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Wednesday’s election filing deadline to qualify for the May 8 primary produced a short list of candidates and issues throughout the Defiance area’s six counties. Commissioner, Ryan Mack and Auditor, Jill Little will each seek a second four-year term. Democrats did not field a candidate in either race. In Henry …

First responders in Dekalb County are dispatched to a vehicle fire on Interstate 69 near the 326-mile marker. The Auburn Fire Department was able to put out the blaze. No one was in the vehicle. The registered owner is being charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

After an eight-month undercover operation, the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force arrested six northwest Ohio residents on drug charges. Morgan Lucas, Nikita Coleman, Toby Warncke and Dustin Gonzales of Bryan for aggravated trafficking in drugs in the vicinity of a juvenile. Anita Shaneyfelt and Vincent Fell Jr. were also brought in …

Charles Farsht is sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service for illegally dumping old tires in Lima. Farsht was one of four people charged with illegally transporting and dumping scrap tires to the vacant lot there. Two of the other men, both …

Crews from six area fire departments take on a blaze in Defiance County’s Highland Township on Mansfield Road. When they arrived at the scene the structure was fully involved. The Homeowners were not in the home at the time of the fire. A family pet escaped the blaze. The cause …

Two northwest Ohio residents are injured in a snowmobile accident in a field near County Road 18 in Freedom Township. Benjamin Zimmerman and his passenger, Guilia Lee were taken to the hospital. Lee was then taken by air to a Toledo hospital. Investigators told reporters the snowmobile was traveling across …

The deadline for project ideas is drawing near and those affiliated with Project 2020 are preparing for the next phase of the major local initiative. Project 2020 started eight years ago when a group of area residents came up with idea to build money over time in order to finance …

The subject of medical marijuana was brought up during this week’s meeting of the Hicksville Village Council. The Defiance County Drug-Free Coalition recently approached Mayor Diane Collins, asking for the village’s support in fighting the establishment of a medical marijuana facility in town. This sparked a lengthy conversation about the …

The repeal of part of the zoning ordnance dealing with open storage on properties was on the agenda at the Paulding Village Council meeting. Council had the first reading of an ordinance to roll back a section in the ordinance that prohibits open storage of boats, tractors, trucks, mobile homes, …

Jay Clark will serve life without parole for the 2017 shooting death of Jeremy Barron. Clark appeared for sentencing in a Michigan courtroom. Barron’s body was found near Camden. Clark has requested and has gotten permission to appeal the decision. A woman, charged with him in the case, faces her …