News Staff A Metamora woman dies in a crash in Lucas County…on Fulton County Road T. Officials tell reporters…Michelle Herr was eastbound…while Omar Shead was northbound on North Fulton Lucas Road. Herr crossed toward Brint Road…when her vehicle was hit by Shead’s, as it was coming through the intersection. Both vehicles careen off the northeast corner of … Read more
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has declared AquaBounty’s latest water withdrawal permit complete, beginning a 90-day countdown to acceptance or rejection. AquaBounty is in the process of building a 479,000-square-foot facility to raise 10,000 metric tons of genetically modified salmon a year at the Pioneer North Industrial Park. The project would cost the aquaculture … Read more
Bryan’s skyline will soon become a little more fun and a little more sweet. Bryan Municipal Utilities has publicly been planning improvements, including painting, its two water towers, including one…in the middle of Spangler Candy Co.’s campus along Mulberry Street, in the northwestern part of town. Spangler officials presented a proposal in which the company … Read more
A pair of Defiance County residents have been indicted in a drug trafficking case allegedly involving more than 200 grams of methamphetamine. According to a news release issued by the Defiance County Prosecutor’s Office, Tyler N. Moss, 34, Defiance, and Summer R. Moore, 28, Hicksville, both face first-degree felony charges of aggravated trafficking in drugs … Read more
The Williams County Engineer’s Office is looking to buy a new or good used truck, and finding it’s not easy to find one these days. County Engineer Todd Roth told county commissioners Thursday that a 2006 truck used by the sanitary sewer crew has reached the end of its life. Replacing it has been another … Read more
A Montpelier man and four juveniles were hurt in a crash Sunday night in Farmer Township, Defiance County. At about 11:11 p.m. Saturday, a juvenile was driving a 2018 Ford Fusion south on Ridenour Road and failed to stop for the stop sign at Scott Road. The Ford was struck by a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado … Read more
A possible drowning incident turned the holiday weekend into tragedy in southeastern LaGrange County Saturday evening. According to the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, a 2-year-old boy was airlifted out of Big Long Lake. He was brought to a hospital in Fort Wayne. The authorities did not identify the boy.
Five people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday afternoon on Ohio routes 637 and 613. Officials tell reporters…Earl Chapman, 67, of Paulding, was taken to Mercy Defiance in serious condition. Two others in a second vehicle were also treated for serious injuries…Amanda Rose, 36, was taken to Paulding County Hospital…and Jamison Rose, 8, was taken … Read more
The Swanton Village Council approved Shannon Shulters as the new Village Administrator. She will take over for Rosanna Hoelzle, who resigned last month after six years with the village. Shulters was approved by a 5-1 vote. She has previously served as the assistant director for the Fulton County Economic Development Corporation. Since leaving there in … Read more
Two men were injured in a three-car accident. 39-year-old Adam Knott and 35-year-old Ashley Richards were stopped in their cars on Country Road 327 just north of Country Road 68 because a vehicle was backing up into a driveway. 31-year-old Christian Whitfield was driving in a Freightliner Century truck over the hill on CR 327 … Read more