News Staff A Grand Rapids man drowned in the Maumee River after falling off a boat. Deputies responded to the north side of river across from Wagner’s Campground and west of Mary Jane Thurston Park…for a report of a possible drowning after a man fell off a boat and could not be located. Sometime later, the body … Read more
The Indiana Department of Health on Thursday reported the state’s first case of West Nile virus for 2022. The case involves a person in Lake County in northwest Indiana. It also noted that the West Nile virus has been detected in a sample of mosquitoes collected in Steuben County. According to state health officials, most … Read more
A pair of infrastructure projects…one in Bryan, one in Madison Township…are authorized for funding by Williams County Commissioners. The project in Bryan will address outdated and crumbling water lines along a five-block stretch of South Lynn Street. The Madison Township project is a full-depth reconstruction of about a one mile section of Township Road 15, … Read more
The project to replace a portion of the bridge deck over Lost Creek on U.S. 127 in Defiance County is delayed. Officials had expected the span would reopen to traffic before the Independence Day holiday, but now say it could remain closed for up to four more weeks. The project delay is the result of … Read more
Delbert Allen, 76, passed away from complications, related to injuries he sustained when he was working at a New Haven home that burst into flames in February. We reported…Allen was working as a plumber in the house when it exploded. He was badly burned, especially on his back and on his right hand and forearm.
Jennifer Basselman, superintendent of the Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities has announced her resignation, effective July 7. She notified President Mike Elkins in a letter on June 8 that she intended to leave the agency for personal reasons in 30 days. Basselman was appointed to the position a little more than three years ago, … Read more
AquaBounty has submitted two applications to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for permits involving wastewater. 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 facility up to $320 million. The controversial … Read more
A program to assist downtown Defiance building owners with facade improvements appears to have city council’s support.. Under the proposal, the city would make $50,000 in taxpayer funds available to downtown property owners in 2023 to improve their storefronts. The money could only be used for street-facing facades, and not interior components such as heating, … Read more
A Stryker man dies…and seven others are hurt…in an alcohol-involved crash, late Sunday, in Putnam County. Officials tell reporters…Thomas Sproles, 36, of Stryker, was westbound on U.S. 224 in Blanchard Township…as Bradley Cherry, 51, of Ottawa is heading east on the roadway. Officials say…Sproles was waiting for Cherry to pass…so he could make a left … Read more
Bowling Green Republican…congressman Bob Latta…will be available on Wednesday…for one-on-one meetings with constituents. All this…in the hearing room at Bryan Municipal Court, on E. High St….from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Staff will also be available to assist with casework or help residents with any issues they may have with the federal government. Latta has … Read more