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Lexington lost 1-0 to Celina in the Division III district championship on Saturday, Oct.

31 at Shelby High’s Whippet Athletic Complex, ending the Minutemen’s season at 11-7-2 and sending five seniors out as a young core returns with hope for 2027.

Lexington won the Division II regional cross country title at Hedges-Boyer Park in Tiffin on Saturday, Oct.

31, edging Bowling Green 74-76 for its third straight regional championship and eighth since 2014; the Lady Lex were runners-up with Gabi Twedt finishing fourth.

Ohio approved 2027 spring turkey seasons: south youth April 17 and 18, south season April 24 to May 23, northeast youth April 24 and 25, northeast season May 1 to May 30.

The council will simplify bass rules to a statewide five fish, 12 inch minimum limit March 1, 2027.

Regional quarterfinal matchups are set for Week 12: No. 2 Ontario will host No. 7 Tiffin Columbian, No. 2 Shelby will host No. 7 Firelands, No. 4 Clear Fork will host No. 5 Otsego, and No. 10 Lucas will travel to No. 2 Danville.

A Mansfield resident found a northern saw-whet owl with head trauma on Oct.

30, and the 75-gram migrant was admitted to the Ohio Bird Sanctuary's hospital at 3774 Orweiler Road for care.

Mansfield is asking property owners to donate a roughly 30-foot live tree for the city's official Christmas display; crews will remove it, grind the stump and reseed the area, and interested owners should call Mansfield Public Works (419-755-9736) by Nov.

20.

Jefferson Township Bellville Fire Department is receiving specialized grain-rescue tubes and hands-on training from Nationwide's Grain Bin Safety program to prepare local responders for grain-entrapment emergencies (training uses NECAS simulators).

Chick-fil-A will open Nov.

5 at 6:30 a.m. at 897 Lexington-Springmill Road in Ontario, creating about 130 full- and part-time jobs; guests wearing cow spots can redeem one free entrée or kid's meal on opening day + owner Drew Foster will donate $25,000 to Feeding America.