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The Tri-State Council of Governments, comprised of county commissioners from three states and created to understand the scope of the Aquifer, has formally added three more counties to its membership during a meeting in Bryan. Memberships for two additional Indiana counties, DeKalb and Allen, are pending, though Williams County Commissioner …

Williams County is moving forward on an application to secure a minimum of $2 million in state funding for the Kunkle sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment plan. The County Engineer’s Office is doing the submitting through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Water Pollution Control Fund. The Engineer’s Office could hear …

A Defiance man is indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges, including attempted aggravated murder, kidnapping and rape. Prosecutors say Joshua Meeks faces all first-degree felonies. Authorities say Meeks caused serious physical harm to a family or household member, using a deadly weapon. Meeks has prior convictions for domestic …

The driver of an SUV is found dead after a fiery crash in Steuben County on SR 327, north of US 20. When crews arrive, they find an SUV fully engulfed in flames. Once the fire was put out, deputies removed the body of a person who appeared to be …

Dolly H. Wiler, 96 years, formerly of West Unity, and a current resident of Bryan, passed away Saturday night, August 31, 2019, at SKLD – Bryan Nursing Center.  Dolly was born November 25, 1922, in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late Fidellia J. and Lillian C. (Isenbarger) Ross.  She …

Classes will be in session as usual at Eastside High School, after the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department investigated an alleged threat. The department’s School Resource Division received the report. Investigators found that while inappropriate comments were made, there is no threat to the school. The student at the center of …

The unemployment rate in Fulton County was up slightly during the month of July, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate increased to 4.2 percent from 3.9 percent in June. Fulton County’s unemployment rate in July 2018 was 5.0 percent. The labor force in the …

Opponents, hoping to overturn the financial rescue of Ohio’s nuclear power plants and two coal-fired plants have cleared an initial hurdle to put the issue before voters next year. Ohio’s attorney general certified revised language submitted by Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts is a fair, truthful summary of the proposal. That …

State officials say the Eastern equine encephalitis virus has been found in a horse in Ohio. Ohio Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian, Dr. Tony Forshey says the confirmed case was in Ashtabula County. State officials say there have been no reports of any human cases associated with this latest outbreak …

A 16-year-old boy is flown to Parkview Regional in Fort Wayne after a crash at Walnut and Wilson streets in Bryan. Officials tell reporters the driver of a vehicle heading south on Walnut, ran a stop sign hitting a motorcyclist. The rider has lower body injuries. The driver of the …