Cynthia Rae Westerlund, age 61, of Bryan, passed away at 6:25 A.M. on Tuesday, November 28, 2017, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Cindy was a conductor on Amtrack for 15 years. Cindy had lived in California for 40 years and recently moved back to Bryan. She …

A plan to offer a 100 percent tax abatement over a 15-year period on residential improvements over $5,000, or for new construction is now law after Montpelier Village Council voted it in unanimously. A similar ordinance, covering the downtown area, which contains commercial, industrial and residential buildings, is being prepared …

Multiple law enforcement agencies were able to safely talk a juvenile off of the roof of the Whitley County Courthouse. Police found a girl who had threatened to jump. A counselor from the Columbia City Bowen Center talked with the juvenile until negotiators from the Allen County Sheriff’s Department arrived. …

A Kendallville woman is hurt after she suffered a seizure while driving. Officials say Lois Williamson, 50, was headed north on State Road 3 near County Road 70. A witness saw Williamson slump over the wheel before crossing the grass median into the southbound lanes. She went down a steep …

The Lucas County Commission voted Tuesday to fire county administrator Laura Lloyd Jenkins. Jenkins has been on administrative leave since her husband, Cordell Jenkins, was indicted on federal child sex trafficking charges. Laura Lloyd Jenkins was not charged in that case. Megan Vahey Casiere is replacing her as county administrator.

An 11-year-old girl was driving an SUV when police stopped it and arrested a young woman riding in the back seat in Warren. The woman doesn’t have a driver’s license and indicated that she thought it would be better to let the child drive. 19-year-old Brandy Cross was jailed on …

Eugene Michalkiewicz, age 83, of Delta, Ohio, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at Swanton Valley Center. He was born on June 3, 1934 in Whitehouse to Joseph and Magdalene (Lubiatowski) Michalkiewicz. Eugene married Pearl R. Lewis on February 11, 1956; she preceded him in death on February 20, …

An Indiana woman dies in a two-vehicle crash near Hicksville. Investigators say Michelle Wyatt-Wheeler of Fort Wayne was traveling northeast on Ohio 2 and left the roadway. Her vehicle hit a ditch and a parked grain truck. Wyatt-Wheeler was flown to Parkview in Fort Wayne, where she passed away. Speed …

Findlay Police finds a man dead inside his East Foulke Avenue apartment from a gunshot wound to the head. 42-year-old Brian McQuistion is identified as the victim. State and local authorities are on the case.

A man is hurt after he crashes his car trying to avoid a deer. Mark Firestine, 62 of Fremont, Indiana, was driving south on County Road 61 when he spotted the animal on the road. Firestine told officers he swerved to miss it and hit a pole. He was ejected …