News

Bryan police are look­ing for wit­nesses to a crash that hap­pened near Port­land and High streets Wednes­day morn­ing between 11 a.m. and 11:30. The crash involved a red Chevy Cobalt and a white Jeep Wran­gler. If you saw the crash, con­tact Bryan Police (419) 636‑4233.

A LaGrange man is going to prison for deal­ing Meth. Zachary Emer­ick pleaded guilty to three charges and sen­tenced to six years in prison. He was given credit for 302 days already served by the judge in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. In exchange for the guilty pleas, the pros­e­cu­tor dis­missed eight …

A LaGrange man is going to prison for deal­ing Meth. Zachary Emer­ick pleaded guilty to three charges and sen­tenced to six years in prison. He was given credit for 302 days already served by the judge in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. In exchange for the guilty pleas, the pros­e­cu­tor dis­missed eight …

An 18-year old Defi­ance teen was charged with under­age drink­ing and dri­ving with­out a license. Dal­las Solis was stopped on Wat­son Rd. and Ohio 15 last Fri­day at 2:20 in the morning. 25-year-old Brady Siebe­naler of Defi­ance was arrested and charged with domes­tic vio­lence on Sun­day. The Sheriff’s Office says …

Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers has a reward for info about the thief who stole boxed hard­wood floor­ing from a home under con­struc­tion. The theft hap­pened on Decem­ber 7th in Wauseon at a home on Ful­ton County Road F. Some­one pried open a door and made off with about 1,000 square …

Defi­ance wants a bike path to Inde­pen­dence Dam State Park. This week, the county and city are team­ing up to let the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion know their plans. If ODOT is inter­ested, then offi­cials will apply for fed­eral grants to pay for the path. Accord­ing to the county engi­neer, …

The plans are com­plete for the Lib­erty Cen­ter new pre-k through 12th grade school build­ing. The archi­tects pre­sented the draw­ings to the Board of Edu­ca­tion dur­ing it’s reg­u­lar meet­ing this week. The school is expected to being tak­ing shape in early spring. The board also accepted the res­ig­na­tion of a …

News from Mont­pe­lier yes­ter­day. The Coun­cil for the vil­lage met in exec­u­tive ses­sion and announced the res­ig­na­tion and retire­ment of Vil­lage Man­ager, Pam Lucas. Her retire­ment is effec­tive July 24.

Big changes are com­ing to Toledo, where Fiat Chrysler announced yes­ter­day that Chero­kee is leav­ing and pro­duc­tion of a Jeep Pick up truck will replace it. Employ­ment is expected to remain the same. This comes after Jeep’s Wran­gler shat­tered all pre­vi­ous sales records last year. The new Jeep pick up …

The Defi­ance County Board of Elec­tions said good­bye to Joanna Diehl, who stepped down from her posi­tion on Decem­ber 31st. The 81-year-old Demo­c­rat fin­ished her sec­ond 4-year term. Pre­vi­ously, she served for seven years as the direc­tor of the county’s board of elec­tions office in the 1980s, and at one …