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A man drowns while trying to rescue his dog from the Ottawa River. Police in Lima say the fast-moving water in the swollen river swept him more than a mile downstream. A coroner identified the victim as 35-year-old Eric Nolte of Lima. His body was found about an hour after …

Gunplay in Defiance County leads to an arrest. Officers were dispatched to Power Dam Road on a shots fired call. There, they find a car had been hit several times by gunfire. Investigators determined the car’s owner, George Mack was the shooter. Mack refused to give many details to officers. …

The Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities approves a motion to hire Jennifer Basselman as superintendent. Basselman currently serves as the business manager for the Fulton County Board of Developmental Disabilities. She will begin her new position on June 1. Basselman will replace Debra Guilford, who announced in January she …

A crash on an area roadway. Several people are hurt after a five car accident on 127 at County Road 17. Officials tell reporters one truck rear-ended another vehicle. In the end, five vehicles were damaged the same way in the chain reaction crash. In all, 10 people were injured. …

Attorneys make their closing arguments in the Scott Laser trial in a Williams County courtroom. They told the court Laser could be a bully who preys on the very young and the very old or he could be decent person with good intentions who makes bad decisions. The charges against …

The Ohio Department of Health is seeking funding to hire more nursing home inspectors and improve the frequency of its inspections, which hasn’t kept pace with federal guidelines in recent years, partly because of a high turnover rate among the inspectors. A state audit found Ohio’s average time between nursing …

One of the great lawmakers passes. Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and secure much of their nuclear arsenal, but whose reputation for working with Democrats cost him his final campaign, died Sunday from a …

Area crews tackle a barn fire. Fire teams from Montpelier, Pioneer, Bryan and Kunkle responded to the blaze on Ohio 576, north of Montpelier. A fast call to dispatch had crews at the scene of the blaze before it could gather strength…they had it out in ten minutes. Officials tell …

Indiana’s newly approved state budget anticipates the state keeping $2 billion in cash reserves, which Republican leaders maintain keeps the state protected in case of an economic recession. The plan, approved along party lines, projects that the reserves will amount to at least 11.5 percent of state spending. Democrats argue …

Ohio could join 15 other states with opt-out voter registration, this under a proposal led by the state’s elections chief. It’s part of a package of election law changes Republican Secretary of State, Frank LaRose tapped a working group to hammer out within the next few months. He joined lawmakers …