Governor DeWine orders flags to half-staff for Sgt. Jacob Roesler

Flags of the United States and the state of Ohio are ordered to half-staff in honor of Sgt. Jacob Roesler of the Clay Township Police Department. The order applies throughout Ottawa County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus, with discretionary half-staff elsewhere in Ohio for the same period.

October 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT — October 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM EDT Ohio · selected areasOfficial source

Schedule

Begins: October 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT
Ends: October 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM EDT

Flags remain lowered until sunset on the day of Sgt. Roesler’s funeral. The directive does not give a fixed clock time.

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Geographic scope

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Ottawa County
Columbus

All public buildings and grounds throughout Ottawa County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus; other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.

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All public buildings and grounds throughout Ottawa County and the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus must fly the flags at half-staff. Other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly the flags at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.

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Record updated October 17, 2026