As a part of Governor, DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources buys around 15 acres of land…next to the Goll Woods State Nature Preserve in Archbold. The buy?…for the development of the new Goll Woods Wetland Extension. Once complete, it will feature wetland areas that filter phosphorus …

Ohio’s political mapmaking body disagrees along partisan lines on the best way to finish work on a new set of constitutionally sound boundaries for state legislative districts. Now…the commission reverses course…and votes 5-2 to revive maps previously declared unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court. Democrats sharply criticized the move…with some …

Shirley Sue Whitney, age 82, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 12:23 A.M. on Thursday, March 15, 2022, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Whitney was a 1957 graduate of North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A stay-at-home mom, she was a devoted wife, …

Walter J. Schulz, 92 years, of Ney, passed away Saturday evening, March 26, 2022, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, with his family by his side. Walter was born December 22, 1929, in Racine, Wisconsin, the son of the late Walter W. and Mina (Mang) Schulz. He served …

Walter E. Loucks, 78, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Walter was born March 28, 1943, in Hicksville, Ohio, son of the late Walter L. and June L. (Helsel) Loucks.  He was a 1961 graduate of Hicksville High School.  Walter married …

Lowell W. Cox, 76, of Fayette, OH passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at Promedica Flower Hospital in Sylvania, OH. He was born on October 14, 1945 in Wauseon, OH to Gaylord and Faye (Hopkins) Cox. Lowell attended Fayette Schools. On September 5, 1965 he married Janice M. Sohn …

Curtis “Mike” F. Bowers, 88, of Waldron, Michigan, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at Maple Ridge Farms Assisted Living, Hudson, Michigan.  Mike was born December 31, 1933, in Cottonwood, Ohio, son of the late Claire and Adele (Simon) Bowers.  He was a 1951 graduate of West Unity High School.  …

An Oakwood enters a plea in a Paulding County courtroom…in connection to a September, 2021 shooting. Charles Brown, 32, pled guilty to assault and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle. Sentencing is scheduled for today. Brown is accused of shooting Dustin Dobbelaere, 37, of Defiance, several times during a …

After months of buildup, Ohio’s primary in May was supposed to usher in a busier phase of the political season, when voters would begin lining up behind party winners in fall races for control of Congress, governor’s seats and key elections offices across the United States. Instead, the campaign season …

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments in May…on whether Gov., DeWine had the legal ability to end the state’s participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program last year…ahead of a government deadline for stopping the payments. At issue before the court is a weekly $300 federal payment for …