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Montpelier Village Council approves two bids for upgrades to the Randolph Street Pump Station. The project will take all the sanitary sewage from the south side of the railroad tracks and push it out to the wastewater treatment plant. $402 thousand dollars in all, for the project. Peterson Construction and …

The body of a missing 18-year-old boater is found at Hamilton Lake in Steuben County. Crews searched for Mason Shuey of Ottawa. Indiana conservation officers are investigating the incident. Responders searched the lake in the area the boater was last seen using SONAR, aircraft, divers, and search and rescue dogs. …

Gov., DeWine should be impeached over his handling of the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Cincinnati Rep. John Becker, a conservative GOP House lawmaker, says he has drafted 10 articles of impeachment against the first-term governor, in an effort currently backed by two other conservative House lawmakers. Becker accuses …

Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost praises Bryan police for their efforts in the prison sentence for Leslie Tietje. The Napoleon man was indicted on sex crimes by a Williams County grand jury in April. He was arrested the next day in Indiana. Bryan police started their investigation after Tietje was …

Williams County deputies get their man. We reported officers were on the lookout for Timothy Heinze back in July. This, after he eluded officers in a car chase through Steuben County. The pursuit began when they tried to serve a felony warrant on Heinze in Nettle Lake. After the chase …

A motorcyclist is killed in a crash on Bayview Road, north of County Road 275, in rural Pleasant Township. Anthony Strawser of Angola was found dead at the scene. Investigators say Strawser was northbound on Bayview, when he went off the right side of the roadway, near Lake James Lane. …

Amber Barnett, 19, of Wauseon was in a Fulton County courtroom. As we reported, she previously pled guilty to permitting drug abuse and attempted reckless homicide. Prosecutors say she permitted her vehicle to be used during a felony drug abuse offense, and attempted to recklessly cause the death of another. …

A Defiance man is indicted for attempted murder…this, after the alleged beating of another man in a school parking lot. Officials say Joshua Oaties hit the victim with an object several times in the Defiance High School parking lot on Palmer Drive, back on July 28th. They say it appears …

A motorcyclist is hurt after running off a DeKalb County roadway in a curve on State Road One, outside Hamilton…police suspect alcohol and speed caused the crash. Investigators tell reporters Michael Richmond, of Angola was eastbound when he missed the turn and ran off the south side of the roadway. …

The former speaker of the Ohio House can take more time to find a permanent lawyer to defend him in that $60 million dollar bribery scheme case. Larry Householder and four others are accused of shepherding millions in energy company money for personal and political use, in exchange for passing …