News Staff Northwest State Community College is recognized as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship. The Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative seeks to create a national network of employers, labor organizations, industry associations, program sponsors and other stakeholders to serve as champions for expanding and diversifying Registered Apprenticeship. Officials say…one of the major … Read more
Brandi Frisbie has been terminated as director of the Williams County Communications Agency. Frisbie, who also served as deputy director of the Williams County Emergency Management Agency since 2018, was terminated after a July 21 hearing on four charges. One charge is that she failed to renew her Law Enforcement Automated Data System certification, and … Read more
A Lorain woman…driving the wrong way…dies in a two-vehicle crash in Swanton on Friday…along Airport Highway, near Turtle Creek Drive. Officials tell reporters…Patience Chaney was westbound in the eastbound lanes of Airport Highway. As this is going on…an SUV, driven by Joshua Wheeler, of Swanton, was eastbound. The head on crash soon follows. Chaney was … Read more
At least one person dies after a head on collision, east of Orland, on State Road 120 near County Road 850 West in Steuben County, near Milgrove Township. The first units on the scene found four injured people in a passenger car, and an injured driver in a pick-up truck. State and local officials are … Read more
In Hicksville…officers continue to search for the suspects who robbed the Shell Spee-D-Mart on W. High St. The bandits?…two Black males…one producing a handgun. One of the suspects wore a surgical mask. Officials tell reporters…they were able to get away on foot with money and lottery tickets. Defiance County deputies, along with several police dogs…were … Read more
Wednesday’s severe thunderstorm caused scattered damage in Defiance and the area, that’s according to the National Weather Service’s North Webster, Ind. office. The storm was most disruptive on the east side…where a couple of electric poles went down, including one with a transformer attached. That one crossed Ottawa Avenue and blocked traffic until the mess … Read more
A Hudson man is held at the Steuben County Jail…after he fled from a traffic stop, officials tell reporters. A deputy tried to pull over Austin German…on a small motorcycle…on County Road 500 South, near County Road 225 West. The chase ended when German left the road into a field. Officers then set up a … Read more
The Williams County Sheriff’s Office and the Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are working in conjunction to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury crashes in Williams County. Sheriff’s deputies and Ohio state troopers will be highly visible during the entire month of August to address the high amount of serious … Read more
The village of Edgerton is hoping several grants will help them pay for updates to their water treatment plant. The village council on Tuesday approved the city to apply for two grants for a complete rehabilitation of the water treatment plant. Among those upgrades?…rehabilitating the ion exchange systems, installing a supervisory control and data acquisition … Read more
The Williams County Port Authority is one step closer to their goal of developing housing opportunities in the county after accepting a residential property last week. The authority is accepting property in Montpelier from the Williams County Land Reutilization Corporation. The board authorized Dawn Fitzcharles, clerk-treasurer, to execute legal documents to accept 503 Ohio St. … Read more