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Several trees fall on top of power lines in Edgerton during Wednesday’s storm…near North Michigan Avenue. A repair team moves in and makes the fix by nightfall.

Edgerton is set to receive $500,000 dollars from the Ohio Department of Transportation…as part of the Safe Routes to School program…to increase the number of sidewalks in the village. ODOT distributed $9.8 million dollars to districts in 25 counties. Edgerton’s amount of $500,000 dollars was the highest amount any district received. Construction for the project … Read more

A Steuben Superior Court judge sentences Donald Squires to over 30 years in prison…for causing a crash that killed a couple and injured their children. In June, Squires pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, and more. Prosecutors say…each charge carries a possible range of 2 to 12 years. Squires received a … Read more

The Williams County Land Bank has some money left over for revitalization, but should be getting more money for that as well as brownfield remediation projects. The land bank was informed by Matt Wagner of Tetra-Tech that in the latest state budget that was passed, the legislature again provided funds for brownfield projects. He pointed … Read more

The lawsuit filed by AquaBounty against Williams County commissioners over use of county right-of way had its first hearing. The lawsuit came after the commissioners twice rejected a request from Pioneer officials to use the county right-of-way to construct water and wastewater lines in a public right-of-way along the south side of County Road S … Read more

The state will help fund a road reclamation project planned by the Williams County engineer. Officials approved signing a grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commissioner for $275,000 dollars…for a project on County Road 22. It recently had to be re-bid due to the engineer’s office not receiving any bids on it. Those new … Read more

The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio is looking to send inmate mail scanning services off-site to free up personnel for other duties. CCNO Director, Dennis Sullivan informed the Financial Committee of the idea and said he is trying to work that into the upcoming new contract for phones and tablets, for which bids are being … Read more

A Van Wert County woman suffers critical injuries Thursday evening after a downed tree crashes into her home, trapping her, officials tell reporters. Rick McCoy, director of the Van Wert County Emergency Management Agency, confirms…responders freed her. She is taken to an area hospital. Another person also suffered injuries in the incident. The woman’s granddaughter, … Read more

A fire in southwest New Haven leaves a home severely damaged Thursday evening… along Albatross Drive off Moeller Road. Officials say…half of the home is completely destroyed in the blaze. Small clouds of smoke could still be seen…as area crews were still working at the scene. Crews saw flames through the roof when they arrived. … Read more

The Ohio Supreme Court delays the execution of an inmate sentenced to die in the slayings of fellow inmates during a 1993 prison riot for three years. Keith LaMar was convicted of aggravated murder in 1995 for the deaths of five inmates during a riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Institution in Lucasville. He received … Read more