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Officials at the lockup in Stryker say one inmate there has tuberculosis. That person was taken to a Toledo hospital for treatment. TB, long considered to be a disease of the 1920’s, is a contagious, bacterial lung infection spread when victims cough or sneeze. Staff and inmates alike are being …

Vasquez Avoids More Jail Time

A 6.2 mill substitute levy for North Central Schools is one of seven local levies approved for the upcoming general election ballot by Williams County elections officials. A vote for Millcreek Township’s five-year, 2-mill replacement levy for fire protection is on the ballot as well.

Police in DeKalb County are looking for the person who wrecked a pickup truck on State Road 8 at the County Road 71 intersection. Officers found the vehicle, no driver in sight after it had spun off the roadway, smashing into a utility pole, and ending up on its top. …

Two people are hurt after a pickup truck flips on County Road 19 in DeKalb County. Alfred Treesh of Auburn was apparently speeding when he hit the brakes to try and slow down over a hill…they locked…the truck then careens off the road, hitting a mailbox and a phone box …

Crews knock down an industrial fire in New Haven. First responders say the roof fire at the Midwest Service and Supply facility was in flames as they approached the Main Street location. Officials tell reporters the blaze was out in roughly 30 minutes. Crews from Woodburn, Fort Wayne and Huntertown …

Williams County HazMat crews take on a couple of fuel spills. The first one, at the Indian Meadows Service Plaza on the Turnpike in West Unity came from a big rig’s load. It took some time to unload the trailer to get to the problem but it was handled. The …

The private company running most of Indiana’s lottery operations generated a record profit this past year, but still fell short of its original contract’s goal. Hoosier Lottery officials say the lottery transferred $306 million into state coffers during the recently ended fiscal year. That’s about $6 million more than the …

Alexander Dombrowski is arrested in connection to the death of his father and a next door neighbor after a five-hour manhunt just north of Williams County. Deputies were dispatched to a Grange Road address, north of Columbia. They missed him. That report, sent area law enforcement into major search mode. …

A car thief in Steuben County ends up with injuries. Officials say Jaden Lohr-Javins took the SUV from a Golden Lake Road address. During the initial investigation, officers spot the vehicle with the suspect behind the wheel. As officers were catching up to the suspected thief, he loses control of …