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David Kruse of Paulding is given a four-year jail term for sexual battery. He also gets five years’ probation following his release. A five-year prison term was reserved for Kruse if, upon his release, he violates terms of his sentencing. Prosecutors say Kruse coerced a then 16-year-old to have sex …

One is person badly hurt in a crash east of New Haven at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Doyle Road. Another victim in the car had to be cut out of the damaged vehicle by first responders. A medical helicopter was dispatched to the scene.

A Bluffton pallet warehouse is damaged in a fire. Crews were dispatched to The Pallet Barn on E 200 N. Officials told reporters two barns caught fire, as well as large piles of pallets outside. Crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to a home on the property. …

A former Defiance college president has died. Marvin Ludwig was the school’s longest serving leader, holding the post from 1975 to 1994. He’s time was noted for the major expansion of the campus. He passed away in Portage. Ludwig was 91.

An old friend is leaving us. The doors are closing at Kolb & Son, a downtown Wauseon institution on N. Fulton St. since 1917. It was the place to go for candy, ice cream sodas, photographic equipment, tobacco products, costume jewelry or novelty gifts. The owners are retiring, and they …

A local bidder throws their hat in the ring to buy a legendary candy maker. Necco, the New England based confectioner, known for their chalky Necco candies and those little heart shaped Sweetheart candies with the little sayings, is looking for a buyer. Spangler Candy Co., of Bryan, entered a …

Wapakoneta City Schools has a new leader. The board hired Archbold Schools Superintendent, Aaron Rex for the superintendent post there. Rex began his teaching career at Wapakoneta and was high school principal there for several years. He begins his new position in August.

Solid jobs numbers for the region. Defiance County checks in at 4.1 percent, down from 4.5 percent…Henry County falls over a point from, 5.9 to 4.7 percent…Paulding County is down a half a point to, 3.5…Williams County, 3.3 percent, this as the area economy continues to improve.

A multi car crash on US 20 east of Flint Road shut down the roadway for two hours. The Angola Fire Department was among the first responders sent to the scene. State and local investigators are canvassing the area, looking for answers after the crash. No one was hurt.

An accident on the Indiana toll road ties up traffic in both directions for a time…as far as five miles in both directions at around the 145 mile marker, just east of the Angola-Fremont exit. No word on injuries as local investigators look over the crash.