Miami County commissioners approved a more than $2 million road asphalt concrete paving contract for this year that includes around $100,000 in paving of driveways at the county Fairgrounds that commissioners said badly need attention.

The Miami County commissioners say they are pleased the sheriff’s office has been able to rent some beds to other jurisdictions for both male and female prisoners since opening the third pod at the county Incarceration Facility this spring.

The Miami County Board of Elections agreed Tuesday, June 27, to contract with a company to bill for elections services provided during the May 2 primary/special election and participate in a pilot program for ballot synchronization.

Miami County’s coroner reports seeing a decrease in heroin deaths but an increase in fentanyl and carfentanil deaths.

At the June 13, 2017 meeting of the Bethel Township Trustees, the trustees tabled a request from Jamie Spencer to rezone 20.

The final assessments for property owners along the Phoneton water line extension project will be less than half the original estimate, the Miami County commissioners were told June 7.

At the May 9, 2017 meeting of the Bethel Township Miami Trustees, the trustees passed a resolution renewing the contract with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield for health insurance coverage for township officials and full-time employees effective June 1, 2017.

Residents of the Bethel Local Schools district will be asked in the May 2 election to renew two levies for district operations and capital improvements.

At the April 11, 2017 meeting of the Bethel Township Trustees, the trustees held a public hearing before their regular meeting to discuss the proposed rezoning of two parcels at 9140 SR 202 and 4423 E US 40 from business to I-1 Light Industrial.

Eight years in prison was ordered March 30 for a Bethel Township, Miami County, man who told a judge there was “no excuse” for behavior that led to his conviction for gross sexual imposition.