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A Defiance man dies in a crash on Highway 6, about six miles southeast of Bryan. Officials tell reporters Phillip Powell was westbound…when he goes over the median, into oncoming traffic. That’s when he slams into a pickup, driven by Roger Bostelman, of Hamler. Powell was pronounced dead when officials …

Farmers hurt by the trade war get good news, as the third round of the 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments are approved in Washington. The payments are aimed at helping farmers, suffering from trade retaliation. Williams County farmers who do qualify will receive $67 per acre, with a cap of …

A “Meet the Candidates” public forum for countywide races in the March primary is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Williams County Veterans Building, on E. Main St. in Montpelier. The forum includes both opposed and unopposed candidates. The community is invited. A panel will present questions to candidates …

SB Financial Group, parent company of State Bank and Trust…and Edon Bancorp, who owns The Edon State Bank, announce a merger. Under terms of the agreement, Edon Bancorp will be combined with SB Financial and Edon State Bank will merge with and into State Bank. The move was unanimously approved …

In Paulding County…officers deploy a stop stick to end a high-speed chase. Sunny Parker, of Battle Creek, is charged with felony fleeing and eluding. She was taken to the Paulding County Jail. Officials tell reporters the police tried to pull Parker over for speeding on Highway127, south of Sherwood. The …

A Hicksville burglary leads to an unrelated arrest, with the potential for some drug-related arrests to come. Officers execute a search warrant at a E. Smith Street address, acting on a tip. This, in connection to a theft at a business in Hicksville, over the weekend. They find evidence related …

Area farmers packed Defiance’s Knights of Columbus hall…as state officials roll out a comprehensive government initiative to improve the quality of the Lake Erie watershed. Roughly, 450 attended. The meeting is one of four planned this month throughout northwest Ohio to explain the H2Ohio program that is being funded this …

Construction is approved for a new business coming to Edgerton, soon. Officials say plans to demolish a dilapidated house and a small building on the north side of Vine Street, just west of Ohio 49 are set, to make way for a new locally owned coffee shop, slated to be …

A sewer backup at a Defiance mobile home park has been remedied, but some final environmental abatement may be needed. Electricity to a sewer lift station at Northtowne Estates, near Northtowne Mall on North Clinton Street, failed and caused the backup. Officials discovered that power had been shut off to …

A co-defendant in a fire case, which caused severe damage to a Domersville Road home last year is sentenced in a Defiance County courtroom. Kage Seals, 21 was given a four-year prison term for aggravated arson. He also was ordered to make $8,069.77 restitution. Seals had pled guilty to the …