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Bryan Municipal Utilities honored for reliability

Bryan Municipal Utilities has earned a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3®) designation from the American Public Power Association for providing reliable and safe electric service. The RP3 designation recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate high proficiency in reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvement. This is the fourth time BMU …

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Vacant gas station to be assessed for clean up

The former Certifiied gas station property at South Main and East Maple streets is closer to being cleaned up. Yesterday, the Williams County Commissioners ok’d a California company to provide an assessment to determine if the property has an environmental contamination. The gas station tanks buried beneath the site have …

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Bank robbery suspects in custody

The two suspects wanted in connection to the March robbery of a bank in Branch County, Michigan were arrested near Cincinnati yesterday. 32-year-old John Morgan and 29-year-old Nickole Collins were taken in custody after a traffic stop. They are awaiting extradition back to Branch County, Mich., in connection with the …

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Four arrests

4 arrests were made recently by Williams County Sheriffs Deputies. 24 year old Brittany Reetz of Bryan was arrested and charged with domestic violence. 27 year old Christopher Rosas of Bryan was arrested on a felony warrant for trafficking in marijuana and permitting drug abuse. A Butler, Indiana man, 23 …

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Wilma Jean Perry, 92

Wilma Jean Perry, 92 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, April 1, 2016 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio. Wilma was born November 24, 1923 in Edgerton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Shirley and Carmen (Lind) Curry. She was a 1941 graduate of Hicksville High …

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Richard L. Alwood, 85

Richard L. Alwood, age 85, of Edon, Ohio, died at 3:16 P.M. on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient after a brief illness. Mr. Alwood was a 1949 graduate of Edon High School and was a veteran of …

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Cleveland accused murderer’s trial to start today

A case that shocked Ohio three years ago is coming up for trial beginning today. Michael Madison is the man suspected of killing three women and wrapping their bodies in garbage bags. The case seemed a bit overshadowed by two other Cleveland murderers, Ariel Castro and Anthony Sowell, who killed …

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Rose Marie Butcher, 83

Rose Marie Butcher, 83, of Montpelier, passed away early Sunday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. She was born on August 12, 1932 in Montpelier to Henry A. and Lucy (Gee) Majean. Rose graduated from Montpelier High School in 1950 and attended Bowling Green State University where she …

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Walmart truck topples over in high winds

High winds toppled over a semi on Sunday evening on U.S. 24 in Henry County. The crash of the WalMart truck happened about 6:30 p.m. just east of Okolona and caused the highway to be closed westbound while the crash was cleared. The driver was not seriously hurt and did …

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Mitchell D. Strock, 56

Mitchell D. Strock, 56 years, formerly of California, currently of Paulding, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. Mitchell was born September 5, 1959 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, son of the late George O. and Helen J. (Hawk) Strock. He worked at …

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