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Edith Mae “Penny” Yoder, 79

Edith Mae “Penny” Yoder, age 79 of Edon, Ohio, went to be with her Lord at 8:32 P.M. on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Yoder was an avid collector of many things and enjoyed baking for friends and relatives and working in her …

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Mary Jo Jones, 58

Mary Jo Jones, age 58, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family at 7:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 19, 2013. She fought a long and hard battle with cancer, often times tackling it with great humor and using her illness as a chance …

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SEX OFFENDER HAS HIS DAY IN COURT

Daniel Bignell Jr. made his ini­tial appear­ance in Williams County Court Thurs­day morn­ing… sort of. Actu­ally, Bignell appeared in court via video from the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. The 40-year-old from Mont­pe­lier was arrested Tues­day by Williams County sheriff’s deputies on a grand jury secret indict­ment. Bignell stands accused …

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FIRE IN DEFIANCE DISPLACES RESIDENTS

Flames have forced a Defi­ance fam­ily from their home. The Defi­ance Fire Depart­ment was called out to 800 Jack­son Avenue and mutual aid was pro­vided by fire­fight­ers from Noble Town­ship and High­land Town­ship fire depart­ments. Also assist­ing was the Defi­ance County chap­ter of the Amer­ica Red Cross. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the …

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PROPOSED TAX LEVY FACING OPPOSITION IN DEFIANCE

Some Defi­ance res­i­dents are not in favor of a pro­posed income tax levy for police and fire ser­vices. At least one per­son has filed a “form 30D” with the Defi­ance County Board of Elec­tions, nam­ing him­self as trea­surer of a polit­i­cal action com­mit­tee known as “Cit­i­zens for Finan­cially Respon­si­ble Defi­ance.“ …

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STEUBEN SHERIFF ISSUES LAKE REPORT

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says for the sec­ond sum­mer in a row, there were no major boat­ing acci­dents or drown­ings on lakes in Steuben County. The Steuben County Sher­iff Office Marine Patrol spent 542.5 hours on county lakes. That amounts to the equiv­a­lent of about 22 days. Offi­cers issued …

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PAULDING CAUV RATES INCREASING DRAMATICALLY

Pauld­ing County farm­ers could be in for a rude awak­en­ing when they get their tax bills in Jan­u­ary. The CAUV (or cur­rent agri­cul­tural use value) is going up for many soil types in the county. The CAUV rate is going from $670 an acre to $1,600 an acre for crop …

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Virginia Harter, 83

Virginia L. Harter, age 83, of Bryan, passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at Genisis Healthcare in Bryan. She was a member of the Bryan First Church of Christ and had worked as a press operator at Ohio Art Company. Born on June 2, 1930, near Hicksville, Ohio, she …

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Dave Fackler, 70

Aubrey David Fackler “Dave”, 70, of rural Camden, Michigan passed away at home early Wednesday morning.  He was born on September 30, 1942 in Bryan, Ohio to George Elden and Mabel Mae (Martin) Fackler.  On September 29, 1963 he married Carlene Kay Chamberlain, in Pioneer and she survives. Dave retired from Aro …

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Eugene, Cole, 70

Eugene H. Cole, Sr. age 70, of Detroit, Michigan, died Sunday in his home. He was born February 09, 1943 in Perry, Michigan to the late Donald B. and Doris A. (Bell) Cole. Eugene retired from 20 years of United States Naval service, serving active duty in Vietnam from 1966-1973. …

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