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The National Weather Service in North Webster confirms two tornadoes hit Angola during Saturday’s storms. A damage survey team visited an area south of Angola Sunday afternoon. They confirmed an EF-1 and EF-0 touched down south of Angola and north of Pleasant Lake. The first tornado had peak wind speeds …

Napoleon school officials met in special session to approve a 3-year contract with district employees. It calls for a 2.75 percent raise in year one and two, with a two percent raise in year three. Napoleon officials told reporters they are pleased with the negotiations.

A Montpelier man is sentenced to more than seven years in prison for the physical assault of a toddler. Alan Laney was in a Williams County courtroom. Laney was sentenced to three years in prison for felonious assault and 18 months for each of three counts of endangering children. The …

First responders were at a car verses tree accident in Fremont. The accident happened on State Road 120 in front of Fremont High School. Crews found a driver with no injuries from the accident…but was transported to a hospital for suspicion of a medical issue. The investigation into the crash …

A Defiance County father will face a judge in the death of his infant daughter. Jared Stark, his wife Sarah Stark and his parents were charged with gross abuse of a corpse after an investigation found a newborn had died ten hours after being born in their Hicksville home in …

Two state agencies have distributed nearly $1 million to Indiana’s 92 Soil and Water Conservation Districts to improve water quality. Each district received roughly $10,000 in matching funds to support their conservation efforts. Clean Water Indiana provides financial assistance to landowners and conservation groups that work to reduce water pollution. …

Indiana House Speaker, Brian Bosma is the latest powerful GOP leader who doesn’t want to change the state Republican Party’s platform that favors marriage between a man and a woman. The Republican Victory Committee, a group comprised of elected officials and party activists, announced Bosma opposes the wording change, which …

One person is killed in an accident in Findlay. It happened at Valfilm on North Main St. Police say 41-year-old Andrew Hohman was working in the parking lot of a loading dock when he was hit by a semitrailer that was backing in. Hohman was pushed up against the dock …

Crews investigate a gas leak in Fulton County. Officials told reporters the incident happened at a post office in Swanton. The building was searched after it was evacuated. No one was injured. No word on the status of the suspected leak. The building was given the all clear in an …

A traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road nets a DUI arrest. Indiana troopers pulled over Franciso Cortes of Cleveland near the 117 mile marker, west of the Howe LaGrange exit. Further investigation nets 63 grams of cocaine, digital scales, and $564.00 in cash. Cortes faces drug charges as well.