Welcome to the online version of the Perrysburg Messenger Journal
With a coverage area reaching 14,000 residences, the Messenger Journal is a weekly newspaper produced by Welch Publishing Company.
This website and its weekly news update continues the newspaper's 150-year tradition as the repository of local news in the Perrysburg community.The Perrysburg Journal began publication on March 10, 1853, disseminating news and information in "Perrysburgh" (original spelling), a river town surrounded by the Great Black Swamp. With a population of about 1,800, Perrysburg was the county seat.
The Perrysburg Messenger (1935) and the Perrysburg Journal merged in 1965. Robert and Dorothy Welch have owned the newspaper since 1969. No longer the county seat, Perrysburg now is a growing, thriving suburban city of about 17,000. The oldest newspaper in Wood County, the first issue of the Perrysburg Journal included President Franklin Pierce's inaugural address.
The newspaper has evolved over the years from a patchwork of national/state/local news to a newspaper with an emphatically local focus. If it happened in Perrysburg... read about it in the Messenger Journal.
Our website is a great way for residents who move out of the community to stay in touch. It is a wonderful way for the many people moving into the community to take a look at what Perrysburg has to offer.The Messenger Journal staff has long relied upon members of the community to supply stories and news. Now you may do so over the Internet. We look to you to help the newspaper reflect the every day events which make the Perrysburg area a rewarding place to live and raise a family.
Again, welcome to Perrysburg and to its newspaper, the Messenger Journal.
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