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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over runs from Aug. 16 to Sept. 2nd. The Williams County Sher­iff says that this sum­mer, Williams County has expe­ri­enced an increase in impaired dri­ving vio­la­tions, includ­ing sev­eral fatal-alcohol related crashes. There has also been an increase in OVI cita­tions, may includ­ing unusu­ally high blood …

The 51 dogs that were seized last week from Skinny Lit­tle Buddy’s are improv­ing. The Williams County Humane Soci­ety has been car­ing for them, and they report that the dogs have all been checked by a vet, and all but a cou­ple will be put up for adop­tion. Last Fri­day, …

It seems there’s a lit­tle too much corn in some areas. Tall corn stalks have given some dri­vers some prob­lems at some inter­sec­tions. Local offi­cials say that some­times, some farm­ers plant some corn a lit­tle too close to the the ditch at inter­sec­tions. That causes a prob­lem with vis­i­bil­ity at …

A long-time Napoleon fire­man and a man who was cur­rently serv­ing as a mem­ber of the Napoleon City Coun­cil has passed away. 80 year old James Her­sh­berger died Tues­day at the Uni­ver­sity of Toledo Med­ical Cen­ter. Emer­gency crews answered a call for help on Mon­day evening at the Napoleon City …

Farm­ers & Mer­chants State Bank, head­quar­tered in Arch­bold and Croghan Colo­nial Bank, head­quar­tered in Fre­mont jointly announced on Wednes­day that F&M has entered into an agree­ment with Croghan to acquire the Cus­tar, Ohio branch of Croghan as well as the loans and deposit lia­bil­i­ties of the branch. The branch has …

Williams County native and Vil­lage of Mont­pe­lier Coun­cil Mem­ber Jason Rockey has announced his can­di­dacy for State Rep­re­sen­ti­tive of Ohio’s 81st house dis­trict, cov­er­ing Williams, Henry, Put­nam, and parts of Ful­ton Coun­ties. Rockey has served as a mem­ber of Montpelier’s coun­cil for six years and has been an active mem­ber …

Police in Cal­houn County Michi­gan report that a man from Stryker was killed and his wife was injured in a single-vehicle crash Mon­day night in south­ern Michi­gan. 81 year old Fred­er­ick Clair lost con­trol of his SUV, went off the road, and rolled sev­eral times on Inter­state 69. It hap­pened …

A man was found guilty of grand theft on Tues­day related to the 2011 sus­pen­sion of the Arch­bold Elevator’s license. The Ful­ton County Pros­e­cut­ing Attor­ney reports that William Fricke of Wauseon plead no con­test to the charge in Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court. Fricke also pled guilty to a num­ber …

Pioneer’s annual sum­mer fes­ti­val, this year named Pio­neer Ger­man­fest, returns this week­end. The Fes­ti­val will kick off at 5 p.m. Fri­day with a hog roast at the Pio­neer Fire Depart­ment and the fun lasts all week­end. The Happy Times Polka Band will per­form and there will be a beer tent …

The 160th HENRY COUNTY FAIR kicks off this Fri­day, August 9th with a horse pull begin­ning at noon and a truck pull begin­ning at 6pm. The fair runs through next Thurs­day, August 15th on South Perry Street in Napoleon. Daily admis­sion is just $7 per per­son for those 13 and …