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A car crashes through the walk-in entrance of Farmer’s State Bank in Angola. Bank officials say that a customer accidentally hit the building and took out the front vestibule. Despite the incident, the bank remained open. No other details are available. Area officers continue to look over the damage.

It looks like Montpelier isn’t going along with Ed Kidston’s vision. The Montpelier Village Council voted on and passed a resolution expressing concern over Artesia of Pioneer’s plan to pump water from the aquifer and sell it to surrounding counties. As we reported, Kidston, the AOP head, detailed his water …

A 1976 Ford Escort GL, once owned by Pope John Paul II, is hitting the auction block in Auburn for the second time. The light blue car has a worn interior and no hubcaps but its storied history could help it bring up to $300,000 during the Auburn Cord Duesenberg …

The aquifer story continues. Last night in Montpelier before the council, Ed Kidston, president and owner of Artesian of Pioneer, spoke publicly about his plans, data and reasoning behind a proposed project to sell water to communities outside the aquifer. Kidston has long assured the council the project would cause …

One man is flown to a Toledo hospital after a crash on County Road K and Ohio 191, near West Unity. Officials say the driver of a van failed to stop at the intersection and was hit by a cattle truck. The driver of the van was awake when he …

DeKalb County school officials say the Middle School there received a threat. An investigation nets nothing. Still, the campus will see an increase in security.

A large barn is destroyed in a Dekalb County blaze. Eight area fire departments converged on County Road 35 in Ashley. Crews had the blaze under control in minutes. Equipment and stores lost in the blaze total a half million dollars. No one was hurt. The fire is under investigation …

Forecasters say temperatures are going to climb around the region, so Bryan Municipal Utilities is asking customers to reduce afternoon energy use for the next few days. It helps keep the utility from having to be charged more by other utilities, who provide extra power when peak demand hits. Avoiding …

There was a little give and take with the latest trash collection contract in Edon. Last week, city officials announced the current trash handler, Republic Services, was going to raise its rates in October. So, the city took a look around at possible deals elsewhere. Well, they did, but there …

The state directs nearly 13 thousand dollars toward the Williams County Sheriff’s Office’s Drug Abuse or DARE program. The funds are earmarked for drug use prevention education programs in area schools during the upcoming school year. 152 other entities in the state received funds, also.