State of the City focuses on area’s potential
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March 4, 2026
Ed Mickelson, pictured at right, explains Marysville’s 2026 Vision Plan during the annual State of the City event Monday night. Mickelson and Carmine Russo, center, consulted the city through its planning process last year before officials adopted it during a meeting last month. Also pictured at left is Donald Boerger, city council vice president. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

State of the City focuses on area’s potential

By Michael Williamson 

While this year’s State of the City featured the usual project highlights and accomplishments from the previous year, it also focused on a community in transition and all the work being done to shape it.

City Manager Terry Emery’s opening remarks noted the work done by city council specifically o...

City says commuter tax credit would leave funding gap
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City says commuter tax credit would leave funding gap
By Michael Williamson 
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Results from Marysville’s first commuter tax credit assessment suggest the break is just not feasible right now. The board held a special meeting ahead of the regular city council meeting Monday night...
Adding art Uptown
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Artists with Forged Ingrain, a company out of Perry, Ohio, install mural panels on the Union County building at South Main Street and Sixth Street Tuesday morning. The artists will be on-site througho...
Lights for Lawrence
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Drivers passing through Marysville in the evenings this week and last week might’ve noticed the blue light at the top of the Union County Courthouse. The county commissioners approved the weeklong lig...
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Artists with Forged Ingrain, a company out of Perry, Ohio, install mural panels on the Union County building at South Main Street and Sixth Street Tuesday morning. The artists will be on-site througho...
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Drivers passing through Marysville in the evenings this week and last week might’ve noticed the blue light at the top of the Union County Courthouse. The county commissioners approved the weeklong lig...
Blaney roundabout closer to reality
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Scarysville packs the streets
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Health department strengthens digital security
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By Kyle Meddles 
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The Union County Health Department is buffing its cybersecurity protection as part of a contract that will go into effect next year. At a recent meeting of the board of health, members approved a cont...