The rash of house fires in our area con­tin­ued Thurs­day morn­ing when flames were reported at a home County Road 18.75 between Stryker and Bryan. The call came in around 8:45 yes­ter­day morn­ing. When fire­fight­ers arrived, they found the flames con­tained to a first-floor bed­room. Ice on the roads and …

Another roof col­lapse Thurs­day in Napoleon caused an ammo­nia leak and resulted in the evac­u­a­tion of sur­round­ing busi­nesses. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, it hap­pened yes­ter­day just before 1pm at Clover­leaf Cold Stor­age on Inde­pen­dence Drive when the roof col­lapsed near the dock­ing bay. Police say the area was evac­u­ated …

An explo­sion that could be heard and felt by some peo­ple as much as four miles away, lev­eled a Steuben County home Thurs­day. No one was in the home at the time, but a dog that was inside was res­cued by a neigh­bor. Police say it hap­pened at the home …

Heavy rains and melt­ing snow due to the lit­tle taste of spring we have expe­ri­enced are now caus­ing major prob­lems through­out the area in the form of flood­ing streets and roads and clogged drains. The heavy rains and melt­ing is also caus­ing con­cerns about river flood­ing. Streets in many res­i­den­tial …

Kenneth W. Drittler, age 75, of Archbold, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to his retirement he had been a long haul trucker for the former Tem-Cole in McClure for 22 years and then Gerken Paving in Napoleon for eight years. Kenneth was born …

Vernie A. Faunce, Jr., fought courageously over the past nine months, having lost his battle with cancer early Wednesday morning at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  Vernie was surrounded by his loved ones when he passed; he was 79.  Vernie was a Montpelier resident for all of his life, he was …

We’ve had sub-zero tem­per­a­tures. We’ve had near record, or in some cases, record snow­fall. Now, the win­ter weather that just keeps com­ing is toss­ing another thing at us. The National Weather Ser­vice is now pre­dict­ing tem­per­a­tures to hit 50-degrees or bet­ter today. That’s good news if you want to warm …

Here come the com­put­ers! The Millcreek-West Unity Board of Edu­ca­tion on Tues­day approved an agree­ment to pro­vide some com­put­ers for stu­dents. The dis­trict agreed to get 300 Chrome­books, enough for every stu­dent in grades 7–12. The total amount of the lease is $94,291, with the first year being paid through …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met on Tues­day night. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, a Defi­ance munic­i­pal ordi­nance that is the sub­ject of a law­suit filed by the Amer­i­can Civil Lib­er­ties Union on behalf of a local group was amended at that meet­ing. The suit is pend­ing in the U.S. North­ern Dis­trict …

Flames heav­ily dam­aged a rural Angola home on Mon­day after­noon. Fire­fight­ers say when they arrived, they saw heavy smoke com­ing out of the roof. They also say heavy winds ham­pered fire­fight­ing efforts. No other details have been made avail­able and no dam­age esti­mate has yet been given. Also, no word …