A Delta man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Fulton County Monday. The driver, 24-year-old Jacob Baldwin was pronounced dead at the scene in the county’s Swan Creek Township, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. Baldwin was driving a pickup truck north on Township Road 4–1 near County Road …
Read More »Courthouse repair project to begin next week
Downtown is pretty and all, but the Christmas decorations will be coming down on Sunday so they can get started on the courthouse repair project. The executive director of the Bryan Area Chamber of Commerce said that final contracts were signed on Monday to repair the inside and outside of …
Read More »March primary set
The March 15th Republican primary will have two hotly contested county commissioner seats up for election, with five candidates who want the jobs. One of those candidates will run as an independent, after he indicated he will withdraw his Republican Party petition. Rodney Miller has already been approved as the …
Read More »New York man found with drugs on Turnpike
A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of a driver after the trooper smelled pot. The man, 28-year-old John Lee, is from New York. He was pulled over for speeding on the Ohio Turnpike at Exit 13 on Monday morning. As soon as the trooper smelled marijuana, he called …
Read More »Williams Co. Commissioners pass on plan from insurance co.
A local insurance company’s proposal to take over the Williams County’s unemployment insurance administrative duties was declined at the Commissioners meeting last night. The commissioners said they felt the proposal to handle back office administrative duties and help save the county money would duplicate what the county already does.
Read More »Belmore woman sentenced for OVI
From the court files, in Napoleon, 58 year old Vickie Baker of Belmore was fined $500 for OVI and got 30 days in jail suspended. Her license suspended for six months. One traffic charge for going left of center was dismissed.
Read More »Defiance Co. steer tagging
They’ve set the date for steer tagging in Defiance County for January 9th at the fairgrounds. If a steer doesn’t have an EID tag in its ear, the owner must take the animal to the fairgrounds for tagging. The event is January 9th, 10 am to noon. Contact the Extension …
Read More »January blood drive set
Time to make plans now for a blood drive for the American Red Cross. The date is January 5th, at the Continental American Legion at 109 E. Fifth St. The blood drive will begin at noon and run through six p.m. You can make an appointment by going to their …
Read More »Antwerp Police spreading joy while policing
Antwerp Police have been giving out $50 gift cards since Black Friday. The Crescent-News reports that the department got the idea after seeing a national news story about a community that did the same thing last year. Walmart was contacted and approved the cards. Officers sometimes give out the card …
Read More »Two arrested for break in
Two men, one from Waterloo and one from Angola, were arrested after a home in Auburn was broken into and robbed while the home owners were held at gunpoint. Indiana State Police say the break in happened between 5:00am and 5:30am Saturday in the 800 block of Hazel Street. 21 …
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