News Staff Williams County Commissioners accepted a $3,000 check from insurance provider, Anthem. Officials made the check presentation to the panel, saying the money was Williams County’s share of a statewide distribution by Anthem to make up for what was confusion and inconvenience…created during the distribution of Anthem identification cards. The board made the decision to return … Read more
The Stryker water tower is getting repairs and a facelift thanks to COVID-19 relief funding. Stryker owns one water tower, located near the Stryker Local Schools campus, and it needs a paint job and some fixing. The city council passed an ordinance to appropriate around $336,000 to pay for the project. The ordinance also appropriated … Read more
Edgerton Police Chief, Gary Plotts is getting a new partner: a Belgian Malinois, named Jaxx. Plotts spoke to the Edgerton Village Council during its meeting Tuesday evening, asking permission to move forward with the program…while announcing nearly all the $16,791.30 startup cost has been covered through donations and grants. Plotts applied for more than $10,000 … Read more
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim, killed in a fiery crash on S.R. 37, near North County Line Road in Harlan. It’s Oi La Ma, 24, of Fort Wayne. Officials say the victim died of burns and smoke inhalation. Officials tell reporters…the SUV veered off the northbound roadway, hitting a bridge embankment. … Read more
The U.S. Geological Survey is continuing to study the groundwater in the tri-state area, but is still several years away from making projections concerning the ongoing AquaBounty project in Pioneer. Members of the Survey updated the Ohio Michigan Indiana Council of Governments during their meeting Monday afternoon. OMI, formed in 2019, consists of one commissioner … Read more
After the issue failed in May, Bryan city officials say it’s imperative they find a way to get the 0.5% income tax renewed in November. On Monday, city council voted to put the issue back before voters while stressing the need to educate the public about the essential sewer and street projects the tax has … Read more
A Defiance man dies in a suspected alcohol-related crash near Montpelier, Saturday evening. Officials tell reporters…Benjamin Gurwell, 58, was heading south on U.S. 20A…when he drove off the left side of the roadway…hitting a pole at the intersection with Ohio 107. Gurwell was pronounced dead at the scene. State and local investigators are on the … Read more
A medical emergency turns into a police chase in Auburn. Officers see Joe Smithson, slumped over the wheel of a pickup truck at a parking lot on Touring Drive. They are pretty sure he is intoxicated on something. As officers ask him questions…Smithson puts his truck into gear and flees from the scene. The chase … Read more
Williams County Commissioners and administrative staff have temporarily moved from their usual home on the fourth floor of the county courthouse to offices in the county’s East Annex. Beginning with their regular meeting this past Thursday, commissioners and their staff have moved to the former Ohio Means Jobs Office on E. High St. The Ohio … Read more
A man was arraigned Wednesday in Ohio on charges of raping a 10-year-old girl…whose case drew national attention following a doctor’s comments that the child had to travel to Indiana for an abortion…because of new restrictions in her home state after the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling. The suspect’s arraignment came days after some … Read more