Patrick Henry School Dis­trict vot­ers are among many local vot­ers fac­ing ques­tions about whether to renew an oper­at­ing levy. On the Nov. 4 bal­lot is a 5.47-mill, three-year levy, which accord­ing to county offi­cials, gen­er­ates $746,765 annu­ally. A per­son own­ing a house appraised at $100,000 pays $167.51 a year. If …

In Steuben County, the County Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Cen­ter has begun imple­ment­ing new pro­ce­dures when tak­ing med­ical calls after recent reports of Ebola both inter­na­tion­ally and here in the United States. Staff mem­bers already have pre-arrival ques­tion­ing and instruc­tion for med­ical calls. Now how­ever, callers or third-party callers will be asked addi­tional …

IN Defi­ance, the 69th annual Lions Club Hal­loween parade was held Sat­ur­day evening. This year, more than 100 entries took part, includ­ing eight march­ing bands, sev­eral area fire depart­ments, clas­sic and antique cars, school and church groups, and busi­nesses. Parade-goers lined Clin­ton Street from Tri­an­gle Park to First Street, some …

On Sun­day, Bryan Police report­edly arrested 21 year old Jacob Queck­borner of Milledgeville, IL, for OVI. He was taken to CCNO. No fur­ther details have been released by police.

John F. McLaughlin, age 88, of Wauseon passed away late Wednesday October 22, 2014 in his home. Prior to his retirement he had been Plant Manager for the former McCord Corporation in Wauseon. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home.

Adriane K. Huffman, age 34, of Columbus, and formerly of Archbold, passed away unexpectedly in her home on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Adriane’s love of animals was so strong that she became a Veterinarian. As a Veterinarian she became an expert in the rehabilitation of animals. Arrangements are pending at …

Good week­end eat­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties. The Scar­let Strut­ters Baton Corps will hold the annual fundraiser chili din­ner Sun­day at Ayersville United Methodist Church on Defi­ance Ayersville Road. Buy­ing a chili din­ner for 6 dol­lars gets you a free refill. Money goes to cos­tumes and trips for the baton corps. And the …

It is begin­ning to look like Christ­mas in Bryan and it’s not even Hal­loween. Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties elec­tri­cal work­ers have been string­ing up Christ­mas lights down­town on the light poles. There are 61 days between today and Christ­mas Day.

In Napoleon, the fire chief is quit­ting, but the rea­sons are unclear. Robert Ben­nett told city offi­cials he would resign effec­tive Novem­ber first and Coun­cil was asked at this week’s meet­ing to pass an agree­ment of sep­a­ra­tion, which it did with­out debate. When asked how come Ben­nett was placed on …

The State High­way Patrol reminds dri­vers that this is the sea­son when deer are very active and most car and deer col­li­sions hap­pen. Sun­day a car was heav­ily dam­aged hit­ting a deer on US 127 in Wash­ing­ton Town­ship in Defi­ance County. On Mon­day a car hit a deer also in …