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A possible drowning incident turned the holiday weekend into tragedy in southeastern LaGrange County Saturday evening. According to the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, a 2-year-old boy was airlifted out of Big Long Lake. He was brought to a hospital in Fort Wayne. The authorities did not identify the boy.

Five people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday afternoon on Ohio routes 637 and 613. Officials tell reporters…Earl Chapman, 67, of Paulding, was taken to Mercy Defiance in serious condition. Two others in a second vehicle were also treated for serious injuries…Amanda Rose, 36, was taken to Paulding County Hospital…and …

The Swanton Village Council approved Shannon Shulters as the new Village Administrator. She will take over for Rosanna Hoelzle, who resigned last month after six years with the village. Shulters was approved by a 5-1 vote. She has previously served as the assistant director for the Fulton County Economic Development …

Two men were injured in a three-car accident. 39-year-old Adam Knott and 35-year-old Ashley Richards were stopped in their cars on Country Road 327 just north of Country Road 68 because a vehicle was backing up into a driveway. 31-year-old Christian Whitfield was driving in a Freightliner Century truck over …

A Grand Rapids man drowned in the Maumee River after falling off a boat. Deputies responded to the north side of river across from Wagner’s Campground and west of Mary Jane Thurston Park…for a report of a possible drowning after a man fell off a boat and could not be …

The Indiana Department of Health on Thursday reported the state’s first case of West Nile virus for 2022. The case involves a person in Lake County in northwest Indiana. It also noted that the West Nile virus has been detected in a sample of mosquitoes collected in Steuben County. According …

A pair of infrastructure projects…one in Bryan, one in Madison Township…are authorized for funding by Williams County Commissioners. The project in Bryan will address outdated and crumbling water lines along a five-block stretch of South Lynn Street. The Madison Township project is a full-depth reconstruction of about a one mile …

The project to replace a portion of the bridge deck over Lost Creek on U.S. 127 in Defiance County is delayed. Officials had expected the span would reopen to traffic before the Independence Day holiday, but now say it could remain closed for up to four more weeks. The project …

Delbert Allen, 76, passed away from complications, related to injuries he sustained when he was working at a New Haven home that burst into flames in February. We reported…Allen was working as a plumber in the house when it exploded. He was badly burned, especially on his back and on …

Jennifer Basselman, superintendent of the Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities has announced her resignation, effective July 7. She notified President Mike Elkins in a letter on June 8 that she intended to leave the agency for personal reasons in 30 days. Basselman was appointed to the position a little …