Riverview Healthcare Campus celebrated the retirement of five long term employees during the fall of 2012.

Terrence Rudes, Port Clinton attorney and firearms instructor at the Oak Harbor Conservation Club, is offering a four-hour firearms safety class at no charge to any teacher or administrator.

Santa visited Edgewood Manor on Wednesday afternoon. He arrived to a packed house waiting for him to bring the Christmas spirit. 

The Ottawa County Board of Elections office will be closed on Monday, Dec. 24 and Tuesday, Dec. 25. The office will also be closed Tuesday, Jan. 1. Normal office hours resume Wednesday, Jan. 2.

Happy New Year from the staff of The Beacon. Seated l-r: Mary Alice and John Schaffner. Standing, l-r: Dave Kahler, Mark Schaffner, Scott Horn, Jeff Bryden, Mary Beth Cole, Angie Dine, Connie Roberts, Michelle Biers and Robin Quesada. Not pictured: Donna Lueke, Bruce Dinse