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Northwest State Community College officials are looking at a new workforce training program. The school is offering it along with other county government organizations. The Custom Training Solutions wing has formed a partnership with job and family services departments in Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Williams and Wood counties. The program is …

It’s primary season in Williams County. The Board of Elections is getting the word out they need a little help. They are still in need of six or more poll workers to handle several jobs on Election Day. The only qualifications are being registered to vote, living in Williams County …

For the first time a few years, an EMS vehicle, Medic 4, is back in Florence Township. A fire destroyed the emergency station in May 2015. Ohio Station 49, south of Edon, will hold a free open house on Saturday to showcase the new facility.

Area officials report a pair of fatal drug overdoses in Williams County in the past week. The first overdose was reported Friday from a Beech Street home in Bryan. The second, from a residence between Montpelier and Holiday City. Both victims responded to treatment. Investigators suspect heroin, spiked with fentanyl …

A Fort Wayne man is killed when a semi turned into his path on County Road 59 in DeKalb County. Michael Hall of Fort Wayne was on a motorcycle heading south when a semi driven by Nathaniel Wells of Paulding, turned in front of him. Hall hit the semi and …

Crews in Perrysburg Township take on a grass fire. Apparently, it started as barrel fire and it looks like the wind knocked it over, starting the blaze. Two to three acres were charred. Officials say it is already getting dry out there, so be careful when doing those burns.

A Waterloo man faces charges in connection with a stabbing on North Washington Street. Officers told reporters two men got into a fight in the middle of the street. At some point during the altercation, Dakota Speak stabbed Douglas Brown in the back.

A rural Defiance man is hurt in a solo crash south of town. James Ernst was heading northwest on Ohio 15 when he went off the roadway, hitting a culvert. The vehicle launches and rolls several times on the roadway. Ernst was taken to ProMedica, Defiance.

An Amber Alert out of Virginia is canceled when two young children are found in Van Wert County. The two were abducted from the Roanoke area. Troopers caught up to a U-Haul truck on US 30, near milepost 21. The driver, 29-year-old Camille Crumby, mother of the children, was arrested …

The new Northwest Ohio Wind Farm is unveiled near Haviland. The project by Starwood Energy Group is expected to create 300 construction jobs and bring in around $1 million in additional local tax revenue to Paulding County.