Featured

A former Defiance college president has died. Marvin Ludwig was the school’s longest serving leader, holding the post from 1975 to 1994. He’s time was noted for the major expansion of the campus. He passed away in Portage. Ludwig was 91.

An old friend is leaving us. The doors are closing at Kolb & Son, a downtown Wauseon institution on N. Fulton St. since 1917. It was the place to go for candy, ice cream sodas, photographic equipment, tobacco products, costume jewelry or novelty gifts. The owners are retiring, and they …

A local bidder throws their hat in the ring to buy a legendary candy maker. Necco, the New England based confectioner, known for their chalky Necco candies and those little heart shaped Sweetheart candies with the little sayings, is looking for a buyer. Spangler Candy Co., of Bryan, entered a …

Wapakoneta City Schools has a new leader. The board hired Archbold Schools Superintendent, Aaron Rex for the superintendent post there. Rex began his teaching career at Wapakoneta and was high school principal there for several years. He begins his new position in August.

Solid jobs numbers for the region. Defiance County checks in at 4.1 percent, down from 4.5 percent…Henry County falls over a point from, 5.9 to 4.7 percent…Paulding County is down a half a point to, 3.5…Williams County, 3.3 percent, this as the area economy continues to improve.

A multi car crash on US 20 east of Flint Road shut down the roadway for two hours. The Angola Fire Department was among the first responders sent to the scene. State and local investigators are canvassing the area, looking for answers after the crash. No one was hurt.

An accident on the Indiana toll road ties up traffic in both directions for a time…as far as five miles in both directions at around the 145 mile marker, just east of the Angola-Fremont exit. No word on injuries as local investigators look over the crash.

Several face charges for the overdose death of a Findlay woman. Prosecutors say Anthony Whitiker sold the drugs to Danielle Rice and Dawn Johns. They also add a third person, Desirae Bright, helped Whitiker dispose of the body. Rice was found dead at a Township Road address back in February.

A crash near Van Wert injures three teenagers. Officials tell reporters a pickup driven by 17 year old Cameron Stork pulled into the path of another car on Highway 127 at the Ohio 111 intersection. Chet Clevenger was the driver of the other vehicle. He and his passenger, Kaitlyn Clevenger …

Recreation Park in Bryan will have a new sidewalk before August. City Council okayed a $112,220 contract with D&F Enterprise, of Bluffton, to start construction after July Fourth. It will extend from the tennis courts to Field five. The Bryan Area Foundation helped out, directing $75,000 towards the project.