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First Defiance Financial Corp. announced Monday it has completed its acquisition of Commercial Bancshares, Inc. and will merge The Commercial Savings Bank, a subsidiary of Commercial Bancshares, with First Defiance’s subsidiary, First Federal Bank of the Midwest. Commercial shareholders received total consideration of 80 percent stock and 20 percent cash. …

If you’re thirsty, Montpelier, Ohio may be the place to go. The Village of Montpelier has won the top prize for U.S. tap water at an international tasting contest. Ohio towns took two of the top three prizes for Best Municipal Water on Saturday at the 27th annual Berkeley Springs …

An Ohio man was injured Saturday evening in a one-vehicle crash just west of Oakwood. 46 year old Scott Rhoades of Middle Point, was transported from the scene by air ambulance to Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne, where his condition was unknown. According to the Van Wert post of …

25 people have been cited for under age drinking and the party host arrested after an incident early Sunday morning in Williams County, Ohio. The Williams County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an underage alcohol party in the 11500 block of County Road 15 near West Unity. West Unity …

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says that an inattentive semi driver went off the road and spilled a load of steel. Investigators in DeKalb County said a flatbed semi driven by 39 year old Travis W. Maldeney of Auburn, told police he was not aware of how close he was …

Ohio’s Secretary of State Jon Husted on Monday announced that his office has uncovered 385 non-citizens registered to vote in Ohio – 82 of whom have managed to cast ballots. Husted, a Republican and likely candidate for Ohio governor, said the non-citizens who registered but never voted will be sent …

The Edon Village Council will have a special meeting to discuss cutting the police department’s budget. At the meeting, set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, officials will consider the village’s finance committee recommendation to cut $20,000 from the police department’s budget. Councilman Lee Lawrence said the cuts would …

An employee who helped area police solve two break-ins received special recognition during the Feb. 22 meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Derek Doornbus, Community Corrections Specialist, was named CCNO Employee of the Year for 2016. He has been employed at CCNO since June 9, 2014. Derek was …

An ad hoc committee will be created in an effort to review bed utilization at the regional jail following Wednesday’s meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio. Jim Dennis, CCNO Executive Director, said he had discussions with the US Marshalls about holding inmates for them and, new on the …

Nostrum Pharmaceuticals’ formulation plant in Bryan has reduced its workforce to “somewhere around 25 essential workers,” according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The same source said the company has expressed an interest in eventually bringing back a not-yet-determned number of the cut employees. Bryan’s Nostrum plant …