Current
Island News from the National News Wires
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(The
following section pulls recent press from the wires if it contains the phrases "Middle Bass",
"Port Clinton", "Put-in-Bay" or "Lake Erie
Islands".)
The
Middle Bass Island News Archives
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- 01/28/05
$7.59 Million in Budget
for Middle Bass Island State Park
- 08/20/04
Put-in-Bay GI Illness also
Reported on Middle Bass
- 08/06/04
$150,000 Grant for Middle Bass Island Airport
- 06/27/04
Middle Bass Real Estate Prices rise less than on nearby islands
- 06/25/04
State Unveils Plans for Middle Bass Marina
- 06/19/04
Water quality impacts of Middle Bass Island project topic of public
hearing
- 06/04/04
Teen Charged in Vandalism on Middle Bass
- 05/27/04
Teen charged with Middle Bass Vandalism
- 05/26/04
Island residents' fast action nabs vandalism suspects
- 05/18/04
Middle Bass Zoning News
- 04/23/04
State Acquires 17 Acres of Middle Bass for Marina Expansion
- 04/12/04
Water snake project among those funded
- 02/16/04
Eagles land on Middle Bass
- 01/23/04
State park plan behind schedule
- 11/07/03
Kathryn L. Schneider and Lawrence Sheller elected to Middle Bass Local
Board of Education
- 10/31/03
Write-ins for island races
- 10/25/03
North Bass:
North Bass Island -- changes loom for tiny, isolated community
- 10/23/03
Two levies on Middle Bass ballot
- 09/30/03
Lake Erie field guide in the works
- 09/26/03
ODNR's stand on shoreline land ownership
explained
- 09/23/03
Fed's OK plan to save water snakes
- 09/22/03
Snakes don't rattle 7-year-old
- 09/10/03
Judge Awards MB Land to PIB Port Authority
- 08/28/03
Sugar Island:
Partially submerged boat found at Sugar Is.
- 08/27/03
Former Tin Goose Pilot Harold Hauck Dies - Also
View Eulogies
- 08/22/03
Middle Bass School Board Ballot for Nov. 4 Election
- 08/18/03
Rattlesnake Island:
Woman slips, drowns on Rattlesnake
- 07/29/03
Judge rules Put-in-Bay airport board entitled to small parcel of land on
Middle Bass
- 07/28/03
Offerings still slim at
newest state park
- 07/12/03
First suit filed in winery collapse is refiled
- 06/27/03
Man found guilty in island accident that killed 2
- 06/27/03
Man guilty in island traffic death case
- 06/27/03
Driver pleads no contest in double fatal
- 06/24/03
Plea change due in Middle
Bass fatalities
- 06/19/03
$1M eyed to save rare snakes
- 06/14/03
$3M lawsuit filed over fatal crash
- 06/14/03
Father of motorcyclist killed in crash sues
- 06/11/03
Snakes Alive! And keeping them that way
- 06/04/03
Nearly all civil suits against Lonz Winery have been settled
- 05/11/03
Budget Constraints Snag State Park Plans
- 05/10/03
Jury Awards $550,000 in Lonz Suit
- 05/06/03
Island Work Put on Hold
- 05/02/03
Woman claims she lost her job because of Lonz Winery collapse
- 04/30/03
Civil Trial Starts in Sandusky for Woman Injured in Lonz Accident
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03/21/03 Lonz
Winery tragedy re-enactment hits home
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03/14/03 Rescuers
get another look at Lonz Disaster
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03/12/03 Cable
TV re-enacts collapse at winery
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03/12/03 Discovery
Channel recreates rescue at Lonz Winery patio collapse
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02/17/03 Federal
spending bill has millions for Ohio. incl. $5000,000 for Middle Bass
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02/15/03 Island
doesn't 'roll up' in winter (About South Bass, but also applies to Middle
Bass)
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02/11/03 20
Ice Anglers Rescued on Lake Erie
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02/09/03 City
on Ice
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02/07/03 Put-in-Bay
Ferries Could Face Security Checks
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01/30/03 Burned-out
restaurant being rebuilt
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11/05/02 Grant
clears path for stalled airport project
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10/21/02 Blaze
destroys eatery on Middle Bass Island
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10/21/02 Island
restaurant total loss
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10/21/02 Fire
Destroys Only Restaurant On Island
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10/21/02 Fire
levels a popular Middle Bass restaurant
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10/16/02 Pair
divided on key issues in House race
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08/01/02 Trio
is 'lucky' to be alive
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06/23/02 Islanders
worry airstrip delays could isolate them
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06/19/02 Boating
death investigation points to possible murder
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06/19/02 Man
who died in lake was intoxicated, tests show
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06/15/02 State
starting work at Lake Erie island park
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06/14/02 Middle
Bass park's perks worth wait, state says
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06/04/02 Body
of Missing Boater Found Off Middle Bass Island
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05/17/02 Charges
filed in Middle Bass crash that puzzled investigators
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05/16/02 Charges
Finally Filed in June, 2001 Hit and Run
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03/30/02 Police
keep the peace on "party island"
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03/12/02 Lonz
Winery Trial Delayed Until April
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01/16/02 Ohio
has now received over $1.8 Million for Middle Bass Island Marina
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01/15/02 MBI
State Park to receive $861,383 to expand marina
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12/15/01 Twenty
more people suing over Lonz Winery collapse
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12/15/01 Tiffin
woman's case to represent consolidated Lonz Winery suits
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11/15/01 Lonz
Winery wrongful death suit is settled
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11/02/01 3
firms to offer winter flights to Lake Erie Isles
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09/25/01 (Middle
Bass Mentioned in the Congressional Record) (see item EC-3703)
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09/07/01 Toledo
to have say on Middle Bass
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08/27/01 South
Bass (and Middle Bass) history to be on display, and for sale
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08/23/01 Study
aims to follow Lake Erie water snake
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08/20/01 Islands
must plan for loss of air service, mayor says
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08/10/01 ODNR
should hear all Ohioans
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07/27/01 A
trip to the new state docks at Middle Bass Island
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07/21/01 State
Park Planned for Middle Bass
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07/21/01 Winery
to be Core of Park on Island
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07/20/01 Taft
says he wants family-oriented state park at Middle Bass Island
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07/20/01 Taft
Wants New Park on Middle Bass Island Audio
from Ohio Public Radio
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07/06/01 Our
former Victory ferry, now in Toledo, goes on a Jazz Cruise
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07/02/01 Lonz
Winery survivors reunite to share the joy, pain
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07/02/01 Rescued
and rescuers gather to recall winery terrace collapse
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07/02/01 Columbus
man, 39, called driver in crash fatal to 2
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06/28/01 Driver
who hit and killed two on island is found, police say
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06/28/01 Patrol
Probes Middle Bass Road Fatalities
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06/27/01 Tourists'
Island Visit Turns into Tragedy
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06/26/01 Island
Crash Kills Two
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06/24/01 Survivors
scarred by winery collapse
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06/21/01 Summer
Visitors to Middle Bass Island Will See a State Park
Under Development
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04/28/01 Lonz
Tragedy Victims to Meet
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04/28/01 Winery
Cave-In Victims to Reunite
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04/13/01 Judge
Refuses to Merge Lonz Winery Lawsuits
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03/01/01 Special
plates put nature in the driver's seat - Kuehnle Wildlife Area Mention
- 02/19/01
Letter
to Island Residents from the Middle Bass Landowners' Association
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02/15/01 Deaths
on ice reinforce idea that no ice is safe
- 02/09/01
Drowning Deaths
Shock Shreve Families (Also search on this site for the
1986 Middle Bass ice accident; we can't link to it directly. But a
warning: as of 2003, neither of these articles is free anymore. You'll
have to register and pay to view them.)
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02/08/01 Fishing
pals died the way 'they would have wanted'
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02/08/01 Friends
Mourn Loss of Seasonal resident
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02/07/01
3
Men Go Through the Ice off Middle Bass and Die
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02/06/01 Ottawa
County Sheriff's Report on the Ice Fishing Accident
- Fall
2000 Franklin
County Trial Lawyers - Commentary on Lonz Ambulance Chasers
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12/31/00 Toledo
Area Top 10 Stories - Lonz Tragedy Follow-up
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12/25/00 State to develop Lonz site as
first-class family park
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12/25/00 Survivors
Still Trying to Heal
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12/21/00 Airstrip
Gets Trial Run from Businesses - Middle Bass Field to be Done in Spring
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11/29/00 Henry
Mesenburg, Former Middle Bass Dockmaster, Dies
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08/28/00 Middle
Bass Island Folk Are Anxious
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07/14/00
Lonz
Winery Accident Affects Island Community - With Audio
Links
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07/??/00 U.S. Coast Guard Report on the
Lonz Tragedy
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07/03/00 Rescuers
Recount Ohio Terrace Collapse
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07/02/00 Probing
For Answers
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06/??/99 Gilligan Lands
on Middle Bass
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08/??/98 Middle Bass
Residents Fear Overdevelopment Will Lessen Island's Ambiance
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03/??/98 Hanck's
Pond is Purchased
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