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Temperatures hovering around 40 degrees with blowing wind did not stop hundreds of people from swarming into the near-freezing waters of Hamilton Lake Saturday afternoon. While many people might be wondering why, the simple answer was why not? This was the 24th year for the Jack Gibson Memorial Polar Bear …

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced that the state’s new online voter registration system went live at midnight on New Year’s Day. Ohioans wishing to register to vote or update their registration can visit MyOhioVote.com/VoterRegistration to get started. At Secretary Husted’s request, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 63, …

The annual Williams County Business and Industry Show is changing locations and shaping up to be much bigger and potentially much better in 2017 with more room to breathe for exhibitors and attendees alike. The Bryan Times reports the show will be held at the New Era auditorium on West …

Edgerton has a paid off a four-decade old debt that has put the village in a position to be relieved of its fiscal emergency status. Edgerton Village Administrator Dawn Fitzcharles announced the village paid off an outstanding sewer debt of nearly $293,000. The debt goes back to the 1970s, when …

Brian Davis has resigned and Patti Rockey is the new chairperson of the Williams County Republican Party. The Bryan Times reports Davis, a Williams County commissioner, resigned at the Dec. 13 monthly party committee meeting and party members selected Rockey as the new chair. She is the Williams County recorder. …

41 year old Jade Herzog was apprehended by Williams County Sheriff’s Office deputies early New Years Day and is facing multiple charges after a crime spree and pursuit that began on December 26 in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Herzog, who was on medical leave from the Hillsdale County Jail, walked …

28 year old Jessica L. Storer of South Ave., Pandora, was arraigned on Dec. 22 in court on charges of sexual battery and six counts of furnishing alcohol to an underage person. She pleaded not guilty. 33 year old Derrick Storer also of South Ave. in Pandora, was charged with …

A New Bavaria man has entered not guilty pleas to a 100-count indictment in Henry County Common Pleas Court in a case that dates back to September 1. 37 year old Jason Ladd was indicted on 50 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and …

A Napoleon man has entered pleas to charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault. Scott Houser pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault this week in Henry County Common Pleas Court. Two counts of aggravated vehicular assault will be dismissed at sentencing. Houser had initially been charged with …

The Steuben County’s Prosecutors Office says an Angola man who stabbed his fiancee and killed her brother in an early April altercation has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. 32 year old Edwin Garcia pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and attempted voluntary manslaughter last Thursday in Steuben Circuit Court. The case …