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Teachers in Archbold schools will be getting a raise. The Archbold Area Board of Education and the district’s teachers’ union agreed Wednesday on a contract that has pay raises in store for teachers. Teachers will receive a 2 percent increase in the first and second years of the three-year contract, …

Clean-up crews worked Tuesday and into Wednesday night after more than 200 gallons of “food-grade product” spilled into the Auglaize River in Defiance. The Ohio Environment Protection Agency was in Defiance on Wednesday after vegetable oil from a facility on Greenler Street accidently ended up in the river. According to …

A head on collision on U-S 6 near Waterloo seriously injured three people just before 8 p-m Wednesday. DeKalb County deputies say it happened in the 4300 block of U-S 6 when one car crossed the center line to turn into a driveway and struck the other head-on. That first …

A Defiance man was arrested Tuesday for three felony sex offense charges. The Defiance Police Department charged 43-year-old Russell Detwiler II with rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition. Reports say the charges stem from alleged incidents involving two victims who were younger than 13. Detwiler is in the …

A man was shot at the shooting range in Napoleon Tuesday evening and at this point it’s thought to be accidental, though an investigation will determine what happened. A victim is in critical condition after the incident on County Road 15A in Napoleon about 8:15 p.m. According to a news …

It was oil in the Auglaize River on Tuesday. The good news is, it was non-toxic food grade vegetable oil that leaked into a drain at American Ag Fuels on Greenler St. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office talked with employees that told them there were transferring oil from one tank …

Heads up to people in Liberty Center, the new K-12 school groundbreaking ceremony will happen Friday at 2 p.m. at the high school gym. The Liberty Center Local Schools at 103 W. Young St. is marking the new phase of construction.

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Defiance post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to keep their eyes and focus on the roadway while driving. OHP says that when driving 55, sending or receiving a text message takes a driver’s eyes off the road for …

Defiance Mayor Mike McCann’s plan to study the possibility of having the county sheriff’s office assume police duties in Defiance set off much discussion. At the City Council meeting Tuesday night, many who packed the council chambers spoke up with a variety of responses including concern and skepticism. One retired …

An Archbold man, 36-year-old Manuel Santiago was arrested Tuesday on a bench warrant out of Bryan Municipal Court for failing to appear for show cause hearing. The original charge was theft. He was taken to CCNO. Yesterday, 28-year-old Heather Harman of Bryan was taken into custody at the CCNO for …