News Staff The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government Board of Trustees approve grant funding for Hallett Avenue improvements, in Swanton Village. The project, which will run from Airport Highway to the Ohio Turnpike overpass, will be done in two phases. In addition to the street itself, the work will include removal and replacement of curb and … Read more
A Bryan man dies Saturday afternoon in a crash in Defiance County. Officials say Kolbe Roose, 25, was southbound on The Bend Road, in Delaware Township. Officials tell reporters Roose failed to yield at a stop sign and continued across County Road 424…where his vehicle is hit by an eastbound tractor-trailer, driven by John Rethmel, … Read more
AquaBounty Technologies’ investment in Pioneer is on the rise, now expected to be as high as $320 million. We reported…AquaBounty is an aquaculture company looking to build an indoor farm in Pioneer…to grow genetically engineered salmon. When the project was first announced in July, the company expected to invest $200 million in a 479,000-square-foot facility. … Read more
A man from Willshire is in the hospital with serious injuries…after losing control of his car, crashing into a culvert. Officials say Justin Taylor was then thrown from the wreckage. Officers arrive at State Route 49 near Piqua Road in Van Wert County. They check out Taylor in the solo crash and find he had … Read more
Voters across Ohio approve 80 of 99 public school district tax issues in the Tuesday general election. That included narrow approval for the Bryan City Schools substitute levy and a more comfortable margin for the levy renewal for Stryker Schools. According to unofficial election night results, the BCS substitute levy passed by just 37 votes…1,086 … Read more
As Bryan prepares for the second year of its Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area program, city officials are considering a request from county judges regarding the program’s hours. During the city council meeting, the Mayor explained that the program…which allows customers to purchase alcoholic beverages at participating downtown retailers…and carry and consume that beverage in the … Read more
Ohio Department of Agriculture announces a quarantine to combat the spread of the Spotted Lanternfly…now designated a destructive plant pest under state law…which increases inspections and restricts movement of certain items from infested counties in Ohio and abroad. So far, only two counties, to the east, have reported it. The Spotted Lanternfly is native to … Read more
Democrats are objecting strongly to a new congressional map, proposed by Ohio House Republicans. State Democrats say they had no time to review the map in advance and were given scant details, as both chambers of the state’s Legislature began work on redistricting Wednesday. The complaints follow a series of missed deadlines and a party-line … Read more
Gov., DeWine and his wife are cancelling in-person events…after the couple is exposed to two staff members…who recently tested positive for COVID-19. Both the governor and his wife are vaccinated and received their booster shots, have tested negative for coronavirus and have no symptoms, officials say. The couple won’t appear at previously scheduled in-person events … Read more
At the ballot box…the Bryan City Schools substitute levy has passed. BCS was seeking approval of a 6.9-mill proposal…first initiated in 2002. It has been passed by voters, every five years, since then. Approval creates an ongoing annual, automatic renewal of the current levy, which generates $1.9 million dollars, annually, for the schools. The early … Read more