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Delta Police Chief, Nathan Hartsock and a village water plant supervisor each get a three-day suspension from work…for failing to report an incident when a village employee uttered a racial slur. Officials say plant employee, Billy Bucher uttered the N word during a conversation held in a water plant break …

A post-election audit finds Ohio’s 2020 votes were tallied to near perfection, including those cast in the presidential contest. The announcement is made by Secretary of State, Frank LaRose…as the brewing showdown in Congress over the outcome of the race between President, Trump and President-elect, Joe Biden takes place, today.

Dawn Fitzcharles is officially the Edgerton village administrator, again. Fitzcharles was initially hired on as the village’s fiscal officer in 2015…and was officially appointed to the administrator position a few months later. She left in 2018 to join Bryan Municipal Utilities as the operations manager.

The Bryan city council agrees to hire Gary Mohre, who ran for Williams County sheriff in 2020, as the new assistant police chief. Also, Lt. Greg Rusky is the new police captain. Officials say hiring dates have yet to be determined, based on when each passes his state physical. A …

The Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio votes, nine to one, in favor of a temporary wage increase for jail employees. Workers at CCNO will receive an additional $2 per hour, effective from Dec. 27, 2020, through April 3rd of this year.

Two people are hurt in a crash caused by icy road conditions in DeKalb on SR 327. Officials tell reporters the driver of a Jeep lost control while negotiating a curve on the frozen roadway. The vehicle hits a pickup at a stop sign on CR 34. The two vehicles …

Two people in DeKalb County are in an area hospital after a rollover crash on C.R. 23, between Waterloo and Ashley. Police respond…they find a car, flipped on its top, with debris scattered over the roadway. Two people, Lance Barnhart and Dawson Murray of Ashley, were outside the vehicle when …

The Ohio curfew order has been extended for another three weeks. The State Department of Health Director, Stephanie McCloud, signs the health order. The 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew now goes on until Jan. 23. Exemptions include going to work, obtaining necessary food, medical care or social services. The …

At last check, Williams County has had 2,290 total cases of COVID-19…an increase of 155, since Christmas. Officials tell reporters they have resulted in 117 hospitalizations and 48 deaths. There are 1,758 people who have recovered. Statewide, there have been 700,380 cases. 38,334 are in the hospital. 8,962 people have …

The Ohio Supreme Court reverses course and decides not to hear an appeal by a convicted school shooter. The court dismissed Ely Serna’s case in an opinion that listed it as improvidently accepted, without further explanation. Serna was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for a 2017 shooting …