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Bryan has entered into an agreement with SharedWork Ohio to help ease the impact of possible employee hours reductions. The agreement was approved at the city council meeting. The contract allows for those city employees, likely to see their hours reduced in the coming days, to seek unemployment benefits through …

Utility shut-off for nonpayment will remain suspended for Bryan Municipal Utilities customers until at least June 20. The Board of Public Affairs had previously approved suspending disconnections until early May. Board officials say they will reevaluate the policy in June and may extend it further, if necessary.

Gov. DeWine is cutting $775 million dollars from the state budget in the next two months as Ohio’s revenues fall during coronavirus. He tells reporters Ohio went from running $200 million dollars ahead in revenue estimates in February…to a nearly three-quarter billion dollar drop, last month. The governor says he’s …

While the coronavirus situation continues…one thing returns to normal in Bryan…the city’s big trash pick-up will resume…today. The pick-up, which takes place monthly for city residents, had been suspended when officials declared a citywide state of emergency, back on March 18. The city’s recycling program however, remains suspended…due to safety …

There are 17 new positive COVID-19 test results in Steuben County. All of the patients are under 60. County officials say there are 43 cases in all, there. 14 people have recovered…one person has died.

West Unity officials unanimously approve to enter into an agreement with the Regional Income Tax Agency, to collect its local income taxes. The RITA typically collects around 3% of a municipality’s tax collection, and in West Unity’s case, a RITA representative estimated it would cost the village somewhere around 33 …

Bryan Municipal Utilities wants people to flush the water systems at facilities that have been vacant during the state’s stay-at-home order. Officials say, as buildings that have had little to no water usage re-open, it is important that they flush water that has been stagnant in cold- and hot-water distribution …

The coronavirus in Williams County…at this hour, 36 confirmed cases…four have been hospitalized…one person has died.

Dustin Vogelson, the Ney man accused of killing his grandfather back in March and more, is indicted in Defiance. We reported officers were dispatched to Vogelsong’s home, on Behnfeldt Road, between Bryan and Sherwood for a domestic disturbance between Vogelsong and the mother of his two children. When they got …

The Executive Board of the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio unanimously agree to reopen the jail to new inmates, effective immediately. Due to a sudden flare-up of staff and inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19, the facility on April 24 temporarily suspended accepting new inmates…except for violent offenders who …