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Accord­ing to emer­gency offi­cials, two com­bines caught fire in the area on Mon­day after­noon. The first fire was put out by the Edon-Florence Town­ship Fire Depart­ment just after 1:30 yes­ter­day after­noon. It hap­pened on County Road 2 south of County Road H. Then, less than an hour later, the Stryker …

Health­care providers and local offi­cials from across north­west Ohio attended a health-care sum­mit Mon­day at the Hilton Gar­den Inn in Per­rys­burg to share strate­gies for bat­tling health issues local com­mu­ni­ties are fac­ing. About 175 par­tic­i­pants from area health depart­ments and hos­pi­tal sys­tems, along with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from non­prof­its and busi­nesses showed …

It’s now been four years since the three Skel­ton broth­ers from Michi­gan were last seen, but inves­ti­ga­tors are still actively work­ing the case. The Skel­ton boys were in the care of their father, John Skel­ton, when they dis­ap­peared over the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day in 2010. Accord­ing to what has been uncov­ered …

A drug arrest in Bryan… Bryan Police on Fri­day after­noon, nabbed 26 year old Alex Reidt of Bryan, charg­ing him with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana, pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia, and fail­ure to rein­state his license and hav­ing expired plates. Reidt was then released by Bryan Police.

Those killed in last week’s plane crash in Pauld­ing County have been iden­ti­fied. Pauld­ing County Coro­ner Dr. Joseph Kuhn says the three peo­ple who died are 59 year old Dr. Michael McCarty; 65 year old Wayne Weiss; and Weiss’ wife, 62 year old Rose­lee Weiss… all from Grand Islan, Nebraska. …

Drug Free Steuben will soon hold a com­mu­nity dis­cus­sion on mar­i­juana. The pro­gram is enti­tled “Mar­i­juana in Our Com­mu­nity” and it’s set for a week from this Thurs­day, Novem­ber 20th at the Carnegie Pub­lic Library in Angola start­ing at 11:00 in the morn­ing. Those who attend will enjoy lunch, and …

A ben­e­fit for the David Robin­son fam­ily is sched­uled for this Sat­ur­day at Fairview High School. The event is set to be held from 4-9pm, with all pro­ceeds going to the David Robin­son Fam­ily Ben­e­fit. Robin­son was a long-time coach and ath­letic direc­tor at Fairview High School. Those who attend …

Accord­ing to law enforce­ment, a metham­phet­a­mine bust ear­lier this week, on Wednes­day in Mont­pe­lier, will go down as one of the largest busts ever in county his­tory. At a press con­fer­ence yes­ter­day after­noon, Sher­iff Steve Towns said 29 year old John Ken­nel of Bryan is under arrest fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery …

A woman from Sher­wood was killed in a car crash Wednes­day after­noon. The Ohio State High­way Patrol says 50 year old Kelly Dar­nell was south­bound in a pickup truck on I-475, in Spring­field just before 4 Wednes­day after­noon, when she ran off the road, and the truck flipped over, then …

A fatal plane crash in rural Pauld­ing County… Emer­gency respon­ders were called to a field near County Road 60 and County Road 137 around 6 last evening. That’s about two miles north of Grover Hill and just a cou­ple miles east of Wayne Trace High School where a small plane …