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Defi­ance County com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day, talked about team­ing with local firms to cre­ate a well­ness site in Defi­ance. Accord­ing to The Crescent-News, the county and three pri­vate local com­pa­nies are eying the pro­posal while a fourth firm is also con­sid­er­ing join­ing. Together, they would all share costs of a three-year …

A man who police say stole three vehi­cles Tues­day, and then lead offi­cers on a wild chase through four coun­ties is now behind bars. The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Depart­ment says it started when they got a call from a man who told offi­cers he left his com­pany truck run­ning and …

Bryan City School officials are crediting Chief Financial Officer Rob Rosswurm with finding some $1.5 million in long-term savings to the taxpayers. The Bryan Times reports that the board of education on Monday night reviewed a report by Rosswurm on the financial arrangements for the district’s upcoming building program. Rosswurm …

The Angola Fire Department has released a statement about a fire late last week in that community. According to investigators, it was a ceiling-mounted heater that caught fire in a Steuben County Highway garage last Thursday. Investigators say a gas leak on the outside of the garage was likely caused …

A woman was accidently shot in the head Sunday evening at her home. 42 year-old Becky Smith of McClure was taken by LifeFlight to Toledo Hospital where she was last listed in critical condition. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office reports that Smith and her husband were in their barn trying …

The fundraising campaign for The United Way of Williams County is almost complete, but according to United Way officials, if you haven’t yet given, it’s still not too late. According to the Bryan Times, the campaign has hit 95.1 percent of the goal of $316,000, and now has $300,649 banked …

Thanks to a grant from the Ohio Department of Education, Paulding Exempted Village School District will be getting more than a half million dollars to be earmarked for laptops for some 600 middle and high school students next year. The $600,000 grant will go toward providing laptop computers for students …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues today into the murder-suicide last week in Defi­ance that made national head­lines. Plans are being made for the funer­als of 68 year old Robart Garza, SR; his 61 year old wife Chris­tine; their 42 year old daugh­ter Zoila; and their 15 year old grand­daugh­ter, Rebecca. Inves­ti­ga­tors say …

Another catch and release over the week­end involv­ing Bryan Police. Early yes­ter­day morn­ing, around 2am, 23 year old Ste­fan Bates of Mont­pe­lier was caught and arrested for dri­ving under sus­pen­sion and for OVI. Accord­ing to Bryan Police, Bates was sim­ply released after being stopped. No other details were pro­vided by …

In Steuben County a pro­posed pig busi­ness con­tin­ues to gen­er­ate con­cern. State offi­cials have approved the farm where 4,800 pigs will be raised near Lake Gage. The Indi­ana Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment said K&D Con­tract Pork met the guide­lines to estab­lish the oper­a­tion. The project near Angola has met with …