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The Defiance County commissioners hear a request to place a 1.4-mill levy renewal on the ballot for the 9-1-1 system. Defiance County Sheriff, Douglas Engel and Emergency 9-1-1 Director Matt Hanenkrath met with the commissioners to discuss the levy. The current levy is set to expire with the 2023 real …

Kendallville Police responds to a shots being fired call at an apartment complex on Berry Lane near Drake Road. When the cops get there…an unidentified male suspect begins shooting at them from a second story apartment balcony. There was an exchange of gunfire between the suspect and the officers. The …

Someone gets thrown from his motorcycle after he swerves to miss a deer on County Road 27. Officials tell reporters…57-year-old Mark Elkins of Ashley was the victim…injuring his leg and neck. He was taken to an area hospital for further treatment. Damage to the motorcycle is estimated to be about …

Trine University announces…The Dekko Foundation pledged $650,000 dollars toward the university’s future facility in Fort Wayne, adding to the large total Trine has already raised. By the end of 2022, the school had already raised more than half of the project’s estimated $40 million dollar cost, according to the university. …

Fewer Bryan High School students are going to college after graduation, leading staff to find ways to accommodate this decision. Karyn Cox, director of teaching and learning at Bryan High School, spoke to the Bryan City Schools Board of Education on Monday and discussed a few activities in the district …

Millions, perhaps billions of birds are flying right over the heads of residents in Fulton, Henry and Williams counties in the annual bird migration to ancient breeding grounds up north. The areas are good sites for seeing birds because it is under the Atlantic flyway. While some flock to the …

The Williams County Port Authority is one step closer to building its next house after it awarded a bid for construction in Edgerton Tuesday. During the special meeting, the authority awarded the bid for the construction of their second house in Williams County, this one to be located on N. …

A Defiance woman who stole more than $100,000 dollars from a local VFW post is sentenced to community control and ordered to make restitution in a Defiance County courtroom. Cari Schappert was placed on community control for five years…with conditions, including that she make the restitution to the VFW post …

Officials urged people to evacuate…near a large industrial fire in Richmond, near the Ohio border…that sent massive clouds of black smoke into the sky…all this, at a former factory site…that lately had been used to store plastics and other materials for recycling or resale, officials say. There were no reports …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with locating a wanted fugitive. An arrest warrant is issued…charging 22 year old, Miguel Lopez of Ashley, with one count of rape. Detectives say the sexual assault happened in March, at a residence in the 5100 block of South …