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The Village of Swanton is among 48 public water systems to receive funding to take the first step toward removing and replacing lead water pipes. The pipe mapping projects will take place in 31 counties. All applicants are receiving their full funding request of up to $50,000. Swanton gets $43,367. …

Auburn Police says…four people broke into a State Road 8 home in DeKalb County. Two were shot dead by the homeowner…the other two…held at gunpoint until officers arrive. Officials say…at this point…the homeowner faces no charges. The resident hears the suspects get inside the home…that’s when the firing begins. Tabitha …

The Williams County Health Department releases it’s the now-monthly Community Talking Points memo. It indicates a weekly average of about 14 COVID cases over the past month, with no hospitalizations and no deaths reported during that time. About 43% of county residents are fully vaccinated…the county is ranked in the …

For the 33rd time, Bryan is recognized as a Tree City USA…at the 2022 Northwest Ohio awards ceremony, held in Findlay. The awards were presented to area Tree City and Tree Campus USA communities by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry. The featured speaker was Tyler Stevenson, …

Jeff Slattery, the principal of Hicksville High School…is named superintendent of the Four County Career Center. Slattery takes over for Tim Meister, Four County Superintendent since 2012, who announced his retirement earlier this year, effective Dec. 31. Slattery begins his new duties the next day. Slattery is a lifelong Hicksville …

Partisan mapmakers in Ohio made distinctly emotional pleas to the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday, as justices once again weigh whether to hold the state’s redistricting commission in contempt. The bipartisan commission has sent five different plans for state legislative districts to the high court. Four were invalidated and, on …

Federal attorneys announce…a federal grand jury returns a six-count indictment, charging Ankita Singh, 39, with fraudulently billing Medicare $8.4 million dollars. She was a state-licensed physician practicing in Maumee and Toledo. From June 2018 to May 2021, she is accused of her role in the scheme. Prosecutors say…telemarketers and call …

The Edgerton Village Council awards bids for rehabilitating the water towers and for installing sidewalks on Oak Street during a special meeting. D & M Painting Corporation, out of Washington, Pennsylvania, had the lowest bid for a complete rehabilitation of the interior and exterior of both of the village’s water …

A former teacher, district superintendent and higher education leader is named Ohio’s new state superintendent. Stephen Dackin is a former vice president of the Ohio State Board of Education,…which voted 14-4 with one abstention to approve his hiring to oversee public K-12 education in the state. Dackin succeeds former Superintendent …

Ohio’s Republican leaders want to call a time out in the battle over state legislative maps…at least until after this fall’s general elections…and asked the state’s high court to pause the legal back-and-forth with voting rights and Democratic groups. By a bipartisan 4-3 majority, the Ohio Supreme Court has so …