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Seventeen years ago, Michael and Shelli Micheli decided to start a business in a family-owned building. Their story has an interesting start as they credit Dean Pine, whose family owns the Jer-zee Drive-In, to helping them begin. Pine helped the two obtain a loan. The pair also notes the friendliness of the other ice cream […]

Although he was born and raised in Cleveland, there is no doubt Andrew Swartz is MarionMade! It all began in 1982 when Swartz’s father purchased the Arby’s restaurant in Marion and moved his family to this great community. A fortuitous move for Swartz. as it enabled him to attend Tri-Rivers Career Center. He graduated in […]

If you’ve ever driven the stretch of U.S. 23 between Marion and Delaware, you’ve finally answered the question, “Where’s Waldo?” What you maybe didn’t know is that some of the best food you can find is located here. The G&R Tavern, named after founders George Yake and Roy Klingel and famous for its fried bologna […]

Since opening in October of 2019, Marion Brewing Company (MBC) has been pleasantly surprised at the response they have received from the community. “We realized within the first month that our original system was too small. We didn’t think Marion was a craft beer town, but people just needed to get used to drinking good […]

Jerry Hooper had a mission to preserve history by restoring the buildings representing that history. In 1982, he saw this come to life in Midstate Contractors. The company has been passed on to the next generation. Brothers Doug and Bart Hooper, as well as their sister Cindy Kemper, now own the business, and its division of […]

One Marion man with a passion for invention helped shape our community and the world. Edward Huber was just 26 when he earned his first of more than 100 patents. This blacksmith and inventor created the revolving wood hay rake in 1863. Huber moved to Marion with his wife and started building and marketing the […]