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A fire destroys a home near Big Otter Lake. Fremont Fire Department handled the call. No one was home but a dog did die in the blaze. Fire officials say the blaze appears to be accidental. The investigation into the cause of the fire continues by both state and local …

One man is hurt after crashing his motorcycle on State Road 8. Nicholas Walsh, from Monroeville, was westbound on 8 when he slowed down at a curve at County Road 61. The brake locked…the motorcycle skidded then went off the roadway, rolling twice into a yard of a home.

Authorities arrest a Hicksville couple on endangerment charges. The arrest is related to the 2016 death of a baby only hours old. Other charges may be added. A search of Jared and Sarah Stark’s home and their property led authorities to find an infant’s body inside their Arrowsmith Road residence. …

Williams County Commissioners give their OK on the winning bid for a bridge repair project on County Road 20. They approved a $559,076.34 bid by Vernon Nagle Inc., of Napoleon. Officials say the bid beat out R.G. Zachrich Construction, of Defiance, and Miller Bros Construction of Archbold. The bridge is …

Two West Virginia residents are brought in on drug and paraphernalia charges after a traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road, near the Howe/LaGrange exit. Officers say they could smell marijuana in the car. A search netted the drugs, as well as a quantity of heroin. Edward Butler and Tiffany …

A Montpelier man is wanted after breaking the conditions of a previous arrest. Tim Moll was originally charged with drug possession last October. At that time, he filed for drug intervention and treatment, in lieu of criminal prosecution one month later. He was released from the jail in Stryker, under …

Napoleon Police releases the names of two teens found dead last week inside a vehicle in the parking lot of an area business. Annabelle Tipton-Patterson, 15, Napoleon, and Darren Pinson, 18, Liberty Center were found unresponsive after police were dispatched to the Independence Drive location in Napoleon last Saturday.

An area drug trial of a Napoleon man becomes a mistrial after one of the jurors makes an unauthorized search on Google. Apparently the web search was made in reference to the definition of a legal term in the case of Curtis Otto. With no opposition from the prosecution, the …

A 21 year old Garrett man is in the DeKalb County Jail after he was arrested by Indiana State Police following a stabbing. Investigators told reporters Justin Shutt and his mother were involved in a verbal argument at a Center Street address in Waterloo. Shutt’s step-father intervened…that’s when Shutt produced …

Crews take on a semi fire on the northbound side of I-69, just south of exit 353 in Steuben County, this near The Fremont Outlet Mall. The fire was extinguished in under an hour. No word on injuries. The blaze is under investigation.