The Indiana Department of Transportation has a heads up this morning. Motorists can expect median work with occasional lane restrictions on I-69. They will be doing cable barrier installation, along I-69 in various locations. Daily work will be done weather permitting. Some daytime and overnight lane restrictions may be needed …

A Defiance man was arraigned on four child sexual abuse charges in Defiance County Common Pleas Court. 34-year-old Curtis Lindstrom pleaded not guilty to felony rape and three counts of gross sexual imposition. The charges allege that in May he engaged in sexual conduct with a child less than 10 …

The owner of the Brick N’ Brew Pub says they don’t know how long they’ll be closed, following a fire last Saturday that caused significant damage. The pub at 631 N. Perry Street just underwent a fire marshal inspection earlier this week. At the time of the fire, just before …

Norman Eugene “Gene” Cottrell, 71 years, of Hicksville, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Genesis Healthcare – Twin Rivers Center, Defiance. Gene was born October 25, 1944 in Defiance County, Ohio, the son of the late Norman Ray and Martha (Rodocker) Cottrell. He was a 1963 graduate of Hicksville …

Hayworth “Skip” Treace, Sr.,73, of Montpelier, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was born on May 21, 1943 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Robert C. and Alice E. (Bell) Treace, Sr. On September 12, 1991 he married Elva Jo L. Gilcher in Montpelier and she survives. Skip retired …

The final pretrial date in the murder trial of Bradley Gilbert of Montpelier has been rescheduled from this week to August 2nd. The hearing is set for the Williams County Common Pleas Court to begin at 1 p.m. He’s charged in the homicide of 28-year-old Jonathan Hofner of Wauseon last …

A Defiance man indicted for stealing from the Leipsic Post Office while he worked there last summer will be sentenced. 20 year old Douglas Bush will appear before Judge Jeffrey Helmick of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, for sentencing on July 21st at 1:30 p.m. Bush was …

The hiring of Defiance’s next police chief is expected to be accomplished in early autumn. The city’s civil service commission discussed the hiring process during a meeting Tuesday. The three-member commission had decided unanimously on June 16 to exercise a city charter provision allowing outside candidates as well as inside …

An Angola man surrendered without incident at the Steuben County Jail on Monday night on a warrant charging him with a felony count of failure to register as a sex or violent offender. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department said in a release that 31 year old Steven J. Hawn was …

A Delta man was sentenced in the Fulton County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. 20-year-old Austin Head of Delta was sentenced to 2 years of community control after previously pleading guilty. If he fails to comply with the terms …