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The Bryan City School Board of Education okays a lease with Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers. The agreement refers to a piece of land in the area of the former high school campus, containing around 60 parking spots. The lease is for a period of two years, as the hospital …

Montpelier Village Fire Chief, Dail Fritsch will be stepping down from his post at the beginning of 2020. He is the only full-time fire chief the village has ever employed. Fritsch has been with the department since 1976. He was promoted to chief in 1995.

The Edon Village Council is looking at becoming a charter village. They have put together a fact finding committee to take a look at the possibility. The title, charter village, entitles municipalities to take full advantage of home rule authority. Home rule powers include the power of self-government, the exercise …

State troopers and local officers bring in three fugitives in one operation. Investigators say they worked on locating Edward Dalton of Defiance and Blaine Heisler of Bryan. They were picked up at Dalton’s residence. Also, officers arrive at a Fountain Grove Drive home in Bryan…warrants in hand…and bring in Christopher …

A Bryan man faces a list of charges in connection to the theft of a quantity of prescription drugs from an area drug store. Christopher Ulrich was indicted in a Williams County courtroom for stealing hundreds of pain relief tablets from the Walgreens on Main Street in Bryan. Ulrich is …

A New Hampshire woman is in the lockup in Stryker now after leading officers on a chase on the Turnpike. Officials say troopers spotted Brittany Johnson of Belmont, New Hampshire going nearly 90, heading west out of Archbold. They hit the lights…she hits the gas. The chase ensues into Williams …

Robert Kendall of Bryan will be facing a Williams County judge on drug possession charges after he is indicted. Earlier this month, prosecutors say Kendall was holding several weapons…a pair of handguns and two shotguns…illegally, while in possession of several grams of cocaine and methamphetamine. Investigators say Kendall has a …

A motorcyclist is heading down Highway 20, at speed, in LaGrange County. As he approaches the County Road 300 intersection, Truman Ritchie sees five or six horses on the roadway…coming up quick. Ritchie hits the brakes but tells officers he couldn’t avoid hitting the animals. He is in a Ft. …

An area church wants to help those in need in the Carolinas…this in the wake of Hurricane Florence. St. John’s Lutheran Church on Broad St. in Montpelier has reserved a large freight truck to send “flood buckets,” full of cleaning supplies for those who need help after the storm to …

There’s a great way coming up to learn some of the lesser known items of interest in the history of our area. A guided tour is set up for the 29th at the Fountain Grove cemetery. There, event holders say, you will find the final resting places of some area’s …