In Napoleon, city lead­ers on Sat­ur­day, toured the water treat­ment plant, as plans for a large-scale reha­bil­i­ta­tion of the facil­ity are being made. The tour gave coun­cil mem­bers a good chance to see what needs to be done at the plant, as they pre­pare to decide how to pro­ceed with …

Con­struc­tion is under­way at Hil­lan­dale Farms’ new facil­ity east of Hicksville. The Cres­cent News reports that although the rough win­ter we had last year, along with the extremely wet spring, slowed the begin­ning of the con­struc­tion project, it is still on tar­get to be fully oper­a­tional next year. The facil­ity …

Flames caused exten­sive dam­age on Fri­day after­noon to an Angola area home. Accord­ing to the Steuben County sheriff’s office, it hap­pened around 4 FRi­day after­noon at a house just a few miles south of Angola, report­edly owned by Bruce and Evie Adams. The fire depart­ment said flames and heavy smoke …

Donald H. Black, age 89, of Wauseon and formerly of Swanton passed away Thursday at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Prior to his retirement he had been a life long area carpenter. He had also developed the carpentry program at Penta County Vocational School where he taught for 12 years. Mr. …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office has announced that they plan to con­duct a high vis­i­bil­ity traf­fic blitz in con­junc­tion with the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national cam­paign. The blitz begins today and runs through Sept. 1. The sheriff’s office will be work­ing this blitz at var­i­ous times and …

The Defi­ance Fire Depart­ment is get­ting almost $10,000 in fed­eral grant money. $9,595 to be exact, accord­ing to U.S. Sen­a­tor Sher­rod Brown’s office. The money will be used for oper­a­tions and safety, and is being pro­vided through a grant by the U.S. Depart­ment of Home­land Security’s Fed­eral Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency …

What started out as an appar­ent big loss to the com­mu­nity, has instead, turned into some­thing very pos­i­tive. The trans­for­ma­tion of the for­mer Orchard Hills Coun­try Club is pretty much com­plete. A lit­tle more than a year ago, the for­mer pri­vate course re-opened as a pub­lic course, and the oper­a­tors …

Marlene J. Durham, age 81, of Wauseon passed away early Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at The Fulton Manor in Wauseon, OH. Marlene was born in Napoleon, OH on January 1, 1933 to the late Gale and Elma Harmon. On June 3, 1951 she married Donald L. Durham and he survives. …

Lana S. Hook, age 67, of Montpelier, passed away Tuesday evening, August 12, 2014, at the University of Toledo Medical Center, after a valiant seven-year battle with her health. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Ehrman’s Pet Store in Bryan and also at Powertrain in Bryan. …

Wauseon has been awarded $300,000 in grant money for a down­town revi­tal­iza­tion project. The Ful­ton County Com­mis­sion­ers were informed of the award in the com­mu­nity devel­op­ment block grant pro­gram. Prop­erty own­ers can now apply for funds to make upgrades to their build­ings in down­town Wauseon. Wauseon was cho­sen out of …