Article written and provided by the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—September 16-20 is National Construction Appreciation Week, and Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder are reminding Ohioans considering new careers that construction jobs are in demand in Ohio. More than 245,500 Ohioans work in the construction industry, which equates to about one in 23 workers, and many learned their skills through apprenticeship programs. Apprentices earn while they learn, avoid student loan debt and, when they complete their programs, earn an average of $72,000 a year.

Gary Knox, a loyal volunteer for the Findlay/Hancock affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, received the state-wide Volunteer Group of the Year Award during Habitat for Humanity of Ohio’s Annual Convention in Columbus on Thursday, November 2.

OTTAWA, OH (WLIO) - As the fair gets underway, so did the competitions. The participants in the equestrian program got theirs off on the right…

Every year, Vantage Career Center carpentry students build a house for their lab. This year, the lot was donated to them by the county Land Bank. The space formerly contained a blighted structure. Now, it is the future site of a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house built almost entirely by the high school students.

Elm and Pine will be closed from Monday, September 28th through Friday, October 16th. Crews will be reconstructing the roadway and replacing the decks on both bridges. The Ohio Department of Transportation is managing the 3.9-million dollar project. The closure will also include the Ottawa River bikeway tunnel.

Vantage Career Center gave younger students a chance to explore several different skilled labor careers they might not have considered before.

Students at Apollo Career Center are putting the finishing touches on the house they spent all school year building.