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It’s just a shame when this happens. An area newspaper we like very much is going away. Officials say Montpelier’s, The Leader Enterprise newspaper, with a publishing history dating back 120 years, will end its run with its Feb. 27 issue, Lack of subscriptions and advertising for the weekly newspaper, …

The Hicksville Exempted Village Board of Education says they will be holding a school levy meeting at 6 p.m. Sunday in the school commons.

They say it’s a mess…Flooding at a nursing home in Swanton shuts down Airport Highway. Officials tell reporters it happened after a water sprinkler broke overnight at the Swanton Valley Center. The parking lot of the nursing home was underwater. Swanton Fire used their truck to help pump the water …

Police in Fort Wayne raid a hotel room and take in the suspect in a Kendallville shooting. After failing to talk Kyle Gibson out over a loudspeaker at the Magnuson Hotel…officers use a flash bang device on the room…Gibson comes out with a woman…it’s Alexis Jordan, also wanted in the …

Victory!!! We have the results of the Williams County Spelling Bee for 2019…the runner-up is Sabineh Krukowski-Ortiz…she’s in the seventh grade over at St. Patrick Catholic School…and this year’s champion…Alexis Vermillion, a seventh grader from Edgerton. To the young ladies and all the contestants…well done.

Police in Kendallville are searching for two people after a shooting leaves a person critically injured in the area of North Main and Wayne streets. As officers responded, the victim had been dropped off at Parkview Noble Hospital by two people, who then left without providing any information. An arrest …

Joshua Oaties of Defiance enters a no contest plea to two sexual abuse charges in a Defiance County courtroom. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and his bond was continued. Oaties is back in court on March, 14th. Two counts of rape will be dismissed at sentencing as part of the …

There was a 9 percent drop in traffic deaths in Ohio last year, according to officials. They say in 2018, 1,071 people lost their lives on Ohio’s roads, compared to 1,179 in 2017. Four fatal traffic crashes were logged in Defiance County last year, versus nine the year prior. In …

Gov. DeWine has named an attorney to the state commission that regulates public utilities. Samuel Randazzo’s term is to begin on April, 11th, subject to confirmation by the Ohio Senate. Heather Taylor-Miesle, president of the Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund, says they are disappointed in the selection as Randazzo…adding he …

A Williams County man is badly hurt after a crash north of Hamler. Officials say Dustin Currence, of Pioneer was flown to Mercy St. Vincent’s in Toledo. The accident happened on Ohio 281, near County Road 14. Currence’s vehicle went off the right side of the highway and hit a …