News Staff The number of cases filed in Bryan Municipal Court increased in 2021, but not quite to pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019. The court’s annual report shows the total number of cases filed last year totaled 5,470, a 5.6% increase from 2020, but still down, about 13%, from 2019. Bryan Police also brought fewer criminal cases … Read more
A Snow Lake man is rescued after his off-road vehicle went through the ice on the lake. First responders were called to Snow Lake’s north basin. An Indiana State Police trooper arrived and was flagged down by a resident who pointed first responders to the area the vehicle broke through. That’s when he sees 67-year-old, … Read more
A driver dies in a solo crash Thursday evening near Stryker. Officials say…Torey Moser, 32, of Camden, was pronounced dead at the scene. Moser was heading west on County Road H…he did not stop for a stop sign at County Road 22, in Springfield Township. The SUV went off the roadway, striking a tree and … Read more
No one is hurt…and the livestock is okay…after a cattle barn catches fire in DeKalb County…in the 800 block of County Road 39 in Waterloo. Ashley Fire arrived shortly after…putting the fire out. Several other fire teams also arrived to assist. State and local officials continue their look into what may have caused the blaze.
People attending a rally…who end up accused of violating an anti-riot law…could be targeted with a provision, normally used against terroristic activity…all this, under legislation approved by the Ohio House. The measure was proposed in the wake of racial injustice and police brutality protests in summer 2020. In addition, the legislation allows police officers harmed … Read more
Sen. Rob Portman endorses Jane Timken on Wednesday, giving her a major leg up in the crowded GOP Senate primary on May 3. In a statement, Portman saluted Timken’s work as former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, saying she’s the best candidate to “advance conservative Republican policies to help Ohio workers and families. The … Read more
A cattle barn that caught fire in DeKalb county is put out. Deputies responded to the 800 block of County Road 39 in Waterloo at around 9pm. Ashley Fire arrived shortly after and were able to get the blaze under control. Several other fire teams also arrived to help out. All animals were evacuated from … Read more
An Angola man dies late Monday after he is hit by a semi while walking on the Indiana Toll Road, near the 121 mile marker, at the S.R. 9 interchange. While troopers were responding, other 9-1-1 callers reported a semi had struck an object in the roadway in this same area, possibly a person. They … Read more
An Ohio father can fight the adoption of the children…whose mother he killed…after a divided state Supreme Court says there was a good reason he hadn’t been in touch with them since the slaying…he was following a judge’s order not to contact them. Under Ohio law, parental consent is not required for adoptions if proof … Read more
Williams County Commissioners approve $300,000 dollars in county American Rescue Plan funds to the village of Edgerton…to help pay for upgrades to their two water towers. The funds will be part of a financing package to address water tank issues identified during an inspection by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency at the end of 2020.