Meigs Health Today: Hypothermia
Meigs Health Today: Hypothermia By Leanne Cunningham, Director of Nursing While we have not had a very cold winter thus...
County Government
Trees to Textbooks Invests in Local School and Communities
Trees to Textbooks Invests in Local School and Communities COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fourteen rural Ohio school districts and their corresponding counties...
Meigs Health Today: The Scoop on E-cigarettes, Vapes & Hookahs
Meigs Health Today: The Scoop on E-cigarettes, Vapes & Hookahs By Sherry Hayman, Public Health Nurse E-cigarettes are still fairly new...
Meigs Courts Receive Grants for Tech Upgrades
Meigs Courts Receive Grants for Tech Upgrades COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today it was announced that the Meigs County Common Pleas...
Meigs Health Today: Normal Development as Your Child Grows
Meigs Health Today: Normal Development as Your Child Grows By Sherry Eagle, Meigs County WIC Director Developmental milestones are behaviors...
Land Bank Issue, $250,000 in Potential Grant Money Public Meeting to be Held
From left Meigs County Commissioners Jimmy Will, Randy Smith and Tim Ihle listen to residents’ concerns about loosing the opportunity...
Meigs Health Today: Health Effects of Wood Smoke
Meigs Health Today: Health Effects of Wood Smoke By Steve Swatzel, RS, Director of Environmental Health"‹ More Ohioans have switched to...
Meigs County Career Compass Implementing Job Shadowing Program
Meigs County Career Compass (MC3), a group comprised of local educators from the county’s public school districts, the University of...
Two Meigs County Deputies trained for D.A.R.E. Program
From left, Eastern Local School Resource Officer, Joseph Barnhart, and Meigs Middle and High School, School Resource Officer, Matthew Martin,...
Courthouse Cookies for Kids set for November 26
Courthouse Cookies for Kids set for November 26 POMEROY, Ohio - It is cookie time once again at the Meigs...
Sleep quality and falls – There is a connection
Sleep quality and falls – There is a connection If you have problems sleeping and are up often during the...
Meigs County receives ODNR grant
Meigs County receives ODNR grant COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has approved more than $3.3 million...
Meigs County 2019 General Election results
Meigs County 2019 General Election results POMEROY, Ohio - Meigs County turned out to vote on three county wide issues...
Public meeting set on proposed fee change 2020 Environmental Health Fees
Public meeting set on proposed fee change 2020 Environmental Health Fees POMEROY, Ohio - A public meeting has been scheduled...
Spina Bifida Awareness
Spina Bifida Awareness By Angie Rosler, RN According to the Spina Bifida Foundation Association, approximately 1,600 babies are born in...
News cast for Week of October 7, 2019
News cast for Week of October 7, 2019 Meigs Independent Press news cast for this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVzKJ9H84k&t=3s
Health Literacy: What does that even mean?
Health Literacy: What does that even mean? By Juli Simpson, RN, BSN, LSN - Maternal & Child Health, Program Director...
Rabies awareness
Rabies awareness BY STEVE SWATZEL, SANITARIAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR Steve Swatzel, RS, Director of Environmental Health According to the...
Stanley to be awarded Ohio State Bar Foundation Award
Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney James Stanley at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Submitted photo. Stanley to be awarded Ohio State...
Night may fall, but you don’t have to
Night may fall, but you don't have to By Courtney Midkiff, Meigs Administrator September 23 is Falls Prevention Day along...
Emmy Award Winning Filmographer to Address SWCD Banquet
Emmy Award Winning Filmographer to Address SWCD Banquet ROCK SPRINGS, Ohio – Emmy Award winning filmographer Evan Shaw will be...
September National Preparedness Month
September National Preparedness Month COLUMBUS, Ohio – September is National Preparedness Month. It is a great time for Ohioans to...
Middleport Tennis Courts Reopen
The courts following resurfacing. The MCHD's Creating Healthy Communities (CHC) Program partnered with the Village of Middleport to repair the...
Cub Scouts Make Bird Houses for Conservation Area
Members of Cub Scout Pack 777 recently donated these handsome bluebird boxes to the Meigs Soil and Water Conservation District...
Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Concerns from Rhododendrons Sold in Southeast Ohio
Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Division of Forestry, Soil and Water Conservation District, and partners are available to assist with...
