NORWALK - The following cases recently went through Huron County Common Pleas Court: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Morgan Stanley ABS Trust in care of Countrywide Home Loan Service, Dallas, Texas, vs. Janet M. Cowan and Glen M. Cowan, 8 Mill St., Norwalk; Creditors: Pittsburgh National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa.; United States of America in care of U.S. Attorney, Toledo; United States Attorney General, Washington, D.C.; Department of Taxation State of Ohio, Columbus; Treasurer of Huron County, 16 E. Main St., Norwalk; defendant United State of America dismissed from action; plaintiff's notice of dismissal of complaint without prejudice; plaintiff's costs.

WILLARD - Paramedics took a New Jersey man to a Toledo mental facility after he was accused of making threatening comments about President Bush. Willard police officers responded to a Conwell Avenue business at 10:15 p.m. Saturday after a complainant accused Keith Born, 55, of threatening someone in a vehicle and brandishing a handgun.

Part of the city's long-term planning process has been to secure more green space. Well, the city now has 37 more acres of it. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...

A Willard woman faces multiple felonies in connection with leading authorities from multiple jurisdictions on a high speed pursuit and ramming a police cruiser Tuesday morning. Arlena M. Hicks, 38, of 1837 S. Thomas Road, is accused of being intoxicated while going as high as 80 mph while leading police in the chase that started about 10:30 a.m., authorities said.

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On Wed., in a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law banning partial-birth abortion. The issue of abortion has been politicized, argued and promoted for more than a generation, so the true understanding of the procedure is today misunderstood and taken for granted. The terms referring to abortion include words like "choice," "the removal of fetal tissue," "the products of conception" and "the right to choose." All of these terms mask the reality of what is actually being aborted a human life, a baby. The beloved children's author Dr. Seuss said it best: "A person is a person, no matter how small."

It is an anniversary Deb Lucal would like to forget. April 25, 1995. Lucal took her son, then 8-year-old Matthew, to see Dr. Eric Prack for his yearly checkup. A quick scan of the results showed something was wrong. Very wrong.

Earlier this month all of the city department heads were asked to present to city council a five-year capital improvement plan. The Norwalk Park and Recreation Department concentrated on four major items: 1) A new HVAC system for Barnes Gym;

The Norwalk Park and Recreation Department will host a variety of special events and leagues for the first time this summer. There already are 18 teams pre-registered for this weekend's pre-season softball tournament. The Al Pleasnick Memorial Tournament will run Saturday and Sunday and is open to all Class D men's softball teams. The draw is 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Ernsthausen Community Center.

NEW LONDON Administrator Shawn Tappel told council Monday, "micromanaging has got to stop now," referring to allegations one of the council members followed a village employee around, apparently checking up on him. Tappel added, "I can't run the department when someone is telling me how to run it," and said of the employees, "I don't want them thinking that they are being spied on."