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A blood drive is com­ing up in Henry County tomor­row. It’ll be at Camp Wide­wa­ter in Lib­erty Cen­ter from 1 p.m to 6 p.m. and walk-ins are wel­come. Call the Red Cross for more infor­ma­tion or to make an appoint­ment. 800-RED-CROSS.

The risk of Ohioans fac­ing an F5 tor­nado is real, and now Ohioans can apply to get up to 75 per­cent of the cost of a safe room paid for by the state. The pro­gram by the Ohio Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency is now tak­ing appli­ca­tions. The rebate allows for the …

In Ful­ton County, Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices is work­ing to help peo­ple who’ve been released from jail get a sec­ond chance. The pro­gram is Re-Entry Con­nec­tion, now a one-on-one sup­port sys­tem with a trained facil­i­ta­tor to help re-enter soci­ety after release. The pro­gram helps with finan­cial strug­gles, trans­porta­tion issues, edu­ca­tion, …

A man wanted on mul­ti­ple arrest war­rants out of DeKalb County was arrested Fri­day after a traf­fic stop. The man was a pas­sen­ger in the vehi­cle. 24-year-old Bran­don Robert­son of Auburn was arrested for hav­ing a hand­gun with­out a license, and was wanted on drug charges. He was taken into …

A Fre­mont man stabbed on Sat­ur­day is recov­er­ing from the domes­tic assault, and Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says 53-year-old Tim­o­thy Swa­ger was allegedly attacked by his wife, Deb­o­rah. The fight occurred in the 6900 block of North Ray Road. The man was taken to a Fort Wayne hos­pi­tal where he …

Count­ing the home­less in north­west Ohio is hap­pen­ing on Jan­u­ary 26th. Two local orga­ni­za­tions are tak­ing part in the annual point-in-time count. The count is hap­pen­ing across the Buck­eye state to mon­i­tor the num­bers, sup­port efforts to meet their needs and raise aware­ness of home­less­ness. The groups are look­ing for …

Pauld­ing Put­nam Elec­tric is work­ing to raise $70,000 to pay for area vet­er­ans to get a free trip to DC on an upcom­ing Honor Flight. They were cre­ated to honor vet­er­ans for their ser­vice and sac­ri­fices for the nation by fly­ing them to Wash­ing­ton, D.C., to see and reflect at …

The fifth annual chili cook-off at Glenn Park is this Sat­ur­day. Those want­ing to enter the free com­pe­ti­tion need only bring pre­pared chili in a crock­pot to the club­house by 2:45 p.m. Sat­ur­day. It’s south of Defi­ance off Route 66, from 3 — 5 p.m. Celebrity judges will decide the …

For those who want to par­tic­i­pate in this year’s Relay for Life, Williams County is holid­ing the 2016 kick­off open house this Thurs­day. The event will have infor­ma­tion for indi­vid­u­als and groups, plus refresh­ments, door prizes and enter­tain­ment. The Relay for Life Kick­off begins at 5 p.m. this Thurs­day at …

This year’s Take Me to the Rivers Jazz Fes­ti­val is going to be held in down­town Defi­ance again this year on June 18th. After hav­ing to move the event from Kings­bury Park due to flood­ing, orga­niz­ers noticed the loca­tion is more acces­si­ble and drew more par­tic­i­pants who need that. The …