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(Defiance) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Defiance Post is investigating a serious injury crash involving a commercial motor vehicle. The crash occurred at approximately 1:47 P.M. on Tuesday September 26, 2023. The crash was located at the intersection of US 20A and County Road 21/N in Williams County. Bryan …

The Williams County commissioners approve beginning the process of setting up plans for improving housing in Kunkle, and may expand to Alvordton in the future. The commissioners met with Dennis Miller of Maumee Valley Planning Organization and Williams County Engineer Todd Roth to discuss setting up a Community Reinvestment Area …

The Williams County commissioners agree to continue funding a water investigation, though it anticipates being reimbursed by some other counties. The commissioners approved an agreement with the Department of the Interior at a cost not to exceed $29,400 dollars. The agreement runs through Sept., 2024. The water investigation is related …

The Williams County commissioners give their approval to move forward with a sanitary sewer line to Alvordton. Williams County Engineer Todd Roth requested permission to submit and sign an application for the project. The application will be sent to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The project would provide a wastewater …

The Williams County Land Reutilization Corp. continues to plan for the rollout of new funds coming soon. The land bank, as it’s frequently called, recently reviewed possible residential units for demolition when the funding is received, as well as brownfield remediation projects. Currently, the land bank has three potential properties …

The Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio, the governing body for CCNO, meets and votes to reallocate beds for the coming year. Two entities, Lucas and Fulton counties took fewer beds than the charter calls for them to accept. Lucas County agreed to 173 beds, while Fulton County agreed to 52. …

The Williams County Board of Health votes to take an official stance of opposition on State Issue 2…the ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana in Ohio for adults over age 21. Health Commissioner Jim Watkins says the board should consider opposing the issue from a standpoint of trying to keep substances …

A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio, described as “part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory”…is added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Preservationists, led by the Ohio History Connection, and indigenous tribes, many with ancestral ties to the state, pushed to …

The Ohio Redistricting Commission tentatively adopts a new set of Republican-drawn Statehouse maps over Democrats’ objections…in a plan that again would deliver large legislative majorities to the GOP. A series of public meetings is expected over the next week to gather public input. The time-crunched panel seeks to set district …

Bryan Municipal Utilities is glad to help out other communities when they need it, but that does come at a cost. The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves disbursing reimbursement payments that have been to the city’s electric fund to the individual line items that need them, specifically overtime. They …