Best queso dip, chicken alfredo dip with peppers, easy chicken stromboli

By Melanie Behrens

Here are three appetizers for your next summer party.
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Best queso dip
1/2 lb. pepperjack cheese, cubed
1/2 lb. American cheese (white), cubed
1 C whole milk (maybe more for thinning dip later)
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 C regular sour cream
1 can Rotel
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. chili powde...

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Easy chocolate mousse, Chocolate toffee bars, Chocolate trifle

By Melanie Behrens

April 16, 2020

Chocolate is a wonderful thing. Enjoy these recipes. Easy chocolate mousse 1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed 1 pkg. (4 oz.) bittersweet chocolate squares, melted 1/2 C fresh raspberries ...

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Easy ribs, Blueberry lemon bars, Rum balls

By Melanie Behrens

March 5, 2020

Hope you can enjoy these nice treats. Easy ribs 2 to 2-1/2 lbs. baby back pork ribs salt and black pepper Sweet barbecue sauce: 1 TBS olive oil 1/4 C finely diced onion 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 C ket...

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Mel’s Favorite Fare

By Melanie Behrens

February 27, 2020

Easy ribs 2 to 2-1/2 lbs. baby back pork ribs salt and black pepper Sweet barbecue sauce: 1 TBS olive oil 1/4 C finely diced onion 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 C ketchup (try our homemade ketchup recipe)...

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Above, Marysville High School’s Swingers Select show choir performs at Saturday’s Loveland Showfest. The group captured its first ever treble division grand championship. (Photo submitted)

Swingers Select brings home title

By From JT Staff Reports

February 16, 2026

On Saturday, the Marysville Swingers Select show choir competed at Loveland Showfest. Swingers Select, the newest show choir at Marysville High School, is a treble group consisting of 50 sopranos and ...

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Thick as pea soup

By Michael Williamson

February 16, 2026

The Marysville water tower, shown above off London Avenue, was barely visible through the thick fog Monday morning. With temperatures rising well above freezing and melting piles of snow still on the ...

Local News, Marysville City Council, News

“We don’t want data centers”

Cooks Pointe developer puts foot down

By Michael Williamson

February 14, 2026

Marysville City Council members have some questions of their own over what should and shouldn’t go into the Cook’s Pointe development. The board heard the first reading Monday night of an amended plan...

Education, News, Plain City News

JA looks at school funding upheaval

By Michael Williamson

February 14, 2026

School funding is a challenging enough subject when it applies to a district dealing with one county but what about dealing with three counties? That’s what Jonathan Alder Treasurer Mark Ingles is wre...

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North Lewisburg files suit against Woodstock over wastewater fees

By Chad Williamson

February 14, 2026

North Lewisburg has provided wastewater treatment services to its neighbor village of Woodstock since 1997, but that service may find its end in a court ruling. North Lewisburg has filed suit in Champ...

Education, News, Plain City News

City building

By Michael Williamson

February 13, 2026

Jonathan Alder families look over a cardboard city project built by junior high school students at the board of education meeting Tuesday. The project was one part of the school’s Innovation Intervent...