The Defiance County commissioners update a project to rehabilitate the elevator in the courthouse. The project plans were presented and it is expected it will be ready for bids to be opened in late January or early February, officials tell area reporters. The board also went into executive session with …

The Williams County commissioners agree to extend a property purchase agreement, as well as appointing a person to the county district library board. They approved extending the agreement with Crossed Rifles, LLC, for property located on North Main Street, part of some property purchased in September, along with another plot …

The Indiana State Police is investigating a two semi crash on I-69. First responders from Steuben County, respond to the fiery accident under the overpass bridge for the eastbound lanes that lead to the I-80 Toll plaza. Then they get there, one big rig’s trailer is fully engulfed in flames …

A structure fire in unincorporated Columbia requires assistance from fire departments across three states. The Fremont Fire Department is called to assist the Northwest Township Fire Department, for a situation that also had a potential hazmat problem. The blaze takes roughly three hours to clear. No injuries were reported. The …

Stanley Paul Smith 43, of West Unity, passed away at his home on Friday, December 15, 2023, surrounded by loved ones after a very short battle with cancer. Stan was born February 2, 1980, in Montpelier, Ohio, to Paul and Jean (Britton) Smith Jr. He was a 1999 graduate of …

Charles R. “Alfie” Zuver, 57, of West Unity, Ohio passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 at his home. Charles was born April 21, 1966, in Montpelier, Ohio, son of Jimmie Linn and Betty Lou (Routt) Zuver. He was a 1985 graduate of Millcreek-West Unity High School. Charles previously worked at …

The Indiana State Police is investigating a three vehicle crash along the eastbound toll plaza located at the 153 mile marker on I-80 in Steuben County, 4 miles west of the Indiana/Ohio State Line. Officials say Edwin Bottelman, 73, of Greeley, Iowa was behind the wheel of a semi. Prior …

The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio. The Environmental Protection Agency will review risks posed by a handful of …

David L. Balogh, age 76, of Edgerton, Ohio passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Parkview Randallia Hospital in Fort Wayne.  David was a US Army veteran who served stateside during the Vietnam War.  He worked at several area companies including Simpson Industries, Stark’s Happy Time Pools, NEMCO and Micropulse …

Robert F. Gorsuch Jr., 74, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. Robert was born July 26, 1949, in Montpelier, Ohio, the son of the late Robert F. and Betty J. (Ellis) Gorsuch Sr. Robert was a self-employed hydraulic jack repairman, …