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A letter is being sent to the City of Toledo demanding payment of $1.1 million following action taken during Monday’s lengthy meeting of the Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio that oversees the regional jail operations. Members met in executive session for 32 minutes to discuss pending and imminent litigation. In …

Action was taken Wednesday afternoon by Defiance City Board of Education concerning another phase of the construction project. In addition, there was discussion about solar energy options at the site. The board approved the guaranteed maximum price of 1.8 million dollars for technology and communications for the grades 6-12 building …

County Auditors from around the state who were looking for illegal credit card machine skimmers over the Labor Day holiday say the effort was a success. Auditors from around Ohio checked out 1400 gas stations….a total of 12,000 gas pumps….throughout the Labor Day weekend, looking for illegal devices attached to …

The Williams Soil and Water Conservation District will be hosting a Pollinator Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. in the Williams SWCD meeting room at 1120 W. High St. in Bryan. Topics that will be discussed include grassland habitat, pollinators, planting guidelines, helpful native wildflowers and how these …

Williams County Commissioners unanimously approved three annexations from Pulaski Township into the city of Bryan during an annexation hearing Monday. The annexations, totaling 3.62 acres, were presented together by local attorney Ryan Thompson. There were no public comments or objections made to the annexation request. Two of the parcels are …

A Mason City mom accused of making her children sleep in a feces-covered room faces criminal charges. 25 year old Alexis Rae Martinez was arrested Monday morning on three counts of felony neglect of a dependent person. According to Mason City Police Investigator Seth McChesney, three criminal complaints that covered …

Five local companies submitted bids to Williams County commissioners for the Durham Estates sanitary sewer improvements project. The work includes removing the old treatment plant northwest of Belfast Lane abutting the Orchard Hills Golf Course and running lines from there along Country Club Drive to tie into an existing main …

Fulton County Sheriff Roy Miller recently released results from a traffic enforcement blitz that was conducted Aug. 19 through Sept. 5 in conjunction with the Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over campaign. Deputies that worked this blitz made 78 traffic stops and issued 26 citations. The citations issued were for …

State Sen. Cliff Hite said the Bryan City School district’s new grade six through 12 building is a perfect example of what can be accomplished with the city’s “can-do” attitude. Speaking at Sunday’s dedication of the new school building, Hite recounted how he first learned about this attitude when he …

The Hanford Police Department said a woman was arrested Friday after she crashed into a house. Around 9:05 p.m., police were called to the 2400 block of Michael Way for a vehicle that had crashed into a residence. Police said officers found 24 year old Shandon Crawford leaning against a …