COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials, led by Gov. Strickland are set to unveil an "action plan" to battle algae that polluted Ohio's largest inland lake as welll as other, smaller, bodies of water.
Strickland, EPA Director Chris Korleski, Sean Logan, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Agriculture director Robert Boggs and Health director Dr. Alvin Jackson will announce the plan at Wright State University's Lake Campus on the shores of Grand Lake St. Marys.
Slimy blobs of algae like the ones that have polluted the western Ohio lake are now being found in some small lakes and ponds.
Researchers think it's because of the hot, rainy weather this summer.
Algae blooms are showing up earlier this year on western Lake Erie and there's growing concern about smaller lakes.
The state says algae blooms have been found at two lakes at state parks -- Burr Oak in southeast Ohio and Grand Lake St. Marys.
Ohio State University researchers say algae blooms are a problem for some private owners of ponds and lakes even though they're still uncommon.
They say the greatest risk is to small pets and livestock that drink from contaminated ponds.
Nationwide Insurance will become the presenting sponsor of the Memorial Tournament, beginning with the 2011 event, the insurance giant, tournament officials announced Friday.
The Buckeyes made it look easy in their season opener, manhandling Marshall 45-7, but know it won't be that easy next Saturday, when the 13th-ranked Miami Hurricanes come to Ohio Stadium.
Twenty nine new pools of mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus in Columbus this week brings the total number in Franklin County this summer to over 100.
The Columbus City Schools stand to get almost $8 million from a federal grant program to rehire, retain or create jobs for teachers and other personnel.
A hard-luck gorilla at the Columbus is recovering after suffering a dislocated hip, the second injury for poor Misha, and she's not even a year old yet.
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LAS VEGAS - JUNE 27: A general view of the atmosphere in the trophy room at the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards held at the Las Vegas Hilton on June 27, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ATI)
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