Rt. 58 is open

Rt. 58 is open and detour signs were taken down this after­noon. There may be addi­tional work done to the bridge, but the road will remain open.

Lois Irene Daniel

Lois Irene Daniel, 89, of Welling­ton, died Mon­day, May 24, 2011 at Mercy Allen Hos­pi­tal in Ober­lin. Lois was born in Boaz, Ala., on Feb. 26, 1922 to the late Jess and Ida (nee Wor­ley) Moore. Lois had lived in the Welling­ton area for most of her life and was one of the old­est res­i­dents on […]

Marian Mae Rollin Bigelow

Mar­ian Mae Rollin Bigelow, 80, of Welling­ton, died Mon­day, May 23, 2011 at Regional Med­ical Cen­ter in Elyria. Born Jan. 4, 1931 in Welling­ton to the late Glen and Treva (nee Jack­son) Rollin, Mar­ian grew up in Hunt­ing­ton and was a life­time res­i­dent of Lorain County. She grad­u­ated with the Sul­li­van High School class of […]

Lady Dukes keep it close with Wildcats

The Welling­ton Dukes soft­ball team had an oppor­tu­nity Sat­ur­day to do some­thing most teams can’t - defeat Key­stone. How­ever, the team came up just a lit­tle short. The Dukes were down early, but ral­lied back in the sixth inning. How­ever, they came up short, los­ing 10-7. Key­stone, who is still com­pet­ing in the state tour­na­ment, has an […]

Dukes postseason run ends

The Dukes base­ball team made a run in the play­offs, but the post­sea­son is over for Welling­ton. After defeat­ing Nor­wayne and North­west­ern for the sec­tional cham­pi­onship, Welling­ton fell to Can­ton Cen­tral Catholic in the dis­trict semi­fi­nal by a score of 9-1. Head coach Roger Sasack said the Dukes found them­selves down early, and it was too […]

Gundert to take over boys basketball team

The Dukes bas­ket­ball team may be under new direc­tion next sea­son, but it’s with a famil­iar face. Dan Gun­dert will take over the pro­gram, since for­mer coach Nathan Mor­ris resigned to spend more time with his fam­ily. Gun­dert is a 2002 grad­u­ate of Welling­ton High School and a third grade teacher at West­wood Ele­men­tary School.   […]

Club would boost academics

Using a tried-and-true method used by bands and ath­let­ics, the school dis­trict is hop­ing to do the same for aca­d­e­mics by start­ing an aca­d­e­mic boost­ers club. Cur­ricu­lum direc­tor Christo­pher Kamen­ski is behind the push. “It’s noth­ing for­mal yet,” he said. “It’s just some­thing I want to start in Welling­ton. I’m look­ing to get inter­est from the community […]

Ladies step up