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What is a ‘reasonable search?’

On the evening of March 16, 2011, a Lake Township patrol officer and canine handler – Kelly Clark – pulled from the median on...

Ohio’s business climate improving

2015 marks the sixth consecutive year Ohio has set a new record for entities filing to do business in the state and a 40-year...

The legend of Punxsutawney Phil

Well, it happened again this morning.Early today on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a usually shy, otherwise normal-looking groundhog named Phil was pulled from...

Hands-on Soybean Management Workshop

A final reminder that we still have a few seats left for the upcoming Soybean Management Workshop. This will be an excellent workshop to...

College: More quality, less cost

The Ohio House this week passed an important piece of legislation that I believe could lead to cost-saving measures in the state’s colleges and...

I want to be a Heliotrope

Sitting in our dining room is a plant that has captured my curiosity. No matter what direction his pot is turned he will grow...

Summer break shouldn’t mean hunger

Last week, I outlined our top priorities for the upcoming year – and we are getting to work immediately on one of them: renewing...

Trump and the wistful right

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine who works in Republican politics called me. He will likely be involved in the GOP...

Secret is out — we won the lottery

Like millions of Americans, Debbie and I sometimes become infected with lottery fever.It never happens when the prize pool is just a few million...

Small Farm Conference set locally

The agricultural landscape of today is very different than it was 20-25 years ago. Farms today are getting fewer in number and the ones...