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Williams County Fair Board President, Matt Kennedy picks director, Josh Mercer to serve as the board’s interim vice president, at least until new officers are elected at the board’s annual meeting in Nov. Mercer fills in for Alan Bennett, who offered his resignation during the fair in September.
Read More »Mosler Brings Himself In
Craig Mosler, the man who led Edgerton Police in a chase after a failed traffic stop this week, turns himself in to officers, there. Mosler was booked on a felony charge of failure to comply with police. The pursuit lasted roughly 15 minutes. Mosler had a previous charge of resisting …
Read More »Edwards Goes To Jail
A Bryan woman heads to prison. Amanda Edwards pled guilty to drug charges. She is given a prison term 4 ½ years in a Williams County courtroom. Edwards was given credit for 68 days served in jail while her case was pending. She was charged after authorities executed a search …
Read More »Clinton Street Bridge Work Continues
Workers will pour the concrete deck on the Clinton Street bridge in Defiance in one continuous 14-hour period, beginning late Friday. Great Lakes Construction Company of Hinckley is the contractor on the project that completely replaces the former two-lane bridge, carrying Ohio 15, 18 and 66 over the Maumee River …
Read More »WC Dems Like Biden
Williams County voters favored Democratic Party presidential frontrunner, Joe Biden by a sizable margin in a straw poll taken during the Williams County Fair. Biden drew 117 votes to 79 for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Local GOP officials say their party isn’t polling because of the President’s high popularity in …
Read More »J And J To Pay In Opioid Suit
Johnson & Johnson reaches an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit from the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal comes a little more than a month after an Oklahoma judge ordered the New Brunswick, …
Read More »Cops Looking For Chase Suspect
Officers from Edgerton Police, along with Williams County deputies give chase to a suspect after a failed traffic stop. Several police cars were in pursuit of the green pick-up truck, along Ohio 49, County Road 4.50 County Road D.50 and County Road 3 at a high rate of speed. After …
Read More »No Cause Given In MetalX Blaze
The cause of that big fire at MetalX in Delta on Sept. 16 may never be known, but it doesn’t appear to be foul play. Delta Fire Chief, Scott Smith says the origin of the blaze is accidental but undetermined in nature. The ruling is due to the amount of …
Read More »Local Airports Get Funding
Two area airports are among 16 in Ohio that will receive infrastructure grants from the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say the FAA will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $3.1 billion in Airport Improvement Program funding for airports across the United States. That …
Read More »EEE Found In LaGrange Co
A rare mosquito-borne virus that has caused deaths in other states, including Michigan, is found in two horses in LaGrange County. At least two area counties plan to conduct mosquito control spraying. Eastern equine encephalitis virus is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes. People infected with it can develop severe inflammation in …
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