Vineyard owners get needed signatures for referendum

OAKWOOD – Catlin Township residents should have the chance in April to change a local law that's been on the books since the 1930s.

On Friday, local vineyard owners Joe and Dawn Taylor of rural Oakwood turned in a petition with more than 600 signatures of Catlin Township residents requesting a referendum asking voters to end the prohibition of alcohol in the township.

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