Winter is barely over, yet the figures have been added up in Defiance County. Snow and winter weather is expensive! The 2013 snow season has cost Defiance County about $155,000. That breaks down to $28,000 in labor, $13,000 in overtime wages paid to workers, $32,000 which was spend on almost …
Read More »GRASS FIRE
No cause has been listed for a fire Tuesday afternoon east of Ohio 66 in Ridgeville Township. Firefighters were called out just after 2pm Tuesday on reports of a grass fire. The fire spread through a ditch and damaged a wooden fence. Firefighters remind area residents that spring grass fires …
Read More »PAULDING WIND FARM UPDATE
Northwest Ohio Wind Energy representatives on Tuesday, discussed the company’s proposed 100-megawatt / $170 Million wind farm to be located in Paulding County. Officials with National Wind, the company which will develop the project, told those attending the meeting which was held at Wayne Trace High School, that all permits …
Read More »DEFIANCE MARKETING PROPSAL IN QUESTION
Money that Defiance City Council has earmarked to pay for a marketing director this year may instead be spent to help achieve the goal for which it was initially budgeted. The $50,000 had been set aside in the 2013 budget to hire a city marketing director by the Defiance County …
Read More »HICKSVILLE WOMAN INJURED IN CRASH
A woman was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash. 60 year old Julie Bowers of Casebeer-Miller Road, Hicksville, was taken by air ambulance to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne following that crash. According to troopers, Bowers’ pickup truck was eastbound on Williams County Road C.75, just before 2pm when …
Read More »ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PLANNED
The state is expected to invest $2.3 billion in Ohio’s transportation system this year, including 100 projects to improve interstates, six new mega projects, that is, projects costing more than $50 million, and 780 projects focused on state and U.S. routes. In Northwest Ohio, the state will invest over $170 …
Read More »BIDDING DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR FORMER ORCHARD HILLS PROPERTY
The doors may be opening soon on a new Country Club. Bidding in the sealed auction will close next Thursday, April 18th at 5pm on the former Orchard Hills property that had been owned and operated by Buckeye Golf Club since 1926. Pending acceptance of the court-appointed receiver and approval …
Read More »SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH IS ON
The Central Local Board of Education plans to interview candidates for the position of superintendent. Board members met Monday to discuss employment of personnel. The Bryan Times reports that two more special meetings are scheduled for April 15 at 4:30 p.m. and April 17 at 6 p.m., both in the …
Read More »TURNPIKE TOLLS COULD BE RISING
Ohio Turnpike tolls could be increasing by 25 cents for cars and $1 for trucks for a cross-state trip next year according to a new 10-year toll plan proposed Monday by the turnpike commission. Tolls in fact, could rise 2.7% a year over the next decade, to help pay for …
Read More »DRUG BUST IN ANGOLA
Police say they broke up a major drug operation in Steuben County on Monday. 5 people were arrested in Angola. Nikki Ludlow, Andrew Fitch, Kenny Fletcher, Luther Fitch, and Grover Lowe are all charged with illegal drug possession and counterfeiting. Investigators uncovered meth, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and counterfeit money in …
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