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Initial reports by the Williams County Health Department early Saturday of the first positive test result for coronavirus in Williams County are incorrect. Officials say it is someone from Defiance County. At one time, this person had been a Williams County resident. The Ohio Department of Health reports over 200 …

Bryan Municipal Utilities suspends all utility disconnections for non-payment to customers. The utility says it’s in order to give those experiencing financial hardship extra time to make their payments during coronavirus. The suspension applies to home and business accounts alike. BMU directed anyone experience difficulty with making their utility payments, …

In a special meeting, the Pioneer Village Council declares an emergency and waives all utility fees through June in response to the coronavirus. Officials say village utilities, water, sewer and electric, have surpluses in their budget that will allow them to temporarily waive fees for water and sewer in April, …

Hundreds of Bryan City Schools students and their families line up outside their homes, and at Recreation Park, to greet their teachers who paraded through town. The teachers remained in their vehicles but waved, honked and shouted greetings during the parade, which winded throughout the city. Ohio schools have been …

Victor G. Perez, age 47, passed away Friday, March 20, 2020, at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. He had worked in Wauseon at McDonalds, Wendy’s and Burger King. Victor was born in Wauseon on March 20, 1973, the son of Pablo Perez, Sr. and Sue (Harrison).  Surviving is his …

Gov. Mike DeWine has activated 300 members of the Ohio National Guard to help ensure needy communities get food…while the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says it received 111,055 unemployment insurance benefit applications online in the past four days. The state has nearly 120 confirmed cases of the …

Two people in Indiana have died from the coronavirus in two days. State health officials confirm the Johnson County residents were in their 60’s. They were in an area hospital. The health department also reported six new additional confirmed illnesses, giving the state 30 cases across 15 counties.

Indiana’s governor orders all of the state’s public and private schools to remain closed through at least the end of April…as part of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The illness has already forced many businesses throughout the state to close. Gov. Holcomb called for all restaurants …

Ohio would stop allowing for-profit operators to manage its public charter schools in 2023 under a new legislative proposal, aimed at stronger accountability for that sector. The bill also would subject the operators to annual state audits and make public more of the records related to charter schools’ management and …

The City of Bryan declares a state of emergency. In addition to potentially allowing the city to apply for FEMA dollars, should it need assistance in the coronavirus fight, the declaration also closes all city government buildings to the public, with the exception of Bryan Municipal Court. It also suspends …