Sher­wood res­i­dents can meet the Mayor and the newly-elected coun­cil this Sat­ur­day. They’ll be at the Sher­wood Branch library at 10 a.m. to meet res­i­dents and dis­cuss what is going on in the vil­lage and address con­cerns. Donuts and cof­fee will be provided.

Defi­ance High School’s National Honor Soci­ety mem­bers are not tak­ing Mar­tin Luther King, Jr. Day off on Mon­day. Instead, stu­dents have cre­ated a long list of projects where indi­vid­u­als can vol­un­teer as a trib­ute to the fallen civil rights leader. The film “Selma” will be shown at the Defi­ance Library …

After Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion got three board mem­bers sworn in this week, they approved their par­tic­i­pa­tion in OhioCheckBook.com, which allows tax­pay­ers to search a web­site to see how tax money is being spent. The two board mem­bers re-elected last Novem­ber were Wes Moats and Chris Ober­lin. Garry Roden­berger …

The Swan­ton school dis­trict has begun dis­trib­ut­ing new lap­tops to high school stu­dents and fifth graders. About 500 were handed out Wednes­day. The plan is to have the mid­dle school stu­dents get theirs next school year. While 97 per­cent of the stu­dents say they have access to com­put­ers for school …

A crash on north­bound I-69 south of Angola injured a Fort Wayne woman Thurs­day morn­ing. The rollover crash hap­pened about 7:45 a.m. The vic­tim, Krista Stults, was found in her pickup truck, which was on the driver’s side. She was taken to Parkview Regional for treat­ment of injuries. No one …

A free train­ing pro­gram on gangs is planned for Feb­ru­ary 3rd in Angola at Trine University’s Fabi­ani The­ater. In the morn­ing ses­sion, speaker Bruce Malkin, Pres­i­dent of the Illi­nois Chap­ter of the Mid­west Gang Inves­ti­ga­tors Asso­ci­a­tion, will speak on how gangs impact communities. It’s hosted by the Indi­ana Chap­ter of …

Harold J. Busha, age 69, of rural Fremont, Indiana, died at 9:10 A.M. on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Angola, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Busha was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam with the rank of Sargent. …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office is look­ing for 27-year-old Jacob Stilt­ner. He’s wanted on drug charges and has a war­rant for his arrest. Any­one with infor­ma­tion on his where­abouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office.

A dis­play at the Tut­tle Museum in Defi­ance has won statewide recog­ni­tion. The Sim­plex Air­craft Cor­po­ra­tion exhibit shows the city’s role in avi­a­tion. It received a 2015 His­tory Out­reach Award for pro­mot­ing local his­tory by the Ohio Local His­tory Alliance in Colum­bus. The exhibit will be on dis­play through December.

Hicksville’s Board of Edu­ca­tion is con­sid­er­ing expand­ing school facil­i­ties, after the Super­in­ten­dent brought up the con­cern of hav­ing out­grown the cur­rent accom­mo­da­tions. Super­in­ten­dent Keith Coun­try­man told the board they need more room for a preschool pro­gram and fund­ing is avail­able. There’s a need for more high school rooms and units …