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Local law enforcement reminding everyone today to designate a driver. As this is St Patrick’s Day, and the beginning of March Madness, it will be a busy day at area bars and restaurants. OHP and local police will be on patrols looking for impaired drivers.

Now the latest of the two deaths in Paulding county. Sheriff Landers says they are working hard to find out how two people came to be found dead in the county. First, the woman’s body found at an abandoned property outside of Antwerp was killed by a single gunshot to …

Two people were arrested in Williams County, thanks to Michigan State Police. The Bryan Times is reporting that the pair were wanted for heroin possession and possible armed robberies. John T. Morgan and Nickole Collins were arrested at the M&D Suburban Inn about 3 p.m. Monday. According to Michigan State …

A fire in Hicksville on Tuesday afternoon damaged an apartment in the 600 block of E. Smith Street. Mutual aid was called out to fight the fire, from Farmer, Sherwood, Antwerp, Defiance and Edgerton fire departments. No one was injured in the fire, which happened just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. …

Montpelier Police are looking for whomever lost their heroin. The Bryan Times is reporting today that someone found a baggie of the drug at a convenience store and called police. The police department posted a humorous note on their Facebook page asking the owner to come and get it and …

An unoccupied mobile home went up in flames on Monday night, south of Angola. The fire was reported just after 11 p.m. on County Road 150 South. The mobile home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. Four area departments helped at the scene, from Ashley, Hudson and Pleasant Lake. It …

Police arrested a 76-year-old woman in Kendallville for promoting prostitution at the health spa she owns. The woman is Yie Sun Kim Tolley, who owns the Kendallville Health Spa on West North St. One of her employees was arrested last month for prostitution which launched an undercover investigation into the …

The body of a woman found in Antwerp was identified as a missing Fort Wayne woman. 44-year-old Wilma Schwartz had been missing for about a week. The Paulding County Sheriff says it appears the body was placed at the scene of an abandoned property. The coroner is working on her …

Another body has been found in Paulding County, last night. A man hunting for mushrooms discovered a man’s body near Rochester Cemetery in Crane Township. The body was covered by a blanket and it appeared to the coroner that the body had been at the cemetery for several weeks. They’ll …

Now election results from the Williams County Commissioner’s race. The winner is Terry Rummel in first place with 42 percent of Republican voters, followed by Scott Lirot with about 33 percent and JB Orendorff came in thrid with 24 percent. The term begins January 3rd of next year.