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Heads up…Bryan Municipal Utilities is asking its customers to reduce energy use today in order to keep those heating bills lower. With the frosty conditions, electricity demand is expected to be high over the next several days. During such high use periods, BMU can establish capacity and transmission peak demands …

Cameron Butler, the Defiance man who led police in a high speed chase in November will be evaluated for his competency to stand trial. Butler pled not guilty in a Defiance County courtroom to assault, failure to comply with an officer and more. The bench continued the case, ordering Butler …

Two state troopers are alright after a crash Highway 30, near Payne. Officials tell reporters Trooper, Austin Adams was in his cruiser on the left edge of the highway with the emergency lights on. This after a semi jackknifed in the median. A pickup truck, driven by Timothy Kelley of …

A man dies after falling through the ice at Terry Lake in DeKalb County. Officers concluded it was an ice fisherman. Several emergency crews responded to the scene. The Angola dive team was able to use their airboat to recover the victim, Robert Penland of Pleasant Lake. Penland was pronounced …

An Ohio man is arraigned in a Steuben County courtroom on multiple charges. Prosecutors say Dustin Gamble of Payne punched a Hamilton Police officer in October 2018. Gamble is charged with a level 4 felony charge of escape along with battery to law enforcement, and more.

Two teens are hurt in a crash on State Road 8 in DeKalb County. Officials say Colben Steury was eastbound on 8 when he thought he struck something. Investigators say he lost control of the truck on the ice covered roadway. The truck overturned, hitting a tree. Steury, and passenger …

The federal government shutdown is impacting the bottom line for CCNO…but not its operations…for now. So far, the shutdown has caused the Marshals Service to miss payment to the regional jail for housing federal inmates there. CCNO receives $450,000 per month from the federal government to house federal inmates.

The Holiday City Village Council approves an expansion project for the village hall, there. The current idea is to build a new council chambers and convert the old chambers into a fireproof file room. The plans will likely also include a new room for the Montpelier Police Department. The cost …

Happy MLK…County, state and federal offices will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There is no mail delivery, today. The license bureau, along with libraries are also closed. The state liquor store is open, though.

A Defiance woman had a charge dismissed in court this week so the case could be presented to a county grand jury. Sherry Dunbar appeared before the Defiance Municipal Court on a charge of solicitation. The judge signed a dismissal in the case…so now it can be taken behind closed …