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My original plan for this week was to review Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor — Martyr, recently released on PlayStation 4.

Metroparks Toledo is hoping to get more people engaged with nature by offering a wider range of unconventional recreational programs with the help of a nonprofit foundation that has been rejuvenated, reshaped, and given a new purpose.

Four Ohio companies have been fined a combined $240,569 for safety violations found by federal inspectors at the companies’ worksites in northwest Ohio.

Walter Nelson, who in khakis and polo shirt stood watch at construction sites as project manager for a local architecture firm, died Aug. 11 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township. He was 74.

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Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a complete list of available dogs, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com. A $100 adoption fee includes spay-neuter, a heartworm check, microchip ID, vaccinations, and a behavioral evaluation.

The University of Toledo is sponsoring a weekend-long workshop exploring baroque style and performance technique. The experience will revolve around an in-depth study of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.

FREMONT — The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians has named Dr. Jonathan Diller the Family Physician of the Year.

BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University helped Delta, Ohio, secure a $958,885 federal grant to improve its water system.

The Labor Day weekend for some is about backyard grilling, for others about union solidarity, and for still others a final summer road trip before kids return to school and the temperature starts to drop.