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A storm late Sat­ur­day after­noon, dam­aged sev­eral homes and busi­nesses, and left thou­sands with­out power. Toledo Edi­son reported 1,864 cus­tomers with­out power Sat­ur­day night. The major­ity of those with­out power — 1,732 — were in Defi­ance. Other out­ages were reported in Delaware, Defi­ance, Noble, High­land and Rich­land town­ships. Sev­eral fam­i­lies …

A Pauld­ing County man was killed Fri­day when the trac­tor he was oper­at­ing flipped, pin­ning him under­neath. 80 year old William Weip­pert Sr of Cecil was pro­nounced dead at the scene by the Pauld­ing County Coro­ner. The Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Office says Weip­pert was cut­ting grass along a field around …

Through effec­tive traf­fic enforce­ment the Ohio State High­way Patrol is sig­nif­i­cantly impact­ing the crim­i­nal ele­ment on pub­lic road­ways and in com­mu­ni­ties. By troop­ers tak­ing extra time dur­ing each traf­fic stop, and pay­ing close atten­tion to pos­si­ble indi­ca­tors of crim­i­nal activ­ity — what started as a traf­fic stop can quickly esca­late …

The Edger­ton Fes­ti­val of Flags is being held this week­end at Miller Park with games, food, a parade and lots more. Events today include 3-on-3 bas­ket­ball at 5 p.m. and a cruise-in and children’s games at 6 p.m. A 5K run/walk will begin at 6:30 p.m. near Hicksville Bank. Reg­is­tra­tion …

West Unity Vil­lage Coun­cil voted unan­i­mously Thurs­day night to move for­ward towards the pur­chase of a used vac­tor truck. The 1994 truck will cost the vil­lage $105,000, and will be used for sewer clean­ing and leaf pickup. It replaces a 1980 model that has been in use for around 16 …

It’s been almost 40 years since a “wolf­man” was reported to be run­ning around loose in Defi­ance. Since then, the wolf­man or were­wolf of Defi­ance has got­ten a lot of atten­tion, which has now increased in the Inter­net age. A search of wolf­man and Defi­ance, Ohio, pulls up many pages. …

A West Unity man was arrested Wednes­day by Bryan Police. 26 year old Daniel Gip­ple was picked up on a war­rant out of Bowl­ing Green Munic­i­pal Court. Gip­ple was also charged by Bryan Police for pos­ses­sion of drug para­pher­na­lia and abuse of harm­ful intoxicants.

Quadco is now offer­ing some­thing brand new. “The Ride,” is now being offered to peo­ple not typ­i­cally served by Quadco. The new pro­gram offers trans­porta­tion to Williams County res­i­dents in need of… well, a ride. Here’s how it works. Peo­ple sim­ply call 888–982-1011 at least 24 hours in advance for …

The Annual Antique Trac­tor Show will be held on the Williams County Fair­grounds this Fri­day, Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. This year marks the 23rd annual trac­tor show. There will be a parade start­ing at 5pm on Sat­ur­day. Also included in the line up this year is a chicken bar­be­cue Fri­day after­noon …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office reports that one per­son was injured and taken by heli­copter to an area hos­pi­tal fol­low­ing a one-car crash Wednes­day after­noon around 4pm on Ohio 191 about a quar­ter mile south of Stryker. First respon­ders were called out to the acci­dent, includ­ing Stryker Fire Depart­ment, Williams …