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Investigators in Van Wert say they are awaiting medical examination reports which will provide critical information in their efforts to understand the circumstances surrounding the death of an infant back on June 28. Van Wert County Deputy Coroner, Dr. Norman Means says the preliminary investigation doesn’t show any signs of …

Indiana’s highest court will consider whether all civil forfeitures in the state must be paid into a fund that helps school districts pay for technology upgrades, build new schools and other projects. The Indiana Supreme Court must decide whether a state constitutional requirement that “all forfeitures” be paid to the …

The unemployment rate for Fulton County remained steady in May, that’s according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate was 3.7 percent in May, the same as in April. In May of 2017, the unemployment rate was 3.9. Ohio’s rate was 4.3 percent in May, unchanged …

Officers catch a burglary suspect after he rolled his truck in a bean field north of U.S. 6 near Edgerton. They arrived at the scene as the suspect was leaving the area. He hopped in a pickup and took off into the field. The suspect lost control and the pickup …

A Fort Wayne woman, blamed for a boating accident that hurt several people at Lake Gage in July 2017, pleads guilty to criminal recklessness. Dominique Effinger’s agreement calls for a 1 ½-year executed sentence. A Steuben County judge is set to sentence Effinger on Aug. 3. Effinger was driving a …

A final pretrial hearing is set in a Paulding County murder case. Tristen Blair is charged, accused in the death of his 3-month-old son, last Oct. The child was admitted to a hospital in Fort Wayne, where the medical staff indicated possible child abuse. An autopsy showed evidence of blunt …

Paulding is once again looking for a new leader. In June, the council voted to hire E. Thomas Ault as the new village administrator. He was to start July 23. Mayor Greg Reinhart informed council this week that Ault has declined the position. Another candidate was offered the job but …

A renewal levy request by Defiance’s Board of Developmental Disabilities is approved by county commissioners. The board’s request for commissioners’ to place an additional 0.5-mill, five-year levy on the November ballot along with a 0.85-mill, six-year renewal levy was turned down last month. The levy is set to expire at …

Joyce Anita Stanley-Daneke, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:14 P.M. on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Laurels of Defiance where she was a resident after an extended illness. A 1949 graduate of Montpelier High School, Joyce had a long, fulfilling career as a bookkeeper for many area …

Rosann Friend, 90 years, of Hamilton, passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at Northern Lakes Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Angola, Indiana. Rosann was born February 17, 1928 in Pleasant Lake, Indiana the daughter of the late Bert and Pauline (Ling) Swihart. She was a 1947 graduate of Pleasant Lake High …