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Three peo­ple were injured in a motor­cy­cle crash in Henry County on Mon­day evening. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office reports the crash hap­pened at about 8PM at East and Plum streets, when a motor­cy­cle dri­ven by 31 year old Toby Borstel­man of Lib­erty Cen­ter ran into the rear of a …

Some funny money has turned up in the area, and busi­nesses are not laugh­ing. Sev­eral Pauld­ing County busi­nesses, espe­cially gas sta­tions, have found some coun­ter­feit $20 bills in their tills. The cur­rency looks and feels dif­fer­ently, the color is a lit­tle darker and the cut around the edge in uneven, …

Edgerton’s fis­cal deficit was the main con­cern at the Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil meet­ing Mon­day evening. Fire Chief Scott Blue told coun­cil he got a bid for a much-needed new fire truck. The cost of the new tanker would be $248,202, with the bulk of it to be paid by a …

The Bryan City Board of Edu­ca­tion agreed at their Mon­day night meet­ing that the pro­posed new build­ing for grades 6–12 will be designed as a two-story struc­ture. The two-story plan was approved fol­low­ing exam­i­na­tion of archi­tects’ esti­mates on the con­struc­tion and main­te­nance of a one-story vs. a two-story build­ing. The …

The Defi­ance County Chap­ter of the Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Wednes­day, Aug. 26, from 2–7 p.m. at the Fam­ily Chris­t­ian Cen­ter on E. Sec­ond St., Defi­ance. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS. There is a short­age of blood with all types of blood needed. The …

A man from Angola has been arrested on sex charges. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office reports that 23 year old Day­ton Pen­land has been charged with four felony child molesta­tion charges involv­ing a child under the age of 14. Sheriff’s offi­cers say the molesta­tion hap­pened between March and the end …

Two motor­cy­cle dri­vers were taken to hos­pi­tals with injuries after a motor­cy­cle crash in Henry County. It hap­pened on State Route 109 near Cherry Street in Lib­erty Cen­ter. The police report says two motor­cy­cles were involved. Inves­ti­ga­tors say it appears that one biker rear-ended the other, caus­ing the first motor­cy­cle …

Arrests and prop­erty seizures resulted from a big drug sweep through the area. More than $1 Mil­lion worth of mar­i­juana plants were seized by area law enforce­ment offi­cers through­out a five county area includ­ing Williams, Ful­ton, Henry, Put­nam, and Defi­ance coun­ties last week. The total was actu­ally 1,176 pot plants …

You may already know, but if not… that boil advi­sory for water in the vil­lage of Pauld­ing has been lifted. The vil­lage util­i­ties depart­ment reports that water in the dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem has been tested and is safe to use for drink­ing and cook­ing with­out hav­ing to boil it. Pauld­ing had …

Pauld­ing County com­mis­sion­ers are tak­ing a seri­ous look at some dan­ger­ous inter­sec­tions along U.S. 24. Com­mis­sion­ers have met with other agen­cies to dis­cuss the inter­sec­tions at length in order to get to the bot­tom of what may be the cause of the many acci­dents where county roads cross the high­way. …