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Another set­back for Ruralogic. The com­pany, based in Bryan, lost a suit in Fed­eral Court that was filed by the US Depart­ment of Labor late last year, alleg­ing improper use of pen­sion funds. The court ruled against Ruralogic, Inc., its sis­ter com­pany Cir­ric, Inc. and their own­ers, Joseph Burmester and …

Yes­ter­day, we told you about a fire in Defi­ance that caused severe dam­age to a home, and left a man with crit­i­cal burns. Today, we have his name. Accord­ing to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo, Gre­gory Dob­son, of North­wood Drive in Defi­ance, is still being treated for burns, …

A man was charged Mon­day fol­low­ing a metham­phet­a­mine bust at a Steuben County camp­ground. 57-year-old Rus­sell Mansell of Freemont, is now fac­ing felony charges of man­u­fac­tur­ing meth, pos­ses­sion of meth, ille­gal pos­ses­sion of pre­cur­sors and main­tain­ing a com­mon nui­sance. Mansell was also charged with pos­ses­sion of a con­trolled sub­stance and …

The high­way patrol is inves­ti­gat­ing a fatal two-vehicle crash in Williams County, that hap­pened Mon­day evening at the inter­sec­tion of County Road I and County Road 10 in Supe­rior Town­ship. Police say a vehi­cle dri­ven by 34 year old Misty Rice of Edon was west­bound on County Road I when …

Flames heav­ily dam­aged a home in Defi­ance Sun­day after­noon. Defi­ance Fire­fight­ers were called out just after 3pm to a house on North­wood Drive. The ini­tial report indi­cated that a man was on fire at the two-story home. The vic­tim was taken to ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal, then flown to Toledo …

On Mon­day evening, just after 6, Bryan Police arrested 59 year old Adrian Vac­caro of Bryan on a war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for Fail­ing to Appear. The orig­i­nal charge Vac­caro faced was OVI and Expired License. Now, he’s in a lit­tle deeper. He was taken to CCNO where …

In Bryan, at least one prop­erty owner thinks there is a prob­lem with some lawn reg­u­la­tions in Bryan. The Bryan Times reports that Bryan res­i­dent Chuck Shep­ard showed up at Monday’s city coun­cil meet­ing to ask that coun­cil recon­sider its lawn care leg­is­la­tion after a home he owns was tagged …

The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office announced on Fri­day, that they have received a new per­ma­nent drug dis­posal box, which is now avail­able for res­i­dents to dis­pose of unneeded or unwanted pre­scrip­tion med­ica­tions. It’s located at the Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office, just inside the lobby. The box is a safe alter­na­tive …

Fire­fight­ers from three area fire depart­ments were called out Sun­day to a house fire in Defi­ance. The call came in just after 3 yes­ter­day after­noon, and fire­fight­ers rushed to 336 North­wood Drive for a man who had report­edly caught fire. When they got there, they also found a two-story home …

The Ohio High­way Patrol is inves­ti­gat­ing a crash that hap­pened Fri­day after­noon on the Ohio Turn­pike in Ful­ton County. Police say it hap­pened just before 3:30 Fri­day after­noon when a con­ver­sion van dri­ven by 49 year old Rosa Bar­rios of Illi­nois went out of con­trol, ran off the right side …