News Staff The Williams County Board of Health approves a resolution that will allow the department to roll out messaging strategies for vaccination outreach. The resolution extends a contract with an Ohio University health communications professor that has been working with the department this past month…and recommending communication strategies to increase vaccination rates among kindergarten-aged children. Officials … Read more
The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio Financial Overview Committee is recommending using the facility’s commissary fund to help pay for a transportation purchase. By a 4-1 vote, with Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken dissenting, the committee approved sending the proposal from staff to use part of the $1.4 million dollar commissary fund…to buy a new … Read more
A grand jury indicts Ohio state Rep., Bob Young on misdemeanor domestic violence and assault charges…but he has no plans to resign. Following a fundraising party earlier this month, the Republican lawmaker struck his wife in the face and threw her cellphone into a pool to keep her from calling 911…that’s according to a Summit … Read more
The Edgerton school board approves multiple contracts for its staff for the upcoming school year during a special board meeting. Gary Plotts was approved for one-year contracts as a district substitute teacher and full-time bus route driver. The substitute teacher contract is for 180 days with three personal days and two sick days from 8 … Read more
Installation of parts of the new athletic complex are set to begin soon, some as early as next week. Although initial plans were to start the process on Monday, July 24, officials say rain closer to Columbus had stalled the company, Maumee Bay Turf, on other projects. Practices are set to start Aug. 1 and … Read more
Bryan City Schools fill in the last few empty positions during the school board meeting this week. The board approved hiring nine classified staff members, including one English as a second language support paraprofessional, one occupational therapist position and seven aides for the elementary school. Members also approved hiring two limited teaching contracts for the … Read more
The Williams County commissioners approve a resolution to proceed with placing an additional levy on the November ballot for the Williams County Health Department. If passes it will be 0.29 mills for 10 years and will be used for operations. It amounts to $10 dollars of tax per year for a person owning a $100,000 … Read more
Older absentee ballot request forms are still acceptable for the Aug. 8 special election, as long as the proper ID is submitted. The Williams County Board of Elections says there has been some confusion on whether these forms would be accepted. House Bill 458, passed earlier this year, eliminated some forms of identification for voting, … Read more
Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose launches a bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday, describing himself as a “battle-tested” conservative who represents the Republican Party’s best chance to unseat third-term Democrat Sherrod Brown next year and win back the closely divided chamber. In his second term as Ohio’s election’s chief, one of the state’s … Read more
A six-year-old girl dies while swimming at Bixler Lake in Kendallville. According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, she was last seen in shallow water before relatives found her unresponsive sometime later. Family members and first responders attempted life-saving efforts, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The death remains under investigation.