Con­struc­tion is under­way at CCNO. Jim Den­nis, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio, announced Wednes­day that con­struc­tion for a new fenced-in cor­ri­dor between the main jail and the facility’s work release build­ing has begun. The $49,000 project, when com­pleted some­time next month weather per­mit­ting, will improve over­all …

Rick Edmonds, super­in­ten­dent of the Defi­ance County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties (DD), will offi­cially be retired on Jan­u­ary 3rd after 36 years in edu­ca­tion. As super­in­ten­dent of the Defi­ance County Board of DD since 1992, Edmonds has been respon­si­ble for over­see­ing many pro­grams includ­ing Good Samar­i­tan School, adult and res­i­den­tial …

The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers dis­cussed work on the ele­va­tor at the Henry County cour­t­house at their reg­u­lar meet­ing this week. The com­mis­sion­ers met with rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Tech­ni­cian Design Group to dis­cuss bid spec­i­fi­ca­tions for the reha­bil­i­ta­tion of the ele­va­tor at the cour­t­house. The com­mis­sion­ers also met with Judges Denise McCol­ley …

A spe­cial meet­ing of the Wauseon City Coun­cil has been sched­uled for today in the coun­cil cham­bers in Wauseon. Coun­cil will meet to con­sider two leg­isla­tive items, includ­ing a res­o­lu­tion autho­riz­ing the finance direc­tor to amend cer­tain line account appro­pri­a­tions, and another autho­riz­ing the police depart­ment to adopt the Wauseon …

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives with The Man­nik and Smith Group and the Henry County engineer’s office pre­sented res­i­dents, busi­ness­men, and city and county offi­cials, with an update on the pre­ferred alter­na­tive for a new River cross­ing in Napoleon dur­ing a pub­lic forum which was held on Mon­day. The pro­posed cross­ing will pro­vide a …

E. Jean (DeGroff) Good, 94 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, December 16, 2013 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Jean was born March 7, 1919 in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Florence Belle (Laser) DeGroff.  She was a 1937 graduate of Bryan High School.  She …

Today’s the day seven county gov­ern­ment offices will begin mov­ing into the new East Annex offices com­plex. The 14 depart­ment heads of the agen­cies mov­ing in got to tour the build­ing on Mon­day and were excited with the ameni­ties pro­vided by the new facility.

Bryan Con­trac­tor S&S Direc­tional Bor­ing is fus­ing together seg­ments of a new water pipeline which will be pulled through a tun­nel bored beneath the Maumee River in Defi­ance. The 20 inch pipe will run 4 feet under the river and should be in place by the end of the month. …

Ball State Uni­ver­sity eco­nomic researchers say the most under­val­ued city in the state of Indi­ana is Fort Wayne, and it is more likely for an eco­nomic and devel­op­ment turn­around than other areas of Indi­ana. The aver­age income in Fort Wayne went up 5% last year, faster than the rate in …

At least two win­ning tick­ets hit the Mega Mil­lion num­bers. One at a gift shop in San Jose, Cal­i­for­nia, and the other at a news­stand in Atlanta. It is pos­si­ble other win­ners could be announced.