ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - Allen County Commissioners moving forward on a project to find a new home for some county offices.
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The Lima Fire Department responded to a house fire Wednesday morning. The call came in around 9 a.m. for a fire in the 600 block of North Elizabeth Street. No power had been at the house for a year and the property has been empty for some time. The Lima Fire Department also says that people have been squatting inside the home and that this is not the first fire that this property has seen.
A national health care organization is currently in the midst of a preventative Alzheimer's trial. "Care Access" works to bring these trials that are usually done in major city hospitals to smaller communities to include people who may not be able to participate otherwise. As the word has gotten out about the Alzheimer's trial they have received many inquiries about its status.
Rhodes State College will be applying to the higher learning commission to be approved to offer a bachelor of science in nursing degree. They currently offer degrees for state-tested nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and an associate degree for a registered nurse. So getting approval for a bachelor's degree is important for the college to help expand opportunities for their students, but also for local hospitals as well.
On Monday, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a tax break for the $501 million expansion project. The Lima plant will be the only P&G plant in the world to produce their Gain and Downey Unstoppable Laundry Scent Beads. Currently, those products are being made by contract manufacturers. The sales of that product line have grown exponentially since it launched 11 years ago. If the project gets its final approvals, P&G will be building a new plant between the current Lima Plant and the distribution center.
Lima Stormwater Manager Jim Morrisey explains, “Downtown Lima has a lot going on right now. We have new designs coming in. It’s always great to offer outside, public, great venue and great location to park which is centrally located between all of the different districts within the downtown area.”