The Williams County Engineer’s Office is looking to buy a new or good used truck, and finding it’s not easy to find one these days. County Engineer Todd Roth told county commissioners Thursday that a 2006 truck used by the sanitary sewer crew has reached the end of its life. …

A Montpelier man and four juveniles were hurt in a crash Sunday night in Farmer Township, Defiance County. At about 11:11 p.m. Saturday, a juvenile was driving a 2018 Ford Fusion south on Ridenour Road and failed to stop for the stop sign at Scott Road. The Ford was struck …

A possible drowning incident turned the holiday weekend into tragedy in southeastern LaGrange County Saturday evening. According to the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, a 2-year-old boy was airlifted out of Big Long Lake. He was brought to a hospital in Fort Wayne. The authorities did not identify the boy.

Five people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday afternoon on Ohio routes 637 and 613. Officials tell reporters…Earl Chapman, 67, of Paulding, was taken to Mercy Defiance in serious condition. Two others in a second vehicle were also treated for serious injuries…Amanda Rose, 36, was taken to Paulding County Hospital…and …

The Swanton Village Council approved Shannon Shulters as the new Village Administrator. She will take over for Rosanna Hoelzle, who resigned last month after six years with the village. Shulters was approved by a 5-1 vote. She has previously served as the assistant director for the Fulton County Economic Development …

Julia “Judy” Anne White, 83 of Montpelier, was greeted in heaven by her beloved husband on July 2, 2022 at her home. She was born on June 10, 1939 in Ashville, NC to Mark and Margaret (Wood) Zindel. On January 4, 1958 she married Laurence Andrew White in Columbus, OH …

Steve (Mayo) Meyer, 73, of Archbold passed away on July 1, 2022, at Fairlawn Haven. Steve was born on February 8, 1949, in Wauseon, to the late Robert and Doris (Buzzy) Meyer. He was a 1967 graduate of Ridgeville High School, where he played basketball and was Valedictorian of his class. He attended …

Ella Jo Cliffton, age 78, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:46 A.M. on Thursday, June 30, 2022, in her home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness. Mrs. Cliffton was a graduate of Butler High School in Butler, Indiana, and had been employed by Universal Tool in Butler, retiring with …

Larry D. Newbauer, 74, of Montpelier passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born on September 25, 1947 in Garrett, Indiana to Raymond F. and Beverly L. (Mingus) Newbauer.  Larry graduated from Fremont High School in Fremont, Indiana in 1965.  On April …

Two men were injured in a three-car accident. 39-year-old Adam Knott and 35-year-old Ashley Richards were stopped in their cars on Country Road 327 just north of Country Road 68 because a vehicle was backing up into a driveway. 31-year-old Christian Whitfield was driving in a Freightliner Century truck over …