News Staff The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio has submitted a pair of applications for funding to make upgrades to two inmate pods, that’s according to officials. Both upgrades would improve security and make the pods safer for staff and create a better work environment within the 32-year-old regional jail. The facility, in rural Stryker, houses inmates … Read more
Defiance Police responds to a solo crash on East River Drive…east of Carpenter Road. The driver took off on foot and then ran into the Maumee River…then swam over to Preston Island. With the assistance of the Defiance Fire Department and private citizens with a boat, officers were able to get to the island and … Read more
The Wauseon School Board approves a community reinvestment area and tax incentive donation agreement with Ram Tika Management, LLC. Officials say…it will allow for Ram Tika to have a 10-year 100% tax abatement in exchange for the company agreeing to donate 15% of their tax savings back to the school district for the first eight … Read more
Two pickups are totaled…after one of them hit a deer….before the two vehicles collided, head-on in DeKalb County…on County Road 27. Investigators say Codey Shetley of Auburn was headed north when a deer ran into the road. His truck ran into the deer and the resulting damage caused it to skid into oncoming traffic where … Read more
Eric Rodriguez, 33, Napoleon, pleaded guilty to assault and aggravated menacing, each a first-degree misdemeanor. He was placed on probation for two years, fined $500, ordered to have no contact with the victim and given 180 days in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio with credit for 79 days served in jail while his case … Read more
Paulding County authorities are still awaiting the return of a man charged with the killing of a Broughton-area couple last week. Clay Dockery, 23, Paulding, was being held in Ashtabula County in northeast Ohio where how was arrested last week and charged with two counts of murder, each an unclassified felony. According to Paulding County … Read more
Bryan City Schools is getting closer to having a full complement of bus drivers after this week’s school board meeting. The district began the school year short five bus drivers of the 24 needed for assigned bus routes. In the interim, staff members have stepped up to drive bus routes in addition to their normal … Read more
The Defiance City Council bid farewell to the city’s outgoing finance director during its last meeting of 2022. Council also learned of a change in recyclable collection, planned by Werlor Waste Control and approved three final ordinances, including the year-end appropriations legislation that will close out the city’s 2022 budgeting and the tenure of Finance … Read more
Ohioans would be required to present photo ID at the voting booth and have fewer days to apply for absentee ballots…or to vote early in person under a significantly rewritten bill that sped through committee and floor votes in the Ohio Senate. The legislation, which cleared the Republican-controlled chamber 24-6, is the more stringent of … Read more
The FDA will be holding a public meeting….concerning the environmental assessment for AquaBounty on Thursday. The public meeting starts at 1 p.m. and concerns the draft amended Environmental Assessment for the company’s genetically modified salmon. AquaBounty intends to build a farm in Pioneer that will produce 10,000 tons of genetically modified salmon a year. It … Read more