Hillsdale city leaders are looking at changing the code that deals with open burning restrictions. A proposed amendment would ban all opening burning in the city between midnight and 4am except for cooking grills, meaning no campfires, open fire pits, or bonfires. Outdoor fires of any kind, including grills and …
Read More »Indiana Trooper Given Award for Bravery
Indiana State Trooper Peter Bradley of Noble County was awarded the department’s Silver Star for rescuing a distressed paddle boater last August. Two adults and two children were in the boat on Knapp Lake a few miles northwest of Fort Wayne when it started to founder. One of the adults …
Read More »Angola Man Returning to Prison for Parole Violation
An Angola man is returning to prison after violating his probation from a 2010 drug case. 28-year-old Jeromy R. Baker will spend seven years behind bars for a combination of charges on drug manufacturing and resisting arrest along with the parole violation. Three children found in Baker’s house during a …
Read More »Local Police Help with Multi-County Vehicle Chase
Bryan police and Williams County deputies joined in on a vehicle chase Friday at the request of the Defiance County Sheriff’s Office. Defiance deputies were pursuing a car on Highway 127 when it entered Williams County, prompting the request. After traveling through Bryan, the vehicle veered off into a field, …
Read More »Candlelight Vigil Held for Slain Perrysville Student
Friends and family held a candlelight vigil Saturday evening for 22-year-old Jonathan Krueger of Perrysburg. Krueger was a student at the University of Kentucky who was gunned down early Friday morning in what police are calling a random act of violence near the Lexington campus. He was taken to an …
Read More »Local Police Help with Multi-County Vehicle Chase
Bryan police and Williams County deputies joined in on a vehicle chase Friday at the request of the Defiance County Sheriff’s Office. Defiance deputies were pursuing a car on Highway 127 when it entered Williams County, prompting the request. After traveling through Bryan, the vehicle veered off into a field, …
Read More »Williams Co. Sheriff Says Holiday City Needs Marshal
Holiday City needs a marshal, as far as Williams County sheriff Steven Towns is concerned. He said as much in a letter to Holiday City mayor Shawn Clark, who delivered the message in a village council meeting last week. Officials thought a marshal had been appointed upon the village’s founding …
Read More »Henry Co. Receives Check for Food, Shelter Programs
Henry County will receive more than $5500 to help supplement local emergency food and shelter programs. The decision was made by a national board chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with input from the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, and The United Way. The amount of the money …
Read More »Suspect Charged in Hillsdale Co. Robbery
A Detroit man has been charged for breaking into and robbing a Hillsdale County general store five months ago. Michigan State Police say that 27-year-old Kevin Ettlich robbed the North Adams General Store in North Adams Township east of Jonesville on November 9 following an investigation that produced a warrant …
Read More »Fulton Co. Wreck Sends 1 to Hospital
A car crash in Fulton County on Friday evening sent a woman to the hospital in critical condition. 44-year-old Josephine Rieger of Toledo airlifted to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center after another car failed to stop at an intersection and struck her SUV in the driver’s side door. The SUV …
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