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Governor, Whitmer declares a state of emergency for St. Joseph, Branch and Hillsdale Counties…over the impacts of severe thunderstorms and straight-line winds that hit on August 11 and 12. The governor thanked first responders and line-workers…efforting to restore power to the communities hit by the storms. By declaring a state …

Officers in LaGrange County arrest an Iowa man in the death of a 4-year-old boy. Dylan Diericx of Eldridge, Iowa…is accused of neglect…resulting in the death of the child. Detectives say the boy was the son of Diericx’s girlfriend. Diericx apparently engaged in “horse-play” in the cab of a semi …

A Montpelier man with a long wrap sheet…is arrested…accused of threatening violence against another village resident. Officers say Melvin Berry beat loudly on the door of a home in the 300 block of West Water Street…while threatening to kill the male and female residents. He also remained on their porch …

hree inmates and two employees at CCNO are hurt in a two-vehicle accident in Grand Rapids. Officials say Derek Ringler, 57, of Grand Rapids, was driving north on Ohio 295 while Shawn Brown, 50, was eastbound on South River Road, in a CCNO transport van. When Ringler pulled out from …

A Defiance man is sentenced to ten years in prison in a Defiance County courtroom on a child sexual abuse charge. Don McGhee, 51, pled guilty…with prosecutors charging him with rape. He was given credit for 237 days served in jail while his case was pending…while classified as a tier …

A Bryan man is involved in a deadly crash, just west of Defiance. Officials tell reporters Joshua Shaffer was northbound in a van on Ashpacher Road, in Noble Township, when he failed to yield at Ohio 18. Westbound on 18 on a motorcycle was Gerald Seibert, 67, of Sherwood. Seibert …

Investigators say distracted driving may have been a contributing factor in crash that caused critical injuries west of Bryan. Jennifer Glover, of Fort Wayne, was driving south on County Road 16…while Mark Magana, of Bryan, was westbound on County Road D. Officials say Glover failed to yield…that’s when Magana’s vehicle …

Bryan Fire responds to a blaze Tuesday morning at Meadow Creek Apartments on E. High St. The word comes…smoke is coming from an apartment in the complex. The fire team gets there…officials say they ventilated the building and returned to service within the hour.

One person dies in a house explosion Monday afternoon in Northwest Township. Official say another sustained non-life threatening injuries. Names have been withheld pending family notification. The explosion was reported within seconds. The investigation continues.

A pedestrian dies in an incident involving a passenger train Sunday morning just outside of Bryan. Amtrak says Train 29, which travels daily between Chicago and Washington, D.C., made contact with a pedestrian, who was trespassing on Norfolk and Southern Railway property, just east of Bryan, as the train was …