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Incumbent, Tom Kochert wins the race for Williams County sheriff. The county elections board completed their final count, recording 8,960 votes for Kochert…7,649 votes for Mohre. As we reported, Mohre was a write-in candidate…his name did not appear on the ballot. Officials say about 250 absentee ballots are still out. …

All local issues are approved by Fulton County voters. Folks in Wauseon sign off on a renewal and decrease of a recreation levy. The original levy funded construction and operation of the city pool…approved handily with 71% of the vote. Delta voters approve a levy renewal for parks and five …

Here are the latest details on COVID-19 in the area. Fulton County adds 59 new cases. The number of overall hospitalizations there has increased to 51. There have been 18 deaths in the county, with one added Monday and one Tuesday. The median age for confirmed cases is 51. Defiance …

The global pandemic couldn’t stop 2020’s presidential election and in Williams County COVID-19 couldn’t even slow it down. Voting location managers throughout the region report incredible turnouts. There was a steady stream of voters in Bryan at the Nazarene Church on Townline Road. The Veterans Memorial Building on the county …

Incumbent, Tom Kochert has a clear lead over write-in challenger Gary Mohre in the race for Williams County sheriff. Board of Election results show Kochert earned 82%…Mohre?…17%. The choice was not an easy one to make for county residents as the elections board recorded 6,881 undervotes…with 69% choosing not to …

Incumbent Williams County Commissioner, Lew Hilkert brushes aside a pair of challengers to win another four-year term as a Williams County Commissioner. Hilkert, a Republican from West Unity, totaled 8,480 votes, to beat Heather Freese, a Democrat from Montpelier, and independent candidate, Jennifer King, of Bryan. King totaled 3,924 votes…Freese …

The results for the 81st District seat in the Ohio House of Representatives are still coming in. Incumbent Republican, Jim Hoops faces off against Janet Breneman, a non-party-affiliated write-in candidate, for the seat. Hoops was appointed to the house in January 2018. Breneman faced an uphill battle, running independently in …

Today is Election Day…polls are open until 7:30 p.m. for in-person voting. Officials in Williams County confirm more than 11,100 ballots have already been cast during early voting. That’s almost 44% of the county’s registered voters. So far, they add…it has been smooth sailing. No problems reported. Voters today are …

Defiance College announces it has officially contained the COVID-19 outbreak on campus that took place at the end of September. Containment of an outbreak is defined as 24 days without an attached positive case. The college’s academic calendar was altered before the fall semester began to allow students to stay …

Crews in Bryan respond to a combine fire on Ohio 34 at Ohio 576. The engine compartment was fully involved when they arrived. They snuff out the flames in minutes. The cause remains unknown… but officials suspect…chaff from the beans got onto the exhaust manifold, sparking the fire. The combine …