Lake County General Health District (LCGHD) recently announced that it has been awarded $38,500 in federal traffic safety funding from the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s (ODPS) Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO) for federal fiscal year 2025. “Working alongside law enforcement and other community organizations, our goal is to reduce the number of traffic-related motor […]
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Lake County General Health District (LCGHD) has received an award in the amount of $95,000 from the Ohio Department of Health as part its Creating Healthy Communities grant program. The project period begins October 1, 2024, and funding will be renewed annually through a five-year cycle that concludes September 30, 2029. Thirty-one Ohio counties were […]
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The Lake County Safe Communities Coalition (LCSCC) is reminding drivers about the lifesaving benefits of not driving while impaired during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over high-visibility enforcement effort. The national impaired driving campaign is during the Labor Day holiday and runs from […]
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), four confirmed EF-1 tornadoes touched down across Northeast Ohio on Tuesday, August 6th. Lake County, Ohio was in the path and suffered fallen trees, downed power lines, and power outages that have impacted many residents for multiple days. Debris is being cleared from roads and electric companies are […]
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With recent heavy rains, it is a busy time for the Lake County General Health District (LCGHD) mosquito control staff. By far the most visible component of their program is the nighttime spraying. LCGHD is using new quieter electric sprayers. They do not emit exhaust gasses since they are battery powered. This decreases the carbon […]
2024 marks Women, Infants, and Children (more commonly known as WIC) 50th birthday! Just in time before the start of school, join the Lake-Geauga WIC Program in celebrating their 50th Birthday on August 16 from 1 to 4 pm at the Charlton Abbott in downtown Willoughby. The event is free for all to attend, and […]
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The Lake County General Health District is offering a free Infant Feeding Group on the first Monday of every month at the Charlton Abbott in Willoughby from 10-11 a.m. The Group is led by the Lake-Geauga County Breastfeeding Support Team. The Infant Feeding Group is open to parents and infant caregivers who want to connect […]
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While, the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows a decrease in the number of adolescents smoking traditional cigarettes; 70% in 1991 down to 58.4% in 2003 and even further down to 28.9% in 2017, e-cigarettes entered the U.S. marketplace around 2007, and are now the most commonly used tobacco product among the youth population. In […]
Visualize the check-out area at your favorite store. What do you see? Most likely a variety of candy, snacks, but also tobacco and e-cigarettes. It’s not out of the ordinary for these products to be in areas that are at eye-level for youth, and easily accessible. This a topic that we should talk about and […]
The bathing beach recreation season officially begins on Memorial Day. The Lake County General Health District (LCGHD) will start reporting beach water quality at the two Lake County public beaches: Mentor Headlands State Park Beach and Lake Metroparks Fairport Harbor Beach. Every morning a member of staff will collect data and record observations. The data […]
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