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Officials in Pioneer decide to shelve a proposal that would have stopped public comment on the plan to sell water from the area aquifer to other communities. Artesian of Pioneer, owned by Pioneer Mayor Ed Kidston, wants to drill into the aquifer to sell up to 14 million gallons of …

Officials suspect someone getting sick behind the wheel is the cause of an area crash on Highway 127, near County Road F. Investigators say the solo crash resulted in the vehicle rolling off the roadway for some distance before ending up in a creek bed. Crews from Bryan assisted in …

A bomb scare leads to the evacuation of an area school. A threat, written on the wall of a bathroom on campus in Montpelier put officials into their crisis response plan. The police were called and the buildings were cleared out. Toledo Police’s bomb sniffing dog was brought in to …

Another car versus buggy crash over in LaGrange County. This time, responders were dispatched to a County Road 200 North location at the County Road 400 intersection. Investigators tell reporters the buggy driver, Laura Miller should have given the right of way to pickup truck driver, Jamie Heisler of Bryan. …

About 200 members of an Indiana National Guard unit are back home after a 10-month deployment to the Middle East. A large crowd stood and cheered as soldiers from the 38th Sustainment Brigade marched into an aircraft hangar at Indianapolis International Airport for the brief homecoming ceremony. The Brigade conducted …

Crews take on a fire at a Hicksville business. Fire teams from Sherwood and Edgerton assisted in the operation. Reports came in of a sawdust explosion at the 5 Acre Mill on Ohio 2. When they arrive, flames are seen coming out of one of the buildings. A stretch of …

TV 26 in Defiance has new owners. The low power station has been purchased by American Christian Television Services of Lima. It looks like the studios will be getting a whole new look, with new call letters, new logo and more. Station officials add it will focus on local programming …

Have you seen it yet?…it’s looking pretty good. The new Love’s station on Ohio 49 north of Edon, just off the turnpike, is shaping up pretty nicely. Much of the building and the gas pump islands are just about finished, among other things. The hope is the new development, along …

Indiana House Democrats picked up at least one seat in this week’s elections, even as they waited for additional results that could break the chamber’s long-running Republican supermajority. Republicans have held supermajorities of more than two-thirds in both the state House and the Senate since the 2012 election, allowing them …

One person dies after his semi rolls over on the westbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike, a quarter-mile east of Edon’s Westgate exit. Officials suspect a medical condition behind the wheel could be the cause of the solo crash. An investigation is underway at this hour by area officials.