Earl L. Bechtol, age 83, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 1:48 A.M. on Sunday, August 19, 2018, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance. Mr. Bechtol worked at several area factories, including Spangler Candy Company, Hayes-Albion and Trim Trends. He was a member of the Ohio Army …

Calvin W. Myers, 81 years, of Sherwood, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Genesis HealthCare-Twin Rivers in Defiance with his family at his side. Calvin was born May 17, 1937 in Butler, Indiana, the son of the late Walter L. and Helen Louise (Cramer) Myers. He was a 1955 …

Police in DeKalb County are looking for the person who wrecked a pickup truck on State Road 8 at the County Road 71 intersection. Officers found the vehicle, no driver in sight after it had spun off the roadway, smashing into a utility pole, and ending up on its top. …

Two people are hurt after a pickup truck flips on County Road 19 in DeKalb County. Alfred Treesh of Auburn was apparently speeding when he hit the brakes to try and slow down over a hill…they locked…the truck then careens off the road, hitting a mailbox and a phone box …

Crews knock down an industrial fire in New Haven. First responders say the roof fire at the Midwest Service and Supply facility was in flames as they approached the Main Street location. Officials tell reporters the blaze was out in roughly 30 minutes. Crews from Woodburn, Fort Wayne and Huntertown …

Williams County HazMat crews take on a couple of fuel spills. The first one, at the Indian Meadows Service Plaza on the Turnpike in West Unity came from a big rig’s load. It took some time to unload the trailer to get to the problem but it was handled. The …

The private company running most of Indiana’s lottery operations generated a record profit this past year, but still fell short of its original contract’s goal. Hoosier Lottery officials say the lottery transferred $306 million into state coffers during the recently ended fiscal year. That’s about $6 million more than the …

Donald W. Gilcher Sr., 87, of Montpelier passed away at home Thursday evening surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on March 7, 1931 in Bryan to Waldo J. and Elva E. (Manley) Gilcher. On August 25, 1950 he married Joann J. Sidle and she preceded him in death. …

Louise E. Clark, born January 30, 1945 in Wauseon, Ohio, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018 in Henry County Hospital, Napoleon, Ohio surrounded by many loving, caring caregivers from the Filling Home where Louise had resided for several years. She was the daughter of Alonzo R. “Bob” Clark and Georgia …

Alexander Dombrowski is arrested in connection to the death of his father and a next door neighbor after a five-hour manhunt just north of Williams County. Deputies were dispatched to a Grange Road address, north of Columbia. They missed him. That report, sent area law enforcement into major search mode. …