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One person is hurt in a head on collision at the intersection of State Road 1 and County Road 64 in DeKalb County, halfway between Spencerville and St. Joe. Stephen Witte was traveling south on 1 when he encountered traffic that had slowed because of another vehicle turning left. Witte …

ODOT has a list of projects underway in Williams County. Officials say about seven million dollars in road construction is taking place on projects like the one on Highway 6, from the 49 cutoff to the Ohio 15 interchange…it gets a new asphalt surface. Another project is a culvert replacement …

It’s time to clean up, Bryan! They call it a spruce up day. Residents can help if they like. The 2018 Bryan Clean Up Day is set for September 15th. It will focus on sweeping sidewalks, pulling weeds and removing trash around the storefronts on the square, and in the …

The Williams County Health District earns accreditation from the national Public Health Accreditation Board. Ohio requires county health departments to be accredited by July 1, 2020. Williams County is just the 20th of 88 counties in the state to receive the distinction. It means the health district meets or exceeds …

Charles Raynor of Bryan pleads guilty to sexual battery charges in a Williams County courtroom. Prosecutors say Raynor, who was indicted in March, had sex with a female he was the guardian of. It’s just one of several cases he and his family are involved in. Raynor has a court …

A Napoleon construction worker dies on an area road. Officers say Michael Massucci of Waterville was eastbound on Highway 24 near mile marker 42…when Nathan Soto stepped out of his construction truck on the shoulder of the roadway. Witnesses told officers Massucci was changing lanes when he hit Soto, killing …

A Stryker man dies in a crash north of Defiance. Investigators say Dean Shrider was on a motorcycle northbound on Ohio 66. Sara McGinnis of Archbold, was driving southbound on 66. McGinnis’ Chrysler was passing another vehicle south of Banner School Road when it struck the motorcycle head-on. Shrider was …

A man is dead and another person is in serious condition after a crash involving a car and a motorcycle along State Road 37, between Barnett and Bruick roads, southwest of Harlan. Police say a group of motorcyclists were traveling together, heading towards Harlan. Witnesses told them a man on …

A car crashes through the walk-in entrance of Farmer’s State Bank in Angola. Bank officials say that a customer accidentally hit the building and took out the front vestibule. Despite the incident, the bank remained open. No other details are available. Area officers continue to look over the damage.

It looks like Montpelier isn’t going along with Ed Kidston’s vision. The Montpelier Village Council voted on and passed a resolution expressing concern over Artesia of Pioneer’s plan to pump water from the aquifer and sell it to surrounding counties. As we reported, Kidston, the AOP head, detailed his water …