The Black Swamp Cock Ring https://blackswampcockring.org/ A daily bilingual news digest for the Great Black Swamp and the high ground beyond — Toledo, northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Free, ad-free, and corrected in public. en-us Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:41:53 +0000 720 No. 16 · Friday, Aug. 14 — Pride takes Adams Street at noon Saturday, sixteen summers on from a few hundred dollars at the Erie Street Market https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-14.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-14.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Pride takes Adams Street at noon Saturday, sixteen summers on from a few hundred dollars at the Erie Street Market No. 15 Evening Extra · Thursday, Aug. 13 — A state representative's night ends in the Ottawa County jail: Elgin Rogers Jr. arrested on OVI and gun charges https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-13-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-13-extra.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 A state representative's night ends in the Ottawa County jail: Elgin Rogers Jr. arrested on OVI and gun charges No. 15 · Thursday, Aug. 13 — The university picks its ground: $1.2 billion, 144 acres on the Huron River — and a township that says it will fight https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-13.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-13.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The university picks its ground: $1.2 billion, 144 acres on the Huron River — and a township that says it will fight No. 14 Evening Extra · Wednesday, Aug. 12 — The storms got the trees and the campers. The Henry County Fair opens Thursday anyway. https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-12-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-12-extra.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The storms got the trees and the campers. The Henry County Fair opens Thursday anyway. No. 14 · Wednesday, Aug. 12 — One week after the filing deadline, Wood County's ballot is certified and posted. Lucas County's window is still dark. https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-12.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-12.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 One week after the filing deadline, Wood County's ballot is certified and posted. Lucas County's window is still dark. No. 13 · Tuesday, Aug. 11 — Nine days on, police know whose car hit Kaptur. What they haven't said is who was driving it. https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-11.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-11.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Nine days on, police know whose car hit Kaptur. What they haven't said is who was driving it. No. 12 Evening Extra · Monday, Aug. 10 — The morning after the sirens: the storms saved their punch for the islands' power lines https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-10-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-10-extra.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The morning after the sirens: the storms saved their punch for the islands' power lines No. 12 · Monday, Aug. 10 — We said we'd pull the numbers: the cyclospora outbreak is fading, and the county still counts twice what the state does https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-10.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-10.html Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 We said we'd pull the numbers: the cyclospora outbreak is fading, and the county still counts twice what the state does No. 11 · Sunday, Aug. 9 — The Mayor of Toledo came to Toledo, signed a hot dog, rode a roller coaster, and waved from a Jeep https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-09.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-09.html Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The Mayor of Toledo came to Toledo, signed a hot dog, rode a roller coaster, and waved from a Jeep No. 10 · Saturday, Aug. 8 — Parade day, and the sky signed off: 1,400 Jeeps roll at ten, dry https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-08.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-08.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Parade day, and the sky signed off: 1,400 Jeeps roll at ten, dry No. 9 · Friday, Aug. 7 — Fourteen hundred Jeeps, one downtown, and a forecast that just barely cooperates https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-07.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-07.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Fourteen hundred Jeeps, one downtown, and a forecast that just barely cooperates Special Edition · Thursday, Aug. 6 — A six-story duck spent two days watching Toledo, and Toledo watched back https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-06-special.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-06-special.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 A six-story duck spent two days watching Toledo, and Toledo watched back No. 8 · Thursday, Aug. 6 — The general begins ugly: El-Sayed and Rogers open with knives, and Stevens closes ranks https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-06.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-06.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The general begins ugly: El-Sayed and Rogers open with knives, and Stevens closes ranks No. 7 Evening Extra · Wednesday, Aug. 5 — It's El-Sayed. The AP has called it, and now so will we. https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-05-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-05-extra.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 It's El-Sayed. The AP has called it, and now so will we. No. 7 · Wednesday, Aug. 5 — Ann Arbor throws out its mayor: Rabhi ousts Taylor, and twelve years of building up gets a verdict https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-05.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-05.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Ann Arbor throws out its mayor: Rabhi ousts Taylor, and twelve years of building up gets a verdict No. 6 Evening Extra · Tuesday, Aug. 4 — The polls are closed. Michigan can't call it until nine. https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-04-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-04-extra.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The polls are closed. Michigan can't call it until nine. No. 6 · Tuesday, Aug. 4 — Three days on, the driver who ran down our congresswoman is still out there https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-04.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-04.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Three days on, the driver who ran down our congresswoman is still out there No. 5 · Monday, Aug. 3 — The lettuce outbreak takes its first lives: two dead in Michigan, and our corner is still its center https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-03.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-03.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The lettuce outbreak takes its first lives: two dead in Michigan, and our corner is still its center No. 4 · Saturday, Aug. 1 — The sickest corner of two states: Lucas County passes 1,200 parasite cases as Michigan blows past 10,000 https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-01.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-08-01.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The sickest corner of two states: Lucas County passes 1,200 parasite cases as Michigan blows past 10,000 No. 3 · Friday, July 31 — The bloom is on: Lake Erie's algae season opens small, slow — and three weeks late https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-31.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-31.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The bloom is on: Lake Erie's algae season opens small, slow — and three weeks late No. 2 Evening Extra · Thursday, July 30 — The Daily Cock Ring — No. 2 Evening Extra — July 30, 2026 https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-30-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-30-extra.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The Daily Cock Ring — No. 2 Evening Extra — July 30, 2026 No. 2 · Thursday, July 30 — The Daily Cock Ring — Issue No. 2 — July 30, 2026 https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-30.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-30.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0400 The Daily Cock Ring — Issue No. 2 — July 30, 2026 No. 1 Evening Extra · Wednesday, July 29 — County Hall Orders the Knife: Every Department Told to Cut 13 Percent https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-29-extra.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-29-extra.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0400 County Hall Orders the Knife: Every Department Told to Cut 13 Percent No. 1 · Wednesday, July 29 — County Hall Orders the Knife: Every Department Told to Cut 13 Percent https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-29.html https://blackswampcockring.org/issues/daily-cock-ring-2026-07-29.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0400 County Hall Orders the Knife: Every Department Told to Cut 13 Percent