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The Montpelier Village Council approves budget cuts and an amendment to the utility policy. Both the cuts and the policy changes were in response to the ongoing pandemic. Again, like other area towns…customer’s ability to pay their bills…during all of the work stoppages and the like…the main issue. Fees from …

The number of deaths associated with the coronavirus in Ohio is nearing 2,000 total. The Ohio Department of Health says there have been 1,987 coronavirus-related deaths…an increase of 18 reported in the previous 24 hours. State health officials also reported 32,477 confirmed cases in the state…up by 566 cases over …

One person is arrested…after a driver rams a parked car on purpose. A pedestrian is hurt. Steuben County deputies are dispatched to the County Campground at Crooked Lake Lane. A preliminary investigation determines a driver of a vehicle had been involved in a domestic dispute with another person at the …

State health officials say 354 more Indiana residents now have COVID-19. Eight more have died from the disease. The total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus is now 31,715. A total of 1,832 Indiana residents are confirmed to have died from COVID-19. Over 226 thousand tests have been given…with …

The first portion of funding for the Alvordton sewer project has been secured in Williams County…it comes to the tune of $920 thousand dollars in federal funds from the Army Corps of Engineers. The grant dollars were awarded with the understanding of a 75-25 matching arrangement, with Williams County paying …

Clarence Thigpen, of Kalamazoo, accused in a stabbing in the Williams Center area, is in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio on two charges of felonious assault. He was arrested following treatment at a Toledo medical facility, after being shot by a Defiance County deputy in the reported incident. The …

Four vehicles collide on County Road 15 in Williams County. Officials tell reporters a driver, heading north, didn’t stop at the stop sign at U.S. 6. Halfway through the intersection, another car slams into it, sending the first into a spin. It starts off a chain reaction…as two other vehicles …

A big rig rollover closes down part of southbound I-69 in DeKalb County. The semi crashed into an abandoned SUV on the shoulder, near the 323 mile marker. The truck and trailer end up on their sides. The load…bottled water…strewn around the crash scene. The driver of the big rig, …

Gov., DeWine says wearing masks in public during coronavirus should not be a political issue…it’s about people acting to protect others. The Ohio governor was on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday…in response to North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s call for residents to avoid mask shaming people wearing protective gear. Burgum, …

Wauseon schools will ask voters in November to replace an expiring emergency levy with a continuing substitute levy the district’s administrators hope won’t require much new money. The Board of Education approved a resolution for the levy during a meeting held by teleconference. The levy would take the place of …