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With the exception of an issue with ballots in 10 precincts in Bryan and Montpelier…quickly fixed, it didn’t affect results…Election Day in Williams County went smoothly, county election officials say. A total of 6,553 of the county’s 24,290 total registered voters cast ballots in the off-year election, a 27 percent …

Edgerton will be getting several capital improvement projects throughout the next several years. A draft budget presented during the village council’s meeting this week, shows spending outpacing revenue while still keeping close to a year’s worth of budget in the reserves for most departments. In 2020 the village is expected …

Gov., DeWine signs a measure, aimed at strengthening Ohio’s amusement ride safety program. The bill seeks to increase safety inspection standards, define qualifications for ride inspectors and outline ride owner responsibilities, among other things. It also will provide for a professional engineer on the state panel that makes recommendations to …

Contributions to tax-advantaged savings and investment accounts that Ohio offers to eligible children and adults with disabilities have exceeded $100 million. Ohio Treasurer, Robert Sprague says the STABLE Account program his office administers hit the mark this week. Ohio was the first state to participate when it launched the program …

Incumbent Pioneer Mayor, Ed Kidston gets re-elected in a tight race. By a 15-vote margin, Kidston earned another term 243 to 228. He has served as Pioneer mayor for the past 20 years. As president of Artesian of Pioneer, Kidston last summer announced a plan to drill into the aquifer …

A man is in critical condition, after a crash west of Waterloo. Jason Walden, of Auburn, was traveling south on County Road 27…they say he failed to yield to a semi heading east on U.S. 6. The semi hit the passenger side of Walden’s vehicle, causing heavy damage. He was …

A few dozen people arrive in Bryan Municipal Court as a jury gets picked in the Steve Towns trial. After about two hours, eight jurors and one alternate juror were selected. This, as Sheriff Towns is accused of two misdemeanor charges…all stemming from his online release, in October 2018, of …

Bryan City Council’s effort to put the dissolution of the Board of Public Affairs governing body to a public vote, moves forward with the first reading to put the issue on the ballot. At a meeting last month, council directed City Attorney, Rhonda Fisher to draft legislation to submit to …

A bid by Logan Reese, of Bryan, is chosen as the winner to lease 162 acres of county-owned farmland near the Hillside Country Living facility, north of town. Reese’s bid of $257 per acre was accepted over 10 other bidders by Williams County Commissioners. As we reported, the group had …

It’s that time of year again. Northwest Ohio’s Christmas for Kids campaign is underway. It runs for six weeks, through Dec. 13. A partnership with Kiwanis Club of Bryan and the Marine Corps League, the program collects donations and toys to provide to children in six northwest Ohio counties. This …