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Flames damage a barn north of Kunkle at a County Road R address. The Kunkle and Madison Township crews saved the structure with a quick interior attack while the other departments were canceled en route. No injuries were reported and the two stations were on the scene less than four …

A Bryan woman shoots her dog, leaves it to suffer overnight, and then shoots it to death the next day. That’s what Williams County prosecutors say. Shirley Lanum was seen doing all this by someone…they called the cops. Lanum now faces a fifth-degree felony charge, concerning companion animals. If convicted, …

A Wauseon woman dies after she is hit by a vehicle while crossing North Shoop Avenue. Doris Waite, 85, was taken to Fulton County Health Center. She succumbed later. The identity of the vehicle’s driver is being withheld. Alcohol is not believed to be a contributing factor in the accident. …

Covid-19 and CCNO. Due to the ongoing health crisis, the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio is no longer accepting new inmates, except for violent offenders who pose a safety risk to the public. Officials at the facility say there are 19 test-confirmed inmate cases of COVID-19, with quarantining and isolation …

The Indiana State Department of Health reports 634 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 15,012. The death toll now stands at 813 people from coronavirus. To date, 81,708 tests have been reported. Of those tested, 21 cases have been reported in Steuben County, 15 in DeKalb and …

Edgerton is the latest to balance the privacy of COVID-19 patients with passing along information to parties who may need it. The Village Council passes a memorandum of understanding with the Williams County Health Department, Emergency Management Agency, the Williams County Commissioners and Bryan police and fire. The move allows …

North Central Local Schools will implement a pass-fail grading system for the remainder of the 2020 school year…coronavirus. Also, requirements placed on students to maintain a GPA level of 1.75 to participate in sports will be changed as it relates to the fourth quarter of the school year. Students will …

In Edon…crews from Northwest Township and Montpelier are called to a house fire at a Highway 20 location, between 49 South and Columbia. Officials tell reporters five people were in the home at the time of the blaze…all got out, okay. Florence Township and Fremont Fire were called for mutual …

Wauseon residents get a two-month reprieve from a scheduled water rate hike…during the economic upheaval that is coronavirus. City Council amended the third reading of an ordinance approving the increase, changing the starting date from June 1 to Aug. 1. Council members unanimously agreed to the delay, citing the unsteady …

One person is killed in a crash north of Swanton, at the intersection of Fulton Lucas Road and Highway 20. Officials say the driver didn’t stop at the stop sign and was hit by a semi, heading east on 20. The 16-year-old passenger in the car was flown to Toledo …