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A man dies in Defiance…after a trailer falls on top of him. The Defiance County Sheriff’s Office says family members found Robert Hurst, 62 on Walnut Grove Road. Officials say it’s a farming accident. Area investigators are on the case at this hour.

A student from the Swanton Local School District created a poster board that said “if I was Black I’d be picking cotton but I’m white so I’m picking u 4 hoco” to ask another student to the upcoming homecoming dance. A spokesperson for the district said it is deeply shocked …

In Bryan…don’t be surprised if you see a 95-foot-tall skyjack around the county courthouse in the next couple of weeks. A contractor has been secured to make repairs to a leak in the roof, though officials told county commissioners there isn’t a start date confirmed from the contractor yet. The …

Williams County is seeking a new executive director of the Williams County Economic Development Corporation. Megan Hausch, WEDCO executive director since 2019, has submitted her resignation, saying her husband has taken a job in Wisconsin and they are relocating. She will be working in the office through Sept. 16, then …

In Bryan…four large silver maples on the courthouse lawn are at the end of their lifespan and will be removed and replaced. That was the decision Monday after a discussion between county commissioners, on Monday. The plan is to remove the trees this fall, then replace them in the spring …

Wauseon Police executes a search warrant at a Beech St. address…after an investigation into potential drug sales. Officials say…29 year-old Avante Koonce, faces charges. Brooke Werder was also arrested for an outstanding warrant of aggravated possession of drugs. Additional charges are pending. Methamphetamine, heroin and more are seized in the …

A conservative podcaster who embraces former President Trump’s discredited claims of a stolen 2020 election should be tossed from Ohio’s fall ballot, where she is seeking to become the state elections chief, an Ohio justice recommended Friday. “Tore” Maras vowed to appeal, if the recommendation is upheld. Justice Terrence O’Donnell …

The Board of the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio OK’d a new inmate electronic monitoring contract and a new contract for its security cameras at its meeting, last week. The board also approved a slight adjustment in 2023 bed allocation among the five member counties, with Defiance County increasing its …

County commissioners solidified their support for funding both the Hickory Hills sewer project and an upgrade to the pump station at Ohio 576 and County Road C. It also added a commitment to help pay for a new salt barn. But commissioners declined, at least for now, to a request …

A pickup rolled over after it was hit by another pickup on Friday in DeKalb County at the intersection of State Road 205 at County Road 7, south of Garrett. Officials say a southbound Ford F250 stopped at a stop sign at 205 then proceeded into the intersection, where it …