Economic Development Assistant, Megan Puehler is named interim director of the Williams County Economic Development Corporation…following the resignation of Executive Director, Matt Davis, last week. Puehler, a Defiance native, has been heavily involved in the organization’s inner workings since her arrival in the summer of 2015. No timeline has been …

A semi driver is shot and killed near Delphos, after a pursuit that began in Spencerville. The suspect, from Allen County, died at the scene. Officials say Spencerville Police tried to stop the semi as it was leaving the village, after a reported criminal complaint involving the driver. The suspect …

Logan Shawn Keesecker, 26, of Pioneer passed away Monday afternoon at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier.  He was born on July 14, 1993 in Bryan, Ohio to Shawn William and Diane Mae (Stout) Keesecker. Logan graduated from North Central High School in 2012, he attended Four County Vocational …

One man is killed in a dirt bike crash on County Road Q, near Montpelier. Officials tell reporters Logan Keesecker of Pioneer, was riding northbound on County Road 12, while Marshall Davis, of Brownstown was heading westbound on Q in his pickup. Davis stopped at the stop sign but pulled …

An ATV accident near Bryan hospitalizes a man. Officials say the crash was on County Road 16 near County Road I.50 in Jefferson Township. Dusty Clarke of Aberdeen, South Dakota veered off the right side of the roadway, hitting a mailbox and embankment. Clarke was not wearing a helmet. He …

Police want two suspects, after a shooting in Garrett on East Keyser Street. A man was shot in the shoulder. He was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The suspects are white men, one 6-feet tall with a military-style haircut, the other with shaggy hair. Investigators are …

Ohioans, whose houses were damaged by tornadoes this spring are getting more time to apply for property tax relief, as the deadline has now been extended until the end of September. On Memorial Day, a tornado outbreak damaged or destroyed numerous homes and businesses and injured hundreds. Hundreds of applications …

The Tri-State Council of Governments, comprised of county commissioners from three states and created to understand the scope of the Aquifer, has formally added three more counties to its membership during a meeting in Bryan. Memberships for two additional Indiana counties, DeKalb and Allen, are pending, though Williams County Commissioner …

Williams County is moving forward on an application to secure a minimum of $2 million in state funding for the Kunkle sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment plan. The County Engineer’s Office is doing the submitting through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Water Pollution Control Fund. The Engineer’s Office could hear …

A Defiance man is indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges, including attempted aggravated murder, kidnapping and rape. Prosecutors say Joshua Meeks faces all first-degree felonies. Authorities say Meeks caused serious physical harm to a family or household member, using a deadly weapon. Meeks has prior convictions for domestic …