News

Republican, Bob Latta is re-elected as Congress’s representative for Ohio’s 5th District. Latta got 65 percent of district residents’ votes, compared to 32 for J. Michael Galbraith, a Democrat from Maumee. Republican, Jim Hoops won the 81st District seat for the Ohio House of Representatives. Hoops, the incumbent, beat Democratic …

National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week is coming up in a few days. The Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission’s PATH Center is taking part to remind people of local residents facing those issues. Officials say the public is encouraged to take part in the various events scheduled throughout the week. …

A local eatery is on the move. Marco’s Pizza, with all of its cheesy goodness, is on the move in Bryan. Napoleon real estate firm Bueter Properties bought the former Tim Hortons on W. High St., for $400,000. Bueter Properties President, Eric Bueter, who owns nine Marco’s Pizza franchises in …

Officials with the Project 2020 selection committee has chosen which vision it will go after in the coming years to improve Bryan. Officials with the panel made an announcement at at the Bryan City Council meeting $260,000 raised by the initiative will go toward “an amphitheater in the city with …

Road work on Highway 20 in Angola is being pushed back into December. The Indiana Department of Transportation originally set the project complete for mid-November. INDOT officials are now saying that things will not be completed until the middle of next month. Work had reportedly been moving along until frequent …

Angola Police have released a brief statement concerning a Monday morning incident that they are investigating. Authorities with the APD say that they received a phone call in which the caller reported that he had caused serious bodily injury to a female. The caller also stated that there were children …

A local team has made the grade. Community Health Professionals Home Care & Hospice of Bryan is named a Top Agency of the 2018 HomeCare Elite, which identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies annually and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winning agencies are determined …

As we reported, several days of continuous rainfall this past week created a sewer overflow from the Montpelier wastewater treatment plant into the St. Joseph River. Residents and businesses in the area were notified. Later, on Friday, the overflow status was lifted. Officials say overflows occur when there is too …

The Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities has new leadership. Amy Rohdy is hired as the new executive director of the Northwest Ohio Waiver Administration Council. Rohdy takes her new position on Dec. 1. She currently serves as the business manager for NOWAC, which serves Williams, Defiance and Van Wert …

At a rally in Indiana, former President, Barack Obama praised Indiana Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly on Sunday for being willing to break with his party. Donnelly angered some Democrats by tacking to the right in recent weeks and embracing some of Trump’s pet priorities, such as building a border wall …