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The Pauld­ing County Fair is almost ready to kick off. This year’s fair will be June 10–15 in Pauld­ing. Admis­sion is free. Each day there will be games and rides from D&D Putting and Amuse­ments from 1–10 p.m. Grenko pony rides and games also will be at the fair. GMH …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Defi­ance County will hold a blood drive on Thurs­day from 1–7 p.m. in Hicksville at the First Church of Christ in the gym­na­sium. To sched­ule an appoint­ment call 800–733-2767

The 135th annual com­mence­ment cer­a­mony at Bryan High School on Sun­day saw 140 seniors grad­u­ate. Class vice pres­i­dents Luke Shaf­fer and Brit­tany Green­ler greeted those in atten­dance and expressed their great appre­ci­a­tion on behalf of their class­mates to fam­ily, friends, admin­is­tra­tion and staff for their sup­port through­out their aca­d­e­mic persuits.

The threat of tor­na­does caused offi­cials of the Relay for Life of Pauld­ing County to sus­pend the relay from mid­night on Fri­day night until 6 a.m. Sat­ur­day morn­ing, when it con­tin­ued until clos­ing cer­e­monies at noon. The relay was held at the Pauld­ing County Fair­grounds. There was a wind-related injury …

ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal is offer­ing free mam­mo­grams to unin­sured and under insured patients on Wednes­day. The goal is to pro­vide free mam­mo­grams for women or men who have not had one within the last 24 months or per­sons with a per­sonal his­tory of breast can­cer, a close rel­a­tive who …

A for­mer Henry County com­mis­sioner charged with hav­ing an unlaw­ful inter­est in a con­tract will have his case heard by a vis­it­ing judge. 63 year old Richard Myers on Fri­day waived his right to a jury trial in Henry County Com­mon Pleas Court, choos­ing instead to have a bench trial …

Some recent sen­tenc­ings in Henry County Com­mon Pleas Court… Daniel Bet­tis of Hamil­ton, Ohio pled guilty to Impor­tun­ing, and Unlaw­ful Sex­ual Con­duct with a Minor involv­ing ille­gal con­tact with a juve­nile through the inter­net or telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions, to engage in sex­ual activ­ity. Bet­tis was sen­tenced by Judge John Col­lier to a …

A sec­tion of Indi­ana 8 east of Auburn will be closed for sev­eral days this month for a pipe replace­ment. The road will close between DeKalb County Roads 49 and 51, begin­ning June 10 and through the end of the day June 14, weather per­mit­ting, accord­ing to the Indi­ana Depart­ment …

Bryan Police arrested a Byran man yes­ter­day morn­ing. 22 year old Cody Fen­ton of South Main Street in Bryan was arrested on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for fail­ing to appear at at hear­ing in Bryan. He was taken to Bryan court, and then released.

Den­nis Miller, from the Maumee Val­ley Plan­ning Orga­ni­za­tion, met with Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers Thurs­day after­noon. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, there’s a prob­lem that needs some seri­ous atten­tion. Miller said that in 2006 the North­west Water Dis­trict bor­rowed $2.2 mil­lion from the Ohio Water Devel­op­ment Agency to finance a water …