Now to North­west State, where over 140 grad­u­ates received their degrees on Mon­day evening at the Voinovich Audi­to­rium. This is the first time a fall com­mence­ment has been held for the com­mu­nity col­lege, accord­ing to Dr. Cindy Krueger, VP of aca­d­e­mics and stu­dent services.

The race for mayor in Defi­ance was an expen­sive one for the win­ner, Repub­li­can Mike McCann. He spent just over $25,000 to unseat incum­bent Bob Arm­strong and fend off Inde­pen­dent Brian Brown in the recent Novem­ber elec­tion. This is the sec­ond time McCann ran to be mayor. The first time, …

They’re appar­ently good with num­bers in the Wauseon school dis­trict. After decid­ing to refi­nance the school’s debt, the dis­trict will save about $45,000 a year on inter­est. David Tiggett of Fifth Third Secu­ri­ties told school lead­ers on Mon­day that sav­ings is nearly triple the indus­try stan­dard. It’s an 8.4 per­cent …

A Pauld­ing County man is charged with rape of a child under the age of 13. He is 25-year-old Matthew Weber. He was indicted on one count of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, and two counts of rape. The charges involve a six-year-old child, accord­ing to the release. At his pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing, …

Alice Jean (A.J.) Goldsmith, 87 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at her residence with her family by her side. Alice was born on April 17, 1928 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Oscar Ward and Winifred (Hutchinson) Eaton. She was a 1946 graduate of …

Arthur L. Hug, age 72, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:18 P.M. on Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient. A lifelong resident of Edgerton and a veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Hug was a 1960 graduate of …

A man was sen­tenced to prison on Mon­day after being charged with grand theft. Shon Cantu was given a 58 month prison term with credit for 75 days served in jail while his case was pending. Cantu was sen­tenced in Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas court for three counts of grand theft …

A Pauld­ing man was charged with under­age con­sump­tion of alco­hol and dis­or­derly con­duct over the week­end. Defi­ance Police arrested Seth Aldrich. The 20-year-old was picked up after an inci­dent in the 500 block of Hop­kins St. Defi­ance police arrested a 25-year-old Thur­man St. man for domes­tic vio­lence. Justin Jack­man was …

If you’re a blood donor, there’s a mini blood drive sched­uled for tomor­row at the EOC in Napoleon. Dona­tions are made by appoint­ment only from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For res­i­dents who want to sched­ule a donor appoint­ment, con­tact Janet at 419–967-0976. Again that’s tomor­row between 9 a.m. and …

The Wayne Trace Local Board of Edu­ca­tion wants to hear from the pub­lic about next year’s school cal­en­dar, that’s for 2016–2017. They’ll hold a pub­lic meet­ing on Thurs­day at 6 p.m., just before their reg­u­larly sched­uled monthly meet­ing at 6:15 p.m.