A Kendallville man fell from a tree while hunting. 66-year-old Alan Fordeck was sitting in a homemade tree stand near County Road 9663. He fell 12 feet to the ground while trying to shoot a deer. Fordeck was carrying a cellphone and was able to call for help. He was …

A Defiance man is given a mandatory prison term in Defiance County on cocaine charges. Joshue Killion pled guilty to trafficking cocaine and was given an eight-year prison term. He also was ordered to make $2,180 in restitution. A charge of heroin trafficking was dismissed. Killion and a co-defendant sold …

Beverly Elaine Hart, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 12:20 A.M. at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center. Beverly worked for the US Post Office for 25 years and served as Post Mistress in Williston, Genoa and Alvordton. She was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic …

Edwin A. “Ed” Schnitkey, age 59, of Ridgeville Corners, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon. Ed was a Construction Manager for Midwest Construction in Holland, Ohio. Ed was born in Wauseon on January 24, 1958, the son of Harold and …

Details of the planned College Place reconstruction project were shared during an open house at Defiance College’s Serrick Center this week. Consultants displayed maps and pictures of the proposed work in the Center’s Hubbard Room. The estimated cost is $1.2 million. The project includes pavement and curb removal, as well …

An Ohio sheriff’s deputy shoots himself in the foot while fending off an attacking dog during a drug raid in Marion…this as a police task force searches a suspected drug house. Deputy, Mike Wheeler fired two shots as he was attacked by a pair of dogs. One of the shots …

A Coldwater man, charged with sexually assaulting a female friend, will have his case sent to Branch County Circuit Court. 34 year old, Travis Walker is facing a charge of first degree criminal sexual conduct causing personal injury, following an incident on October 26. He will have a pre-trial conference …

Jody Ann Riley, 40 years, of West Unity, Ohio, passed away in her sleep on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at home due to extended complications from an automobile accident. Jody was born March 11, 1977 in Wauseon, Ohio, the daughter of Steven K. Riley and Stella Perez. Jody was a …

The Ohio Department of Health is reporting 241 cases of Lyme disease in 60 counties so far in 2017. Reports have steadily increased in Ohio during the past 5 years with 119 cases in 2014, 154 in 2015 and 160 cases in 2016. The increase coincides with the emergence of …

The state of Ohio calls off the execution of a condemned killer with multiple health problems, because members of the state’s execution team were unable to find a vein to insert an IV to administer the lethal drugs. Alva Campbell is in a prison hospital, waiting to see how the …