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Plans for pri­va­ti­za­tion are elim­i­nat­ing any con­cerns for con­flict of inter­est at Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter. The admin­is­tra­tive attor­ney in Colum­bus that was hired to research the sit­u­a­tion and review the reor­ga­ni­za­tion with the Ohio Depart­ment of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties recently sent a let­ter with his con­clu­sions to each of the super­in­ten­dents …

A mas­sive back up on south­bound I-69 from an acci­dent that involved three semis led to another crash which injured a Water­loo woman on Tues­day morn­ing. 29-year-old Laneigh Brun­ing was trav­el­ing south just after 7:00am yes­ter­day, when she didn’t notice that vehi­cles were slow­ing down or stopped in front of …

A Pleas­ant Lake man pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child molest­ing on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. It was in con­nec­tion to an inci­dent that pros­e­cu­tors said hap­pened in the fall of 2007. 24-year-old Todd Hart was arrested in June. Under terms of the plea agree­ment, the orig­i­nal …

In Steuben County Court on Mon­day, one of the four peo­ple who were arrested in a metham­phet­a­mine bust near Hamil­ton in April of 2014 was sen­tenced. 36-year-old Leslie Swindell pled guilty last Feb­ru­ary to aid­ing in deal­ing metham­phet­a­mine, a felony. Swindell learned yes­ter­day that he will have to serve 8 …

The Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day, by a 2 to 1 vote, awarded a con­tract to Cur­rent TEKSolu­tions of Bryan to out­fit the Hill­side Coun­try Liv­ing cam­pus with W-Fi. The Bryan Times reports that Com­mis­sion­ers selected Cur­rent TEK’s bid over Sonit Sys­tems of Arch­bold, and G6 Com­mu­ni­ca­tions of Bluffton, Indi­ana …

The name of the woman who died on Wednes­day after being injured last Tues­day in a fire in Defi­ance was released over the week­end. 48 year old Penel­lopie Wit­tig died Wednes­day at Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo where she had been taken by air ambu­lance from Mercy Defi­ance …

A house fire over the week­end in Defi­ance that was said to have been caused by light­ning left three peo­ple with­out a roof over their heads. It hap­pened early Sat­ur­day morn­ing, around 5AM, and when fire crews arrived, the fire was dis­cov­ered in the attic of the house on Hop­kins …

A sus­pi­cious object turned up in down­town Auburn on Fri­day morn­ing, and it was found to have con­tained metham­phet­a­mine related items. Auburn Police say it was a brown suit­case that was found sit­ting close to a build­ing in the 100 block of West 5th Street. That suit­case turned out to …

68 year old Defi­ance County Sher­iff David Westrick has announced that he will not seek re-election because of health con­cerns. Westrick has ser­aved for more than three decades. He suf­fered a mild heart attack ear­lier this year and says he has also been diag­nosed with Parkinson’s dis­ease. Westrick is cur­rently …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues fol­low­ing the arrest of an Auburn man after Auburn Police found ille­gal drugs and pos­si­ble drug related and stolen items in his vehi­cle. 23-year-old Bran­don Robert­son was stopped for dri­ving on a sus­pended dri­vers license. Robert­son was also wanted out of Noble County for Fail­ure to Appear, …