Some peo­ple who are con­cerned about the pro­posed Rover Pipeline project through north­west Ohio, are plan­ning a meet­ing for next week in Defi­ance. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the ETRover com­mu­nity action meet­ing is sched­uled for Thurs­day, August 27th, from 6–8 p.m at ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal. Those orga­niz­ing the …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Depart­ment says K-9 Offi­cer Ham­mer passed away after a short bat­tle with can­cer on Tues­day. Ham­mer was 12 years old. K-9 Ham­mer was a Dutch Shep­herd. He started his career with the Sheriff’s Office in August of 2004 and was trained in patrol, nar­cotics detec­tion and …

A man died in a two vehi­cle crash Wednes­day morn­ing in Ful­ton County. 35 year old Michael Neuen­schwan­der of Fayette was pro­nounced dead at the scene of the crash that hap­pened just after 5 yes­ter­day morn­ing on U.S. 20 and County Road 23. Police say Neuen­schwan­der was east­bound on U.S. …

The Conexus Indi­ana North­east Regional Logis­tics Coun­cil has revealed it’s plan for infra­struc­ture invest­ment over the next 30 years. Among the high­way project pri­or­i­ties… redesign­ing the Toll Road inter­change with I-69 in Steuben County in order to improve traf­fic flow. They also say the widen­ing of U.S. 33 to four …

Cit­ing wor­ries over work­place safety, the Ohio Cham­ber of Com­merce on Wednes­day said that it will “strongly oppose” an effort to legal­ize mar­i­juana and will con­tribute $100,000 toward the effort to defeat it at the polls. The announce­ment comes after cham­ber mem­bers expressed their con­cerns about poten­tial acci­dents on the …

A tie vote by Defi­ance County’s board of elec­tions on the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion of a Hicksville may­oral can­di­date will now send the mat­ter on up to a higher author­ity. The board voted 2–2 in decid­ing whether David Schoo­ley should be cer­ti­fied as a Demo­c­ra­tic can­di­date in Novem­ber for the Hicksville mayor’s …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Health con­firmed on Wednes­day that the state’s first fatal West Nile virus human case took place in Williams County. A 91-year-old Williams County man, whose name has not been released, was hos­pi­tal­ized with encephali­tis. So far this year, there have been eight reported human cases of …

Janet Orick, age 58, of Angola, Indiana, died on Friday, August 14, 2015, at her home in Angola. She attended Edgerton High School and was currently employed by Western Consolidated Technologies in Fremont, Indiana. Her greatest joy in life was being with her grandchildren and her dog, Charlie. She also …

Roland L. Cook, 85, of Montpelier passed away Tuesday evening at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  He was born on July 30, 1930 in Montpelier to Lester Eugene and Naomi (Wines) Cook.  On January 27, 1953 he married Frances Juanita Petre in Angola, Indiana and she survives. Roland proudly served his …

Frances Loucelle Kreischer, 84, of Montpelier passed away Monday afternoon at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier.  She was born on August 24, 1930 in Hillsdale, Michigan to Cleo M. and Florence L. (Hand) Smith.  Frances graduated from Edon High School in 1948.  On March 26, 1949 she married John J. Kreischer, …