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One person dies in a solo crash on the Ohio Turnpike. Officials tell reporters, Rouyn Alda, of Temecula, California, was driving west when he loses control of his vehicle during bad weather, near milepost 24. The pickup hits a guardrail and flips in the median. A passenger, James Botton, of …

In Montpelier…crews respond to a vehicle fire, involving a front-end loader, inside the Edon Farmers Co-op, on County Road 13. They say an employee saw black soot on top of the overhead door of the place…that’s when the call came out for help. After the flames are put out…officials check …

The Pioneer Village Council approves the village budget. Overall appropriations will be seeing a decrease of around $1.5 million dollars, to just under $5.8 million in 2021. The village is expecting an Ohio Public Works Commission grant for work on the water plant…to the tune of $325,000.

Bryan Municipal Utilities officials say its new Industrial Drive Substation is completed and ready to serve the community. BMU adds the new power facility, located to the south of Industrial Drive, increases the reliability of the city’s electrical system, provides capacity for future growth and allows for another step in …

COVID-19 deaths in Defiance County continue to rise this week, with the total reaching 48. County health officials now report two more deaths related to coronavirus…two men male…one in his 70s with underlying health conditions and a male in his 90s with health problems, as well.

An Archbold teen is given five years community control with several conditions in a Williams County courtroom, on a pair of amended sexual abuse charges. Elias Rash will also serve 30 days in CCNO, beginning next month. Community service applies, in the case, as well. He also was classified as …

A car and an SUV collide on Highway 20, near the intersection with CR 500 west, in rural Steuben County…pinning one of the drivers in his car for a short time. Officials tell reporters Jamie Cassabon of Angola was eastbound on 20, near the county airport, when he pulled into …

A Napoleon man is placed on community control in a Henry County courtroom…in a case involving an assault on a police officer. Eric Gossman gets five years for felonious assault. He also could get a four- to six-year prison term…if Gossman violates terms of community control. He was given credit …

Two more Williams County residents die from COVID-19. Health officials confirm both were males, aged 76. That brings the county’s death count to 14 since the Ohio Department of Health began recording pandemic statistics earlier this year. The county has reported 10 COVID-19 deaths since Nov. 1.Williams County also is …

Students at Wauseon High School will learn remotely for one week, beginning Friday…coronavirus. Troy Armstrong, district superintendent, sent a letter to parents Wednesday…confirming that grades 9-12 will transition to the Plan C…the Remote Learning Model…between Dec. 11 and Dec. 18. The remote learning plan applies only to the school district’s …