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A man loses control of his car…and crashes into a ditch, after hitting a pothole in DeKalb County. Dillon Kline, 23, of Ashley was driving north along C.R. 35 when he struck the hole in the road. The vehicle, then goes off the roadway. No one is hurt. The investigation …

David Ruetz got in a standoff in front of the North Municipal Building in Bryan in November 2020. This week…he was found guilty of two felony counts in a Williams County courtroom. He could face one year in prison for each of the charges he faces. We reported…Bryan Police found …

A doctor, working in the emergency room at the hospital in Bryan…suffers facial fractures and a concussion. This happened back on Feb. 14th. Officials tell reporters…Dr. Hussein Kashk was attacked by a 61-year-old Williams County man…a relative of a patient being treated in the ER. Officials will try to indict …

Ohio is another year older with the celebration of its 219th birthday. The Ohio History Connection planned a commemoration event Tuesday at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, including the introduction of the state commission involved with the 250th birthday of the United States in 2026. Gov., DeWine introduced the commission’s …

The Bryan Fire Department responded to more calls for service during 2021 than in any year before. The total number was 526, officials say. That’s a 27% increase from the 413 calls in 2020. They add…the department is on pace for similarly high numbers this year. The number of calls …

The Northwest State Community College Board of Trustees approves legislation to bring a campus to the city of Van Wert. The board okayed the purchase of the E. Sycamore St. location, for $495,000, pending an appraisal. Northwest State is planning to use the plot to launch a full-service campus in …

Medicaid enrollees in Ohio can begin selecting from among a new slate of managed care plans, beginning today. As part of the Ohio Medicaid Next Generation initiative, millions of enrollees in the government health care program for low-income Americans must choose from seven managed care plans or be assigned one. …

A Northwest Ohio district has won top tap prize at an international water tasting contest. Montpelier takes home first place for Best Municipal Water at the 32nd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting in West Virginia. This is the fifth time Montpelier has won the prize.

Defiance County commissioners approve a new contract for electricity supplied to county facilities. The pact with Dynegy was OK’d following discussions with Amy Hoffman of Palmer Energy. She is a consultant with the County Commissioners Association of Ohio and assists county commissioners in approving new electric contracts that allow savings …

The CCNO board agrees to split $1.4 million dollars in leftover funds from its 2021 operating budget…and deposit $720 thousand, each, into its capital and reserve funds. The figure is attributed to higher fees to the regional jail for federal inmates from the U.S. Marshal’s Office housed at CCNO, in …