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In Montpelier, Village council agrees to spend $88 thousand dollars with the Spectrum Engineering Corporation to fix faulty electrical switches and upgrade relays at the Steuben Street electric station. The broken equipment was found during a recent inspection.

The Clinton Street bridge in Defiance is scheduled to open to traffic today following a dedication ceremony. That takes place on the south side of the bridge. The event will include comments from ODOT Director, Jack Marchbanks, Defiance Mayor, Mike McCann and Defiance County Commissioner, Ryan Mack. The bridge will …

A semi crashes through the median on I-469 in New Haven, causing traffic delays. It happened at the 19 mile marker exit, at State Road 930. No word on what caused it. In the end, the trailer of the big rig was in the southbound lanes and the semi…in the …

The unemployment rate in Fulton County increased slightly in October, that’s according to data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate for October was 4%, compared to 3.8% in September. It was at 3.8% last October. The estimates show a workforce of 22,400 in Fulton County, …

An Indiana judge cancels a trial, challenging limits on the state’s religious objections law…finding conservative groups failed to prove they were harmed by changes the Republican-dominated Legislature approved, shortly after then-Gov. Mike Pence signed it. In calling off the trial, scheduled for February, Hamilton County Judge, Michael Casati agreed with …

Indiana’s governor is facing calls from Democrats to explain his role in Amazon being cleared of responsibility for a warehouse worker’s death, despite initial findings of four major safety violations. Gov. Holcomb denies any involvement in the state Department of Labor’s investigation of the September 2017 death at Amazon’s Plainfield …

Robert Barker, a Defiance man, is arrested. Defiance County deputies picked Barker up at his Breckler Road address. He is accused of inappropriate contact with minors over several years. Barker faces sexual battery, and gross sexual imposition charges. Prosecutors say this all happened between 2016 through 2018. The victims were …

An area employer closes its doors, soon. Officials say Bryan Metals on South Main Street is set to shut down sometime in the near future. The plant employs 22 workers and specializes in products sold in the automotive and electronic components markets. The jobs will not be reassigned elsewhere. Workers …

The remains of a World War II pilot from Ohio are identified, 75 years after his plane was shot down over Germany. The remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Steve Nagy will be buried in his hometown of Lorain at a date yet to be determined. He was 23 …

The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit, attempting to block a proposed statewide vote that aims to overturn a financial rescue for Ohio’s two nuclear plants. The plants’ owner, FirstEnergy Solutions, had argued the financial rescue approved by state lawmakers in July can’t be overturned by voters because it amounts …