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The natural gas pocket that was punctured on Wednesday dissipated on Friday and the road, U.S. 6 south of Stryker, was reopened to traffic on Friday. The Ohio of Transportation drilling crew hit a pocket of natural gas about 60 feet underground near Brush Creek. The natural vein vented and …

Another test on the Maumee River will be made tomorrow, as the General Health District monitors an algae bloom. The recreational public health advisory remains in effect. The Ohio EPA detected elevated levels of algotoxins in the river at several locations near Defiance on June 2nd. The numbers are going …

Main Street in Montpelier is back open. The final barriers were removed in the early afternoon and drivers showed their joy by honking horns in celebration. The paving was completed ahead of schedule, and the Bryan Times is reporting that project cost about $660,000 to repave the street, add sidewalk …

A Defiance teen’s robbery case in Defiance County Common Pleas Court ended in a mistrial Wednesday afternoon. The ruling was based on one of Kasym Assaf’s co-defendants who testified unexpectedly that he confessed his involvement during an Oct. 23 interview with a city police officer at the Four-County Juvenile Detention …

In Steuben County, the Sheriff’s Department is trying to find whomever is responsible for a series of break–ins at storage units located on CR 300 W south of State Route 120. Tools, lawn mowing equipment, generators, ATV’s, power tools, die cast collector cars, and a 28 foot Hal-Mark enclosed trailer …

A fundraiser for Children’s Lantern, a non-profit group dedicated to freeing victims of human trafficking, feed children and support foster and adoptive parents and children, will be June 25 at Eagle Rock Golf Club in Defiance. The sixth annual Golf Outing begins with registration on Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m., …

A candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court spent part of Wednesday visiting northwest Ohio. Pat DeWine — son of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, is a first-term judge on Ohio’s 1st District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati and former Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge. He is one of two …

The Northwest State Community College Foundation reported that last month’s Green Carpet fundraising event brought in $60,000 for student scholarships. School leaders called the event “a tremendous success.”

The Defiance City Schools Board of Education broke ground on the the distict’s current construction project at their regular Wednesday meeting. The new building will be for grades 6 through 12 for Defiance City Schools. Construction at the site has actually been underway since April. The school schedules last year …

The robbery trial of Defiance teen began this week in Defiance Common Pleas Court. 18-year-old Kasym Assaf is charged with robbery and theft. He was indicted by a grand jury that he and two juveniles robbed another juvenile of his sneakers and bike in Diehl Park last October. The victim …