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A county resident presents a petition to the Williams County Agricultural Society, asking for the resignation of board Vice President, Alan Bennett. The petition, dated December 2017 and including about 145 signatures, was presented by Matt Uran. It cited a July 25, 2017, county sheriff’s incident report involving Bennett, and …

Michelle Jacob, a Williams County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force, was recognized by Williams County Prosecutor, Katie Zartman as the county’s first Top Cop of 2018. Jacob was the principle investigator in the case against Jeremy Havens, a local drug dealer who sold a lethal mix …

A Fort Wayne businessman withdraws his proposal to open a marijuana dispensary in Defiance. Jamie Ridenour had hoped to open the business on Tuendawie St. Last week, council had discussed reversing the ban against medicinal marijuana facilities it had passed in December and agreed, 4-3, to bring legislation making the …

Defiance Education officials are terminating the services of an Ohio architect. They opted to end its agreement with Garman Miller Architects of Minster, for the Arabella street campus project and its buildings. Concerns with Garman Miller’s method of billing was brought forward. Officials also cited substandard performance and a lack …

A contract with the Christmas Cruise Thru and a possible date change for the Defiance County Fair were on the agenda during the Defiance County Agricultural Society meeting. The committee brought back a proposed contract with the CCT to vote on by the whole board. The contract was for three …

Those injured in a deadly accident last summer at the Ohio State Fair have reached a settlement with the state. It was announced during an Ohio Expositions Commission meeting on Thursday. According to the motion, the settlement’s terms include no money coming out of the state treasury. The Fire Ball …

The Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force make an arrest at an E. High St. address in Hicksville. Logan Moss is charged with first-degree felony drug possession and taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Officers searched the residence and found five ounces of methamphetamine and multiple firearms.

A Montpelier man, accused of abusing a 17-month-old girl, is scheduled to stand trial in May. Alan Laney appeared in a Williams County courtroom for a pretrial conference. He pled not guilty after he was indicted in September 2017 on a list of felonies, including assault and child endangerment. Laney …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs picks its fifth board member. After much deliberation, the board offered the seat to Bob Eyre. He is the vice president of gas supply and industrial supply at the Ohio Gas Company, where he has worked since 1994. Eyre was selected from among eight …

An Ohio teen saves a track coach who suffered a massive heart attack at a Twinsburg fitness center. Twinsburg assistant track coach, Chuck Glover had just put weights on the floor at the Twinsburg Fitness Center when he collapsed. Nicole Fruscella gave Glover a shock with a defibrillator before paramedics …