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Three people are dead and one is injured after a fire breaks out at a family home on Wheelock Road in northeast Allen County. The house is a total loss. Officials say Amber and Larry Shaw and their 12-year-old son, Elijah are the three that died. A 17-year-old daughter survived …

The Edgerton Area Foundation donates $15,000 to the Community Memorial Hospital Foundation. It’s one of several donations toward a new physician’s memorial patio to be constructed on hospital grounds. Building should begin shortly.

A Henry County jury clears a Ridgeville Corners man of assault. Samuel Heilman was found not guilty of felonious assault. It took the jury under an hour to decide on the verdict. Heilman was indicted by a Henry County grand jury in March for attacking his wife back in Nov.

A Defiance man goes to prison after prosecutors convinced the court he had beaten a 7-week-old Defiance girl. Dominic Torrez, 32, plead no contest to the assault charges. He was sentenced to six years’, with 114 days already served. The incident happened at the baby’s mothers home in January. The …

One person is in critical condition after his motorcycle hits and kills a deer on County Road 22. A. James Beltz of Bryan, was riding south when he struck the deer a half mile south of U.S. 6. He was thrown from the bike. Officials add he was not wearing …

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 …