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A crash in Cam­den, Michi­gan injured three peo­ple Tues­day. In a release yes­ter­day, Hills­dale County Sheriff’s Depart­ment said the dri­ver of a car became ill and lost con­scious­ness while on South Edon Rd. He drove off the road and flipped the car. He was sent by med­ical heli­copter to a …

The Fayette man killed in a two-vehicle crash on I-69 in Steuben County has been iden­ti­fied as 68-year-old Mar­ion Gar­ri­son. He lost con­trol Mon­day after­noon on the icy inter­state, hit a guardrail and crashed into a semi. Gar­ri­son was pro­nounced dead at the scene. He was not wear­ing a seat …

The mayor of Edon is retir­ing. Dar­lene Burkhardt has lived in the vil­lage her whole life, and is ready to relax and enjoy the fruits of her labor, over­see­ing the county for 8 years as mayor, 21 years as Flo­rence Town­ship clerk and on the Board of Elec­tions for Williams …

Williams County Sher­iffs deputies made two arrests over the week­end. 32-year-old Joshua Stall of Bryan was arrested on a Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas War­rant for fail­ure to com­ply with com­mu­nity con­trol. He was taken to the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. 52-year-old Susan Kay Pat­ten of Bryan was arrested for …

The Williams County Fair Foun­da­tion has new offi­cers elected to their posts that begin Jan­u­ary first. John McDon­ald is the new Pres­i­dent, Scott Car­oll is vice-president. Carol Knep­per stays as trea­surer and Carol Goebel remains the secretary.

CCW appli­ca­tions have risen over the hol­i­day sea­son. The Bryan Times reports Williams County is open daily with­out an appoint­ment to process an appli­ca­tion. Accord­ing to one clerk, the fourth quar­ter of this year has been the busiest, with 117 new appli­ca­tions and 42 renewals. Over­all, one clerk, Kelly Hig­gins, …

We have new infor­ma­tion about a util­ity scam in Mont­pe­lier. A res­i­dent called police to say some­one had called from the “elec­tric depart­ment” and told the home­owner they were late on their pay­ment. The home­owner began to ask ques­tions, and the caller hung up. Police Chief Dan McGee warns res­i­dents …

As promised, down­town Bryan Christ­mas dec­o­ra­tions started com­ing down this week, so they could clear the way for the cour­t­house roof and tower repair project that is set to be begin after the first of the year. The nearly $1.5 mil­lion dol­lar restora­tion will repair in exte­rior and inte­rior of …

Freez­ing rains and high winds knocked down power lines yes­ter­day between Antwerp and Payne. Ohio 49 was closed while ODOT crews work to clear the poles. There were power out­ages due to the wind and rain. Some scat­tered out­ages in West Unity in Williams County were reported, and in Hol­gate …

We’re get­ting new infor­ma­tion about a fire on Sun­day that destroyed a Hicksville home. Four fire depart­ments responded to the 200 block of W. Hicks St. about 11:30 Sun­day night. The 1 1/2 story home is unin­hab­it­able, sus­tain­ing up to $75,000 dam­age. The occu­pants were home at the time, and …