John Seewer

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Mayor: Toledo, Fiat Chrysler should work together

John Seewer · October 13, 2014 8:27 pm

FILE - In this June 3, 2011 file photo, a 2012 Jeep Wrangler sits next to the assembly line at Chrysler Group's Toledo Assembly complex, in Toledo, Ohio. Word that Chrysler is considering moving production of the Wrangler elsewhere so that the famously rugged vehicle can be constructed with an aluminum body to meet new government gas-mileage standards has triggered feelings of anger, betrayal and despair in this Midwestern industrial city. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Toledo nervously awaiting fate of beloved Jeep

John Seewer · October 9, 2014 10:03 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2011 file photo, Pam Bialecki works on a 2012 Jeep Wrangler at the Chrysler Toledo Assembly complex, in Toledo, Ohio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Toledo's mayor spoke with Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne on a conference call Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, after he indicated it's possible that production of the next version of Jeep Wrangler could be moved from the Toledo facility. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero, File)

Ohio leaders scramble over hints it may lose Jeep

John Seewer · October 6, 2014 9:05 pm

Study: Lake Erie silt dumping isn’t fueling algae

John Seewer · September 27, 2014 3:19 pm

Manufacturing in Ohio seeing slow, steady growth

John Seewer · September 20, 2014 8:25 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014 file photo, algae is seen near the City of Toledo water intake crib in Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Environmentalists, scientists and farmers agree that agriculture runoff is feeding the blue-green algae blooms on Lake Erie that are linked to the toxins found in the drinking water of 400,000 people last weekend. But how much of a role do the farms play? Researchers know some of the answers, yet there are still many unknowns. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Farms are focus of studies on drinking water toxin

John Seewer · August 10, 2014 3:22 pm

Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins raises a glass of tap water before drinking it during a news conference in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Collins announced Monday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Water safe to drink in Ohio’s fourth-largest city

John Seewer · August 4, 2014 6:24 pm

Algae is seen near the City of Toledo water intake crib, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, in Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. More tests are needed to ensure that toxins are out of Toledo's water supply, the mayor said Sunday, instructing the 400,000 people in the region to avoid drinking tap water for a second day. Toledo officials issued the warning early Saturday after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption, possibly because of algae on Lake Erie. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Ohio city to continue water ban after new tests

John Seewer · August 4, 2014 7:52 am

Aundrea Simmons stands next to her minivan with cases of bottled water she bought after Toledo warned residents not to use its water, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 in Toledo, Ohio. About 400,000 people in and around Ohio's fourth-largest city were warned not to drink or use its water after tests revealed the presence of a toxin possibly from algae on Lake Erie. (AP Photo John Seewer)

Energy and Environment

Don’t drink the water, says 4th-largest Ohio city

John Seewer · August 3, 2014 2:21 am

Ohio pushes to end sediment dumping into Lake Erie

John Seewer · July 20, 2014 12:32 pm

This combination photo of two images shows a family photo of Sophia Steffel, left, and a retouched version by Jillian Johnston of Mountain View, Calif. Days after the infant daughter of Nathen Steffel died in a Cincinnati hospital from complications from a tumor in her liver, he asked users on the Reddit website if someone could alter the hospital photo. "Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes," he wrote. Johnston's work was one of hundreds sent in response. (AP Photo)

Dad’s heartbreaking Internet plea spurs strangers

John Seewer · July 16, 2014 9:28 pm

Theme park CEO says job is about making memories

John Seewer · July 9, 2014 2:23 pm