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Local issues and questions for the November General Election were certified in an emergency meeting of the Williams County Elections Board…but people won’t get the opportunity to vote on Sunday alcohol sales for the Third Rail Saloon. The saloon submitted signatures, but too many were inadmissible for the issue to …

Officials in DeKalb County are still investigating a crash that claimed the life of an Ashley man. Officials tell reporters…60-year-old Michael Lesher was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident on County Road 48. Upon arrival, first units on the scene determined that Lesher was traveling west bound and …

The public comment portion for AquaBounty’s east well field started last week and will continue until Sept. 16. The field will allow AquaBounty to draw a maximum of 5.25 million gallons a day of water from the local, underground aquifer, which the company needs to raise a planned 10,000 metric …

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced that Dr. Todd Hernandez, president at Northwest State Community College, is one of 26 leaders selected for the 2023 class of the Aspen New President’s Fellowship. The program, made possible with support from JPMorgan Chase, supports community college presidents in the early years …

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a motorcycle accident west of Fremont…along State 120 near the I-69 overpass in Steuben County. The first units on the scene found a single motorcycle was located along with two occupants. They say…45 year old Benner Merrick of rural Fremont was eastbound …

One person had to get cut out of the wreckage by emergency crews after a crash on the Indiana Toll Road, early Friday. Upon arrival, first units on the scene found one accident victim out of the vehicle walking around, and another victim stuck inside. The individuals were taken to …

The fast-food chain Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill. The Centers for Disease Control is trying to determine whether romaine lettuce is the source of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened …

Defiance arrests a city man on a warrant for a murder in Texas. Officers were called to a domestic violence incident on Grove St. That’s when Justin Snyder, 24, was picked up. Meanwhile, Ricky Thymes, 41, was identified after departure, and officers discovered that he was wanted as a fugitive …

Christopher Sturtevant was found guilty on two counts of rape in the Williams County Common Pleas Courtroom Thursday. Sturtevant, 20, of Edgerton, was facing four counts of rape. The allegations stemmed from an incident on Dec. 9, 2021, when Sturtevant and the alleged victims say they were all drinking and …

A man arrested in 2021 in connection to a fatal stabbing pled guilty in a Steuben County courtroom. Prosecutors say Matthew Hoover entered into a plea agreement to one count of murder and 3 counts of burglary as a level 2 felony. Hoover could be sentenced between 45 and 65 …