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The Clothes for Kids program, through the Defiance Area Foundation, wants sponsors to help get the academic year started. The program does not take donations of used clothing. Children enrolled in the program are not identified, only their clothing sizes are given to sponsors. Sponsors will be given a list …

The unemployment rate in Fulton County for July was up from the previous month. It was at 5.1 percent in the county, up from 4.6 percent in June. Last July, the rate was also 5.1 percent in Fulton County. The labor force estimate shows a labor force of 22,500 there, …

It just isn’t getting any easier for proponents of the aquifer plan to sell water to surrounding communities in the region. Now, the Defiance County Commissioners opposed Artesian of Pioneer’s plans to offer the water at a price to Henry County, Liberty Center, Whitehouse and some Toledo suburbs. The panel …

One person is hurt in a head on collision at the intersection of State Road 1 and County Road 64 in DeKalb County, halfway between Spencerville and St. Joe. Stephen Witte was traveling south on 1 when he encountered traffic that had slowed because of another vehicle turning left. Witte …

ODOT has a list of projects underway in Williams County. Officials say about seven million dollars in road construction is taking place on projects like the one on Highway 6, from the 49 cutoff to the Ohio 15 interchange…it gets a new asphalt surface. Another project is a culvert replacement …

It’s time to clean up, Bryan! They call it a spruce up day. Residents can help if they like. The 2018 Bryan Clean Up Day is set for September 15th. It will focus on sweeping sidewalks, pulling weeds and removing trash around the storefronts on the square, and in the …

The Williams County Health District earns accreditation from the national Public Health Accreditation Board. Ohio requires county health departments to be accredited by July 1, 2020. Williams County is just the 20th of 88 counties in the state to receive the distinction. It means the health district meets or exceeds …

Charles Raynor of Bryan pleads guilty to sexual battery charges in a Williams County courtroom. Prosecutors say Raynor, who was indicted in March, had sex with a female he was the guardian of. It’s just one of several cases he and his family are involved in. Raynor has a court …

A Napoleon construction worker dies on an area road. Officers say Michael Massucci of Waterville was eastbound on Highway 24 near mile marker 42…when Nathan Soto stepped out of his construction truck on the shoulder of the roadway. Witnesses told officers Massucci was changing lanes when he hit Soto, killing …

A Stryker man dies in a crash north of Defiance. Investigators say Dean Shrider was on a motorcycle northbound on Ohio 66. Sara McGinnis of Archbold, was driving southbound on 66. McGinnis’ Chrysler was passing another vehicle south of Banner School Road when it struck the motorcycle head-on. Shrider was …