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Edgerton officials announce…an agreement…to accept a piece of the former Edgerton Metal Products Bement Street industrial site. Officials say…the pact is contingent upon the proposal receiving funding from the state of Ohio’s Brownfield Remediation Program. An application for $900,000 dollars…going to the next round of state Brownfield funding has been …

Ohio General Assembly district maps is one topic of note going on in Columbus…that’s according to State Rep. Jim Hoops, of Napoleon. Hoops, whose 81st district includes all of Henry, Putnam and Williams… and part of Fulton County, spoke as one of the guests of the Williams County Mayors Association. …

Local officials and family members dedicate a tree to a Bryan High School graduate, who died serving his country. The tree was planted near others on the Bryan City Schools campus, along the winding drive between the high school and elementary, in honor of Private First Class Brandon Kreischer, a …

Defiance County commissioners are about to begin a survey of residents and businesses throughout the county…on broadband expansion. They are planning to spend a substantial portion of their $7.3 million dollars in coronavirus funding…on improving internet connectivity throughout the county’s rural areas…for faster download speeds.

AquaBounty Technologies broke ground Wednesday on what is promised to be a state-of-the-art aquaculture facility in Pioneer…located at the east end of Kexon Drive in the Pioneer North Industrial Park. Initially it was announced that Gov., DeWine would attend, but he and wife Fran were both diagnosed with COVID earlier …

About 15 people gathered at the northeast corner of Ohio 15 and Kexon Drive…to protest the project. Organized by the local Williams County Alliance…they set up signs…in front of Pioneer Custom Molding, Inc. They say the project endangers the aquifer.

A minivan driver loses control on State Road 8 in DeKalb County. Officials say…the driver was taking a turn, heading eastbound…when one of the tires blew. Investigators say it appears the driver tried to keep the vehicle on the road…but that’s when the vehicle overcorrects…and starts rolling over…side by side. …

A judge has blocked early enforcement of an Ohio abortion law…signed in December that included additional licensing requirements…challenged by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as unnecessarily onerous. The stated goal of the bill was to impose criminal penalties on doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare …

A Napoleon has been arraigned here in Wood County Common Pleas Court on 12 charges related to a fatal crash he allegedly caused on Interstate 75 earlier this month. Nicholas Luderman, 24, pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, each a second-degree felony; four counts of aggravated …

Bryan City Council on Monday unanimously approved a bid for trash collection in the city, despite the objections of a handful of residents who spoke against the proposal. The city has cited increased costs of everything from dumping fees to vehicle maintenance, along with the inability to find workers willing …