They’re tear­ing down and build­ing up again in Defi­ance where Arch­bold based D and R Demo­li­tion has torn down a house and shed located nor far from Defi­ance High School. That demo­li­tion is to get ready to build­ing a school for grades 6 through 12. They’ve also been doing work …

A local vet­eran is being remem­bered for his ser­vice to the Union Army. Defi­ance native Albert Wil­helm King will be hon­ored with a makrer at Rive­side Cemetary in Defi­ance dur­ing a cer­e­mony Sun­day after­noon. At the cer­e­mony, a Civil War head­stone will be placed next to Kings final rest­ing place …

As they try to curb van­dal­ism, mem­bers of Defi­ance City Coun­cil have approved the instal­la­tion of video sur­veil­lance equip­ment in city parks. The equip­ment will be inst­lalled at Kings­bury, Latty’s Grove and River­side Parks. The secu­rity firmADT will do the instal­la­tion. The cost of those instal­la­tions will cost just under …

More com­pa­nies are look­ing to build and expand in Bryan. The city zon­ing office says there have been a dozen com­mer­cial build­ing per­mits received and approved so far this year. There were just nine in all of last year. The biggest to date, says the Bryan Times, is the ren­o­va­tion …

New own­ers for Arps Dairy in Defi­ance. That facil­ity is fed by 16 area dairy farms. The Bryan Times quotes new own­ers as say­ing the oper­a­tions there will largely stay the same. They do have plans to roll out a pre­mium milk line next month from its 220 North Clin­ton …

Richard A. “Dick” Miller, age 95, of Las Cruses, New Mexico and formerly of Wauseon and Swanton passed away Monday September 21, 2015. Prior to his retirement from Matlock Trucking he had retired from the US Air Force after 20 years. Mr. Miller was born in Wauseon on August 11, …

Wauseon vot­ers who want a new com­mu­nity pool will be putting their money where their mouths are in the Novem­ber elec­tion. A bal­lot ques­tion will deter­mine whether vot­ers are will­ing to fund a five year 2.6 mill tax levy to finance con­suc­tion of the com­mu­nity pool. For a per­son who …

There’s a pro­posal on the table to expand the safety build­ing in the Vil­lage of Pio­neer. The Bryan Times reports right now the idea is being con­sid­ered to see if some­thing like that could be done with­out rais­ing taxes. What they want to do is add three addtional bays, totalling …

A hear­ing was held this week for an Orland man who police say is charged in con­nec­tion with a fatal traf­fic acci­dent on August 22nd near Hud­son. 24-year-old Noe Munoz-Rubio is fac­ing a felony charge of O.W.I. Caus­ing Death and also Dri­ving While Sus­pended and Speed­ing. State Police in Indi­ana …

A man who col­lapsed while square danc­ing has an Urgent Care physi­cian to thank for likely sav­ing his life. The inci­dent hap­pened on Sep­tem­ber 25th at the YMCA of Steuben County. Dr Wilmer Iler was there with his wife, as they were each week for dance class. Another man who …