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A pair of Defiance County residents have been indicted in a drug trafficking case allegedly involving more than 200 grams of methamphetamine. According to a news release issued by the Defiance County Prosecutor’s Office, Tyler N. Moss, 34, Defiance, and Summer R. Moore, 28, Hicksville, both face first-degree felony charges …

The Williams County Engineer’s Office is looking to buy a new or good used truck, and finding it’s not easy to find one these days. County Engineer Todd Roth told county commissioners Thursday that a 2006 truck used by the sanitary sewer crew has reached the end of its life. …

A Montpelier man and four juveniles were hurt in a crash Sunday night in Farmer Township, Defiance County. At about 11:11 p.m. Saturday, a juvenile was driving a 2018 Ford Fusion south on Ridenour Road and failed to stop for the stop sign at Scott Road. The Ford was struck …

A possible drowning incident turned the holiday weekend into tragedy in southeastern LaGrange County Saturday evening. According to the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department, a 2-year-old boy was airlifted out of Big Long Lake. He was brought to a hospital in Fort Wayne. The authorities did not identify the boy.

Five people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday afternoon on Ohio routes 637 and 613. Officials tell reporters…Earl Chapman, 67, of Paulding, was taken to Mercy Defiance in serious condition. Two others in a second vehicle were also treated for serious injuries…Amanda Rose, 36, was taken to Paulding County Hospital…and …

The Swanton Village Council approved Shannon Shulters as the new Village Administrator. She will take over for Rosanna Hoelzle, who resigned last month after six years with the village. Shulters was approved by a 5-1 vote. She has previously served as the assistant director for the Fulton County Economic Development …

Two men were injured in a three-car accident. 39-year-old Adam Knott and 35-year-old Ashley Richards were stopped in their cars on Country Road 327 just north of Country Road 68 because a vehicle was backing up into a driveway. 31-year-old Christian Whitfield was driving in a Freightliner Century truck over …

A Grand Rapids man drowned in the Maumee River after falling off a boat. Deputies responded to the north side of river across from Wagner’s Campground and west of Mary Jane Thurston Park…for a report of a possible drowning after a man fell off a boat and could not be …

The Indiana Department of Health on Thursday reported the state’s first case of West Nile virus for 2022. The case involves a person in Lake County in northwest Indiana. It also noted that the West Nile virus has been detected in a sample of mosquitoes collected in Steuben County. According …

A pair of infrastructure projects…one in Bryan, one in Madison Township…are authorized for funding by Williams County Commissioners. The project in Bryan will address outdated and crumbling water lines along a five-block stretch of South Lynn Street. The Madison Township project is a full-depth reconstruction of about a one mile …