News Staff Gov., DeWine announces an expansion at Matsu Ohio Inc., in Edgerton, is one of nine economic development projects, chosen to receive Job Creation Tax Credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. All together, they are expected to generate 3,200 new jobs and retain 4,520 more…which will create more than $187 million dollars in revenues…leading to … Read more
Joshua Amos…the Montpelier man…who pled guilty in the drug-related death of another Montpelier man…gets six months at CCNO…with 120 days suspended, pending he meet the conditions of his probation. He is also ordered to pay a total of $3,500 in fines. A grand jury indictment, filed in 2018…concluded he sold heroin and fentanyl that caused … Read more
A motorcyclist is hurt after he runs over some debris…causing him to lose control on County Road 60 in DeKalb County. Jacob Myers, of Auburn was eastbound…when he rolls over the unnamed items. Myers tells police his brakes locked up…his motorcycle fell sideways…sliding across the roadway. Myers was taken to a nearby hospital for minor … Read more
County residents and the local Williams County Alliance are worried…over what appears to be a new project by Artesian of Pioneer…that will require an unknown amount of water from local aquifer sources. Reporters have gotten a hold of recent water well logs and drilling reports, from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. It shows 10 … Read more
Two people are hurt after a pickup truck leaves the road…overturning in a field along C.R. C, near C.R. 18, in Stryker. Officials say the driver…Bryant Wehri, 19, of Edgerton, drove off of the south side of the roadway. Wehri then over-corrected, going off of the north side…into the field where the pickup flipped over. … Read more
A Leo man uses his medical alert bracelet…to call for help after his Painter Road home explodes. Rescue crews extricate the homeowner from the wreckage…then get him to an area hospital. He is in serious condition at this hour. Officials tell reporters…the explosion happened in the basement…sparked by a leaking propane gas line, in the … Read more
The body of a Howe man is recovered from a LaGrange County lake. Officials confirm…it was Duane Bowman, 69, from Little Turkey Lake. Someone found his boat…empty…on the water…adrift…along an unoccupied vehicle with a trailer and some personal belongings, on the shore. Once the call was made…searchers combed the lake for hours…finally locating Bowman’s body. … Read more
The state made about $2.1 billion dollars in unemployment insurance overpayments during the coronavirus pandemic…that’s according to Ohio’s human services agency. Officials say the figure includes overpayments that were the result of fraud or errors. The largest amount of nonfraud overpayments came in the federal aid program that covers self-employed individuals, at about $1.2 billion.
In Kendallville…a motorcyclist dies…after a vehicle crosses the center line, while taking a curve in the road…hitting him, on Angling Rd. The victim is identified as Raymond Fleck, 64, of Rome City. The driver of the car, John Kay, of Wolcottville…is taken to an area hospital…to check his system for drugs. No word on any … Read more
The Williams County Board of Elections officially hires Evan Raub, to serve as the elections director. Raub is filling the spot, vacated by Katrena Ebersole, who announced in April she was resigning to move to Tennessee. Raub will be the Democrat representative in the office, coming in as the election director. The positions of director … Read more