News Staff With the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade…protests across the nation were planned Monday, and Defiance was the scene of one of them. Some 62 people demonstrated in front of the Defiance County Courthouse. During the gathering…protesters chanted slogans such as, “my body, my choice,”…“we won’t go back,”…and “abortion is healthcare.” Signs read … Read more
Area officials were able to locate the body of a Grand Rapids man who fell off a boat and into the Maumee River Saturday. Deputies got a call for a possible drowning in the river, west of Henry County Road 4A in Washington Township. The victim…Alex Smith, 49, is the victim, officials tell reporters. In … Read more
A number of Bryan businesses are targeted in a crime spree that stretched from Toledo to Defiance County. This happened early Thursday morning, officials confirm. Officers were dispatched to Wick’s Par-T-Pak on W. High St, on a burglary call. Minutes later…they responded to a report of vandalism at the neighboring Tri-State Swap Shop. Detectives are … Read more
The Pioneer Village Council has awarded bids for work on a new substation for the planned AquaBounty salmon farm. During a meeting in December, John Courtney of Courtney & Associates, in Findlay, said the substation is being built primarily to serve the new load coming in from AquaBounty, which is building a 479,000-square-foot facility to … Read more
There is no foul play suspected in the death of am Antwerp man found at the Riverside Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday afternoon. Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers issued a press release Thursday noting that he would not typically send a press release when the victim has taken his own life, but because Antwerp is … Read more
Country music artist Zach Diemer will be performing at the Fountain City Amphitheater from 8-10 p.m. on Saturday during Day in the Park in Bryan. The event planning committee and the Bryan Area Foundation is presenting Diemer, who takes the place of a Girl Named Tom, the Pettisville trio who late Wednesday had to postpone … Read more
The Village of Stryker will be absorbing an additional surcharge from Archbold Refuse Service to cover fuel. During the regular village council meeting…Stryker mayor, Joey Beck said ARS was tacking on an additional surcharge for its trash collection due to high gas prices. While the village had the option to reject the surcharge, that would … Read more
A Toledo court has reversed its decision a second time, with a judge ruling…the suspect in the 2020 murder of a Montpelier woman is now competent to stand trial. We have reported…Thomas Smith…has been getting treatment for the past year…in a locked ward at the Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital. Smith is accused of stabbing Danialle … Read more
The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio Board agrees to redirect available funding to develop its own inmate programming and services. Director, Dennis Sullivan made the proposal in the wake of a 90-day notification by Toledo-based Midwest Recovery Center to quit providing services, such as those for substance use disorder. Sullivan says the Midwest contract stipulated … Read more
AquaBounty officials sat down Wednesday with around 40 members of the community for a town hall meeting…to discuss its planned fish farm in Pioneer. AquaBounty is in the process of building and getting the applications for a planned 479,000-square-foot facility…to raise 10,000 metric tons of genetically modified salmon, a year. The project will cost AquaBounty … Read more