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New Digs For PCM

Pioneer Custom Molding is almost ready to break ground on an expansion to its facility after a special meeting of the Pioneer Village Council…approving an Enterprise Zone Agreement with the employer. Officials say PCM can break ground on a roughly 22,000-square-foot addition to the plant on 3 Kexon Drive, in …

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The Latest In The Householder Case

On the eve of a deadline, the Ohio House committee, set up to determine the fate of the law now tainted by a $60 million federal bribery investigation, adjourns for the coming weeks with no immediate plans for repeal in place…for repealing or replacing the bailout legislation that passed last …

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Ballot Battle Continues

Requesting an absentee ballot by fax or email remains off limits in Ohio, following a court decision that delivers a victory to President, Trump’s reelection campaign and fellow Republicans in the critical battleground state. A three-judge panel of Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals rules a trial judge’s order, requiring …

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Culver Gets 10

David Culver…the former Bryan resident…is sentenced for trying to plot the murder of a Williams County Job & Family Services employee. He gets ten years in prison. Culver pled guilty in November 2019 to one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. He …

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Kimpling Trial Moved Back

Bonnie Kimpling, indicted in April by a Williams County grand jury on one count of third-degree felony aggravated theft and more…has her October court date rescheduled for another time…COVID-19. Prosecutors say Kimpling stole $150,568 from the P.A.T.H. School for Autism scholarship fund in Bryan…between January 2012 and December 2017. A …

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Big News From GM

General Motors announces it is making a $71 million dollar investment in two Ohio manufacturing facilities, including $32 million at its Defiance casting plant and $39 million at its Toledo transmission FACILITY…retaining 240 manufacturing jobs in the region.

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LaRose Wins Round 2

The signature-matching requirement for ballots and ballot applications in Ohio are burdensome to voters, but changing the process close to the election could be “particularly damaging,” a federal judge has ruled. Judge Michael H. Watson sided with Republican, Secretary of State, Frank LaRose…when he ruled that LaRose’s July directive ensures …

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Injury Crash On 20

A Defiance man is badly hurt in a two-vehicle accident in Royalton Township. Troopers say Gary Pitzen, of Dubuque, Iowa, was eastbound on Highway 20. That’s when he goes over the center line and hits a motorcycle head on…ridden by Jack Long of Defiance. Long is flown to Mercy St. …

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Becker Presses DeWine

A conservative lawmaker takes his frustration over Ohio’s coronavirus public health orders to a new level…by demanding that criminal charges be filed against fellow Republican, Gov. Mike DeWine. Rep. John Becker, a Republican from Cincinnati, says DeWine has exceeded his authority under state law…and the Ohio and U.S. constitutions…in issuing …

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Utility Rates To Rise In Edgerton

Edgerton residents will be seeing changes to their utility rates, starting next year. This, after the Edgerton Village Council agrees to new prices for water and stormwater services. It hasn’t been passed yet. The issue is on the October 5th meeting agenda. Water rates go up 3.5%. Stormwater?…goes up to …

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