News Staff AIM Media Midwest announces it has acquired the Bryan Publishing Company and Napoleon, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. AIM announced the hiring of all current employees and the operations will remain under the direction of current resident, Sally Heaston, who is being promoted to publisher. The publications and affiliated web-sites included in … Read more
Trine University’s Board of Trustees has elected officers to lead the board for the next two years. The trustees voted to retain Dr. Rick James as chair. James, a 1977 Trine business administration graduate and chairman and co-founder of Metal Technologies Inc….has served as board chair since 2012 and has been a member of the … Read more
Republicans in Ohio are promoting a measure on the Nov. 8 ballot that would prohibit noncitizens from voting in local elections, fighting back at what they see as a push for such access in liberal enclaves such as San Francisco and New York City. It would make Ohio the seventh state to take such a … Read more
A high-tech indoor farming company in Appalachia promoted by JD Vance and financed in part by his venture capital firm is facing five lawsuits, alleging it misled regulators and duped investors. The shareholder suits against Morehead, Kentucky-based AppHarvest were filed between November 2021 and August 2022 by individual investors and a county retirement association. They … Read more
A countywide levy renewal on the ballot for the Nov. 8 General Election will help support the area’s farmers. The Williams Soil and Water Conservation District is asking for a renewal of their 0.4 mill level. The five-year levy costs only 4 cents per $100 valuation. In order to maintain their level of service, they … Read more
Replacement of a one-half percent levy for streets and sewers in the city of Bryan is on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. If passed, the levy takes effect on or after June 1, 2023, for 9 1/2 years, ending in 2032. The levy has been renewed four times over the past 36 years, until … Read more
The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees passed an amended agreement for support staff and eligible part-time employees at its regular meeting. The agreement is for the three-year period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. It includes a 5% increase for all members of the support staff for this year, increased vacation … Read more
An Edgerton man has been sentenced in Williams County Common Pleas Court to a long prison term on two rape charges. Christ Sturtevant, 21, was given 14 years to 17 1/2 years by Judge J.T. Stelzer on the two first-degree felony offenses. He was given credit for 211 days served in the Corrections Center of … Read more
The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees passed an amended agreement for support staff and eligible part-time employees at its regular meeting. The agreement is for the three-year period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, and includes a 5% increase for all members of the support staff for FY ’22-’23, increased vacation … Read more
Ohio law does not permit voters to return absentee ballots at their precincts on Election Day, the state’s elections chief is cautioning amid a misinformation campaign around the security of voting machines that’s urging them to do so. Secretary of State Frank LaRose says those voters who heed advice from a prominent national group of … Read more