Defiance News

A bicycle, furniture, refrigerator parts and a port-a-potty made up some of the three tons of sodden debris pulled out onto the river bank during the 2009 Barb Breckler Memorial Maumee River Shoreline Sweep.

The LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of Defiance will be holding a fundraiser for its organization as well as for the Lara Punches Memorial Scholarship Fund on Tuesday, July 14 at Auglaize Golf Club.

The Defiance Rotary Club has donated more than $42,000 to Defiance organizations and projects.

The long-proposed Lick Creek project in Defiance County has received the go ahead.

Defiance residents could someday travel west toward Chicago or east to Cleveland via high speed passenger trains if a proposal to improve the Maumee and Western Railway corridor is realized.

Defiance County commissioners discussed the possibility of a dirt track for radio controlled vehicles on county property during their Thursday meeting.

Last week Defiance Municipal Court Judge John Rohrs III said that his court has generated more than $5 million for City Hall over a 50-year period.

A line of strong thunderstorms moved through northwest Ohio early this morning, causing power outages and leaving numerous roadways covered in standing water.

An Edgerton boy drowned Saturday afternoon in a pond near here while attending a family function.

More than 2,500 bicyclists will be riding their way into Defiance next week. The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure will spend Thursday in the city, and local officials are making big plans for their arrival on Wednesday.

Friday started stormy in other parts of Ohio, but the Tri-State will see mainly heat to start the weekend.

FREMONT, Ind. - Ohio-based Koester Metals Inc. plans to open a new manufacturing center that will create up to 60 jobs in northeast Indiana by 2012.

A woman accused of setting fire to a rental property in Defiance with her four children present has been indicted on five felony charges.

Work is underway to develop uniform education standards nationwide -- to make material content taught in one state's classroom the same educational content taught in classes in all states.

It's time to take out the trash -- from the rivers. The Barb Breckler Maumee River Shoreline Sweep will be held Saturday, and volunteers are being sought to help with the 26th annual river sweep.

Call it Stars and Stripes, Old Glory or the "Star-Spangled Banner." Whatever the moniker, the United States flag will mark its 232nd birthday Sunday with numerous observances around Ohio and the nation.

By TODD HELBERG cnedit@crescent-news.com Hamstrung to action by the absence of two members, Defiance City Council could only let lie its two legislative items Tuesday night.

An annexation petition that would bring 270 acres into Defiance was approved by Defiance County commissioners on Monday.

Defiance-area officials launched a river tour Tuesday in an effort to assess development opportunities centering on the Maumee, Auglaize and Tiffin rivers.

A Columbus-based developer is planning to begin construction soon of new homes on Defiance's southside for low- to moderate-income households.