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Defi­ance mayor-elect Mike McCann will be sworn in on Jan­u­ary first to begin his first four-year term. McCann beat the incum­bent Bob Arm­strong and held off chal­lenger Brian Brown in Novem­ber. McCann has served as pres­i­dent of city coun­cil for the past two years, and is hop­ing to open up …

The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a flash flood watch is in effect through tonight, cov­er­ing a six-county area. Another two to four inches of rain is expected, and there could be more. Watch for pond­ing on road­ways, which can cause a dri­ver to lose con­trol. Plus, flash flood­ing is …

Ful­ton County has received a grant for the third year from the County Employee Ben­e­fits Con­sor­tium of Ohio to use next year. The $10,000 well­ness grant will help pay for their “Well­be­ing in 2016″ themed-program. That will fea­ture a Lunch-and-Learn series, orga­nized walks, and the Fuel Your Day ini­tia­tive, which …

On Christ­mas Eve, Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas court was open. 32-year-old Kadena Brooks was sen­tenced to four years of com­mu­nity con­trol after leav­ing her hand­i­capped 13-year-old daugh­ter unat­tended for an extended period of time last February. Nearly all the other cases involved drugs. Two women con­victed on heroin pos­ses­sion charges were …

Stu­dents in Con­ti­nen­tal Local Schools col­lected foods to restock two food pantries in Put­nam County. The dona­tions help the Con­ti­nen­tal United Methodist Church, and the Dupont Church of the Brethren feed fam­i­lies once a month on the fourth Tues­day. Those indi­vid­u­als sign up for the pro­gram. Accord­ing to Methodist Church …

It’s Christ­mas at the Defi­ance Area Foun­da­tion, and Santa is actu­ally Jack and Diane Wahl, whose $50,000 gift will make a dif­fer­ence in the area. Half of the dona­tion is ear­marked for the com­mu­nity unre­stricted fund and the other $25k will fund the Wahl fam­ily donor advised pro­gram. The foun­da­tion …

Two per­sons were injured in a three vehi­cle col­li­sion on U.S. 6 near Water­loo. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Depart­ment says 27-year-old Haley Chisholm of But­ler was pulling an empty horse trailer and try­ing to turn into a dri­ve­way on Tues­day after­noon. Her vehi­cle was struck on the pas­sen­ger side by …

The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Depart­ment and Indi­ana State Police went to a home on East County Road 400 South look­ing for Arielle Aldrich. She had a war­rant for fail­ure to appear and when police found her, they found ille­gal drugs and items from recent burglaries. Arielle Aldrich and two other …

St. John Lutheran Church in Hicksville is host­ing a Christ­mas wor­ship at 11 AM Fri­day. After the ser­vice, a free Christ­mas din­ner will be served. The church is at 812 E. High St. in Hicksville.

For cus­tomers in the Pauld­ing Put­nam Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, there will be no gen­eral rate increase for next year. The man­age­ment team said all of the oper­at­ing expenses are actu­ally pro­jected to be slightly less than at the end of the year oper­at­ing expenses for this year. After care­fully review­ing the …