News Staff A man from Michigan is picked up in Indiana…following a high-speed chase in Ohio. George Brown had a felony warrant for his arrest on a charge of absconding. Officers from the Montpelier Police Department, Edon Police Department and Williams County Sheriff’s Office worked together in the car chase. Brown is eventually stopped near Butler, where … Read more
Defiance Police arrests Robert Poppe…after a short foot chase, on Friday. Officers want to talk to Poppe about another matter at a Greer Street address, concerning two felony warrants. As they knock on the front door…Poppe bolts out. Soon…word comes…he’s seen running along Webster…then, High Street. Deputies were able to arrest him behind a home … Read more
Edgerton officials announce…an agreement…to accept a piece of the former Edgerton Metal Products Bement Street industrial site. Officials say…the pact is contingent upon the proposal receiving funding from the state of Ohio’s Brownfield Remediation Program. An application for $900,000 dollars…going to the next round of state Brownfield funding has been submitted. The former business site … Read more
Ohio General Assembly district maps is one topic of note going on in Columbus…that’s according to State Rep. Jim Hoops, of Napoleon. Hoops, whose 81st district includes all of Henry, Putnam and Williams… and part of Fulton County, spoke as one of the guests of the Williams County Mayors Association. One topic he mentioned was … Read more
Local officials and family members dedicate a tree to a Bryan High School graduate, who died serving his country. The tree was planted near others on the Bryan City Schools campus, along the winding drive between the high school and elementary, in honor of Private First Class Brandon Kreischer, a 2018 grad who was shot … Read more
Defiance County commissioners are about to begin a survey of residents and businesses throughout the county…on broadband expansion. They are planning to spend a substantial portion of their $7.3 million dollars in coronavirus funding…on improving internet connectivity throughout the county’s rural areas…for faster download speeds.
AquaBounty Technologies broke ground Wednesday on what is promised to be a state-of-the-art aquaculture facility in Pioneer…located at the east end of Kexon Drive in the Pioneer North Industrial Park. Initially it was announced that Gov., DeWine would attend, but he and wife Fran were both diagnosed with COVID earlier this week. Expected to cost … Read more
About 15 people gathered at the northeast corner of Ohio 15 and Kexon Drive…to protest the project. Organized by the local Williams County Alliance…they set up signs…in front of Pioneer Custom Molding, Inc. They say the project endangers the aquifer.
A minivan driver loses control on State Road 8 in DeKalb County. Officials say…the driver was taking a turn, heading eastbound…when one of the tires blew. Investigators say it appears the driver tried to keep the vehicle on the road…but that’s when the vehicle overcorrects…and starts rolling over…side by side. The van ends up on … Read more
A judge has blocked early enforcement of an Ohio abortion law…signed in December that included additional licensing requirements…challenged by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as unnecessarily onerous. The stated goal of the bill was to impose criminal penalties on doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare circumstance when a baby is … Read more