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A teen dies after he falls from his motorcycle. Officials say… Joshua Schwartz was then run over by another motorcycle that was following behind him…on County Road 700 South in La Grange County. The second motorcyclist suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. The investigation into the accident …

The Williams County Board of Elections had a successful test of their voting equipment during their meeting, this week. It was one extra chance for people to observe the test of the machines that will be used on the upcoming Aug. 2 primary. Tabulation of the results came back correctly, …

The nationwide labor shortage has had a particularly strong effect on bus driver staffing…and Bryan City Schools is among the many districts affected. Officials noted during Monday’s regular school board meeting that the district is down four drivers with the start of the school year a little over a month …

At last check…29 Williams County residents have voted early for the Aug. 2 primary election. Area ballot officials say that was the pace they expected. Early voting for this unusual extra primary got underway Wednesday and continues up to Election Day. Low turnout is anticipated as the only races on …

Williams County Commissioners will consider a request by the county fair board for $120,000 dollars…to build a second horse barn…located on the east side of the fairgrounds, just south of the horse arena and the current horse stables, which will remain, officials say. The new barn will be used as …

Edgerton’s Oak Street sidewalk project gets the OK from the Williams County Commissioners. They approved $52,000 from the county’s Community Development Block Grant funding to go toward paying for the project. The pre-bid estimate was $115,000 and two bids were delivered. The winning bid of $91,862.10 comes from Ward Construction, …

Over in Kendallville…transportation officials say a sinkhole opened up on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of Route 3, between Gump Road and Old Lima Road in Huntertown. It is nine feet deep, 11 feet long, and 24 feet in width. INDOT has closed both northbound lanes so crews can …

A number of developments are occurring in downtown Defiance these days. Among them is a possible grant program for downtown building owners which has received Defiance City Council’s verbal support. If approved by council in the 2023 budget, such grants would provide $50,000 total for the improvement of downtown building …

Officers execute a search warrant at a Delaware Avenue address in Montpelier. In the end 48-year-old Ronald Brown faces a list of drug charges and more. Officers add…four children…all under the age of four…were living in the home. They seize a cache of Marijuana…Methamphetamine, mushrooms, Fentanyl, Suboxone and Oxycodone. $3 …

The Defiance six-county area’s already low unemployment figures dropped even a little more in May, according to state statistics. Overall?…it’s at 3.5%. The lowest was Putnam County at 2.1% followed by Paulding, at 2.7%. Defiance?…3.1…over in Henry County, it’s 3.3%…Fulton?…3.3… Putnam County checks in at 2.2%…Williams County?… 2.8%. Finance officials …