The Ohio Department of Natural Resources unveiled a newly completed wetland project in Allen County. Area residents and partners gathered to tour the Baughman Project, which spans 19 acres in the northern part of the county near the Allen Oakwood Prison. Over the last year, native vegetation was planted, basins were dug, and pipes were put in place to create 3 main wetlands areas. The hope is these additions will drastically reduce flooding, which has been negatively impacting the surrounding roads, neighborhoods, and property values for around 30 years.

May 11, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Transportation: LIMA, Ohio - (Saturday, May 11, 2024) The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Defiance County Economic Development, and Paulding County Economic Development, Inc. invite the public to attend a ceremony to officially open the reconstructed bridge on U.S. 127 over the Maumee River in Defiance County. The event will be held Friday, May 17, at 10 a.m. on the bridge, located south of the village of Sherwood in Defiance County, and just north of the Paulding County line. The ceremony will take place toward the south end of the bridge. Participants may park on the closed portions of U.S. 127, north and south of the bridge (see map below). The bridge will open to traffic later in the day following the ceremony.

The Ohio Attorney General is turning to the public for help identifying a "John Doe". A dead man was found in the Maumee River in Defiance County on May 24, 2019. The Defiance County Sheriff and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost are asking for assistance to find out who he is. They believe that the man may have entered the water anywhere from the Indiana border to where his body was recovered in the river west of State Route 127 in Defiance County.