Ashland County Pheasants Forever Chapter 442 purchased forever hunting licenses for 42 people who participated in the free youth hunt on Saturday. The hunting licenses cost roughly $450 each and the chapter spent a total of $17,500. Ohio Department of Natural Resources representatives were at the Davy McClure Outdoor Education Center […]
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Autumn’s flurry of color about to erupt in north central Ohio
EDITOR’S NOTE: Information for this story was gleaned from an article originally posted at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. COLUMBUS – Autumn is upon us and vibrant hues of red, orange, and yellow are already sweeping across tree canopies throughout the state. The Mohican area including Malabar Farm draw visitors to north central Ohio […]
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48th annual Ohio Heritage Days highlights history and tradition
LUCAS — The 48th annual Ohio Heritage Days at Malabar Farm, 4050 Bromfield Road, kicked off Saturday and continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event invites the community to celebrate with crafts, primitives, antiques, horse-drawn wagons, antique tractors, food, live music and living history camps spanning the Civil War to World […]
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Clearfork Reservoir among 9 Ohio lakes stocked with muskies this fall
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. LEXINGTON — – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is stocking 20,000 muskellunge, or muskies, in nine inland lakes this fall for future fishing enjoyment. One of those lakes is Clearfork Reservoir just outside Lexington. Muskies […]