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Applied For The Williams County Health Department has reapplied for a Safe Communities grant for the upcoming fiscal year. It will fund the Safe Communities Coalition, which promotes traffic safety and aims to decrease traffic fatalities and injuries through partnering with local schools, public safety agencies and community groups. The …

Injury Accident In Leo A two-car crash leaves five people critically injured in the Leo area. Officials tell reporters the vehicle was headed westbound on Schlatter Road while another was going eastbound. Both cars collide head-on. Two men were in one of the cars while a woman and two children …

The Latest… Minors in Ohio would be prohibited from receiving gender-affirming care…and transgender student-athletes would be banned from participating in girls’ and women’s sports…under a multifaceted proposal that cleared the state’s Republican-dominated House in Columbus. The measure folded together two contentious bills that could drastically change the way gay youth …

The Investigation Continues Firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling due to a lack of communication from the railroad. During a public hearing in East Palestine…where thousands of residents had to evacuate their homes because of …

A New Siren For Edgerton A new storm siren has been ordered and a coverage map is unveiled at the Edgerton Village Council meeting. The village was working with Moore Electronics on the issue and was referred to Federal Signal. Bryan and Napoleon also have Federal Signal storm sirens. Area …

Project Update The Stryker Village Council awards the bid for a waterline project on Johnson Street. Sherman Excavating from Perrysburg, puts up $98,250 for the work. The only other bid was from S&S Directional Boring for $118,576. Officials say…the work will completely replace the waterline. Construction will take roughly three-to-four …

Crash In DKC 44-year-old Michelle Glover is in the hospital…after losing control of her car, hitting a pole and ending up in a field…all this…in the 4100 block of County Road 46A in DeKalb County. The woman tells officers something happened to one of the front wheels of the car…forcing …

Solar In Discussion Pioneer Mayor Ed Kidston brings three proposals from different solar power companies in front of the village council to potentially bring a solar field to Pioneer. Council unanimously voted to go forward with a letter of intent to apply for government funding through the Powering Affordable Clean …

The Latest Demolition of the old school in Edon is underway. The property consists of eight vacant structures that were the site of the district’s school buildings until 2005. The site later housed a storage facility until the mid-2010s. It is currently owned by the Williams County Land Bank, which …

Project Complete The Horton Heights sewer replacement project is finished, and it cost almost $29,000 dollars less than the contracted amount. On Tuesday, the Bryan City Council approved a $28,610 dollar overall decrease change order for the project, taking the cost from $2.18 to $2.15 million dollars. There had been …