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Incumbent, Tom Kochert has a clear lead over write-in challenger Gary Mohre in the race for Williams County sheriff. Board of Election results show Kochert earned 82%…Mohre?…17%. The choice was not an easy one to make for county residents as the elections board recorded 6,881 undervotes…with 69% choosing not to …

Incumbent Williams County Commissioner, Lew Hilkert brushes aside a pair of challengers to win another four-year term as a Williams County Commissioner. Hilkert, a Republican from West Unity, totaled 8,480 votes, to beat Heather Freese, a Democrat from Montpelier, and independent candidate, Jennifer King, of Bryan. King totaled 3,924 votes…Freese …

The results for the 81st District seat in the Ohio House of Representatives are still coming in. Incumbent Republican, Jim Hoops faces off against Janet Breneman, a non-party-affiliated write-in candidate, for the seat. Hoops was appointed to the house in January 2018. Breneman faced an uphill battle, running independently in …

Today is Election Day…polls are open until 7:30 p.m. for in-person voting. Officials in Williams County confirm more than 11,100 ballots have already been cast during early voting. That’s almost 44% of the county’s registered voters. So far, they add…it has been smooth sailing. No problems reported. Voters today are …

Defiance College announces it has officially contained the COVID-19 outbreak on campus that took place at the end of September. Containment of an outbreak is defined as 24 days without an attached positive case. The college’s academic calendar was altered before the fall semester began to allow students to stay …

Crews in Bryan respond to a combine fire on Ohio 34 at Ohio 576. The engine compartment was fully involved when they arrived. They snuff out the flames in minutes. The cause remains unknown… but officials suspect…chaff from the beans got onto the exhaust manifold, sparking the fire. The combine …

An area road project is taking a little longer to complete than first thought. We reported the construction of two roundabouts on U.S. 20A in Swanton Township was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of October. That is now mid-November. 20A is closed between Airport Highway and Eber …

The application period for pandemic relief programs, announced by the state, opens today. The programs assist small businesses, bars and restaurants affected by COVID-19. It’s all funded through the federal CARES Act. The Small Business Relief Grant provides $125 million for grants to small businesses with no more than 25 …

In Toledo…FirstEnergy…under investigation for its role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme involving one of Ohio’s most powerful politicians…fires its chief executive following an internal review. Utility officials say the company’s investigation found CEO, Chuck Jones and two other company officials, also fired, violated company policies and its code …

Bryan Municipal Utilities is now expecting to collect almost $2 million dollars less in total revenue from electricity sales than what was initially budgeted for 2020…coronavirus. Officials say the original forecast projected $19.85 million in revenue from electric sales. BMU’s updated budget forecast puts the total now at $17.86 million.