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In Wauseon, res­i­dents of one sub­di­vi­sion spoke up loud and clear at the Mon­day night meet­ing of Wauseon City Coun­cil, about how they are against a pro­posed plan for a clus­ter of rental prop­er­ties. More than 80 Pat West home­own­ers told coun­cil that they were opposed to plans by devel­oper …

Napoleon coun­cil, after months of talk­ing about the pros and cons of it, has agreed not to out­source its city dis­patch ser­vices to Henry County. Napoleon placed the issue on the May pri­mary elec­tion bal­lot seek­ing the opin­ion of vot­ers. The issue was defeated with 68 per­cent of vot­ers vot­ing …

An Orland woman was sen­tenced this week in Steuben Cir­cuit Court to spend the next ten years in prison after she plead guilty to deal­ing Metham­phet­a­mine. 26-year-old Jes­sica Mar­shall was arrested last Octo­ber by the Steuben County Sher­iffs Depart­ment after detec­tives found sev­eral items inside her home that police say …

Indi­ana State Police say they will be con­duct­ing a sobri­ety check­point in DeKalb County dur­ing the late evening hours on Fri­day. In an effort to reduce the num­ber of alcohol-related auto­mo­bile crashes, the sobri­ety check­point will tar­get the impaired dri­ver and will be uti­lized in an area iden­ti­fied as hav­ing …

A two-vehicle crash Sun­day evening in Pauld­ing County left a Hicksville woman with seri­ous injuries. The Ohio High­way Patrol says it hap­pened Sun­day around 8:45 p.m. at U.S. 24 and Pauld­ing County Road 143 in Emer­ald Town­ship when a pick-up truck dri­ven by 19 year old Court­ney Schaf­fer and another …

A three-vehicle crash south of Pio­neer over this past week­end took the life of a motor­cy­clist. The Ohio High­way Patrol says 66 year old Craig Par­lia­ment of West Unity was stopped at the inter­sec­tion of Ohio 15 at U.S. 20 when he was hit from behind by a pickup truck …

The Red Cross is ask­ing for your help. They are des­per­ately in need of blood donors. The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Henry County will hold a Henry County South Joint Ambu­lance blood drive at the Sum­mer­fest build­ing in Ham­ler on Sat­ur­day from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Walk-ins are wel­come, how­ever you …

An Indi­ana man has been charged in a mur­der case dat­ing back to 2001. 49 year old Mark Fritz allegedly admit­ted to killing 70 year old Samuel Hunter in 2001, while he was drink­ing heav­ily ear­lier this year. Fritz has been arrested and charged with the mur­der of Hunter, whose …

A phone out­age that affected much of north­ern Indi­ana includ­ing Steuben County on Mon­day morn­ing is now being blamed on human error. Accord­ing to Fron­tier Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, a mis­take while pro­gram­ming some cir­cuits dur­ing rou­tine main­te­nance was behind the out­age which affected 9–1-1 lines, leav­ing fire­fight­ers through­out Steuben County stand­ing by …

It’s going to cost more to get rid of your garbage. The Four-County Solid Waste Dis­trict Board is adding a $2 per ton con­tract fee to com­ply with require­ments of its state-mandated 15-year plan. The dis­trict includes Williams, Defi­ance, Ful­ton, and Pauld­ing coun­ties. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the $2 …