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Extra task for Wabash Cannonball Trail project has been granted.

Now that funding is available, an extra task for the Wabash Cannonball Trail project has been granted.  Four miles of the route between county roads 13 and 17 are to be paved, according to village authorities. Re-decking a bridge is another aspect of the project. The project is expected to …

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Three Defiance County Fire Departments responded to farm accident Tuesday.

Three Defiance County Fire Departments responded to a farm accident in the 26000 block of Flory Road on Tuesday, and a helicopter ambulance was requested.  Rescue personnel from the Jewell, South Richland, and Defiance fire departments were dispatched to a farmstead at 28474 Flory Road at approximately 10:32 a.m., according …

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Semi Rolls Down Embankment on I-75.

On April 27, 2026, at approximately 7:13 P.M., the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of a commercial semi-truck on I-75, driving down an embankment and overturning, in Bath Township, Allen County. Almazbek Omurzakov, age 50, from Greenville, South Carolina was southbound on I-75 …

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Defiance City Schools Board of Education discusses storm damage.

During its regular meeting on last week, the Defiance City Schools Board of Education discussed storm damage to the roof of the elementary school building and briefly discussed Ohio’s efforts to do away with property taxes.  Superintendent Bob Morton told the board that around 21 areas within the elementary school …

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Archbold man sentenced on pandering charges.

After entering a guilty plea to counts of pandering in Fulton County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, an Archbold man received a jail sentence.  26-year-old Nicholas Hartrick earlier entered a guilty plea to two second-degree felonies: one count of pandering sexually oriented content involving a young or impaired person and …

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