Williams County Commissioner, Brian Davis joined more than 80 Ohio County Commissioners and County Council members who accepted an invitation from the White House for a conference. The goal of the event was to develop a working relationship between the White House and Ohio’s County Leaders. Ohio is the fourth …

A three-story West Pleasant Street home is leveled by a fire in Angola. Firefighters arrived to find the residence fully engulfed in flames. Fire crews battled the blaze for nearly an hour…the home eventually collapsed on itself. It is not known how it started. There were no occupants…it was undergoing …

Clemente L. Fuentes, age 65, of Wauseon, died peacefully on Monday, August 28, 2017, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo. He had worked for General Motors in Saginaw, Michigan, Danville, Illinois, and retired in Defiance, Ohio in 2006. Clemente was born in Saginaw, Michigan on April 13, 1952, the …

Debra J. Broadwater, 58, of Montpelier passed away Sunday morning at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan. She was born on September 16, 1958 in Montpelier to Ellis and Eileen (Poorman) Broadwater. Deb was a member of Pleasant Ridge Dunkard Brethren Church in Montpelier. She graduated from North Central High School in …

Travis L. Weirauch, age 27 of Archbold, passed away at Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance, OH on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Travis was born in Wauseon, OH on August 25, 1990 to the late Mark Weirauch and Lori (Sager) Dunning. He attended and graduated from Wauseon High School. After high …

Classic cars and droves of people are expected over the next several days at the Auburn Auction Park. This year, some of the most memorable cars ever produced are up for bid…a 1933 Duesenberg will get around $3 million when it hits the block. A 1987 Rolls Royce will also …

20 write-in candidates, many in Defiance and Fulton counties have stepped forward for the November general election. Joshua Mast, who withdrew as a Defiance City Council at-large candidate, has filed as a write-in for the unexpired two-year term for the city’s Ward 3 seat. The seat opened earlier this year …

Defiance school officials will see around 3 percent increases in pay. The city Board of Education made it official this week.

Three New Haven schools lost power Tuesday morning…the district allowed parents to pick up students. 3,300 customers were without electricity in and the city. The outage was caused by a squirrel, not the weather.

Several fires in the area are being blamed on lightning. The Southwest Fire District assisted Aboite Township crews fighting three fires within 40 minutes. One blaze was reported at a home inside the Chestnut Hills neighborhood…it sustained minor damage. Then, a barn caught fire on Bass Road. With 7,000 bales …