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In other news, a Fort Wayne man was for­mally charged with drug offenses in Steuben County Mag­is­trates Court after he was arrested Fri­day. 61-year-old John Lin­ton Bar­ringer, Jr. is fac­ing a felony drug deal­ing and a mis­de­meanor traf­fic charge. Police found him asleep in an idling pickup truck that a …

At the new Napoleon Ele­men­tary school, there seems there was a mix-up. Super­in­ten­dent Dr. Steve Fogo changed the way the traf­fic will come onto the grounds and drop off stu­dents. And he appar­ently neglected to tell the city, which had approved other plans. The city noticed that the traf­fic flow …

A Napoleon city com­mit­tee is say­ing no to poul­try in the city. They’ve rec­om­mended that coun­cil not allow res­i­dents to own poul­try over con­cerns of noise, avian flu, waste, and hav­ing only one employee to enforce the zon­ing code. Other con­cerns included not want­ing to attract preda­tors like foxes and …

A 19-year-old rural Angola man will serve prison time after he admit­ted to try­ing to rob the Marathon gas sta­tion on West Maumee last Feb­ru­ary. Police said James Michael Moore used a BB gun that looked like a real hand gun dur­ing the rob­bery. The clerk showed Moore a knife …

With drones being the big gift this Christ­mas sea­son, the Fre­mont School Board is look­ing ahead and passed a pol­icy to con­trol the use of drones and model air­craft. It states that any school employee or stu­dent who wants to oper­ate an unmanned air­craft vehi­cle must get writ­ten per­mis­sion from …

From Steuben Supe­rior Court on Mon­day, 21-year-old Tyranny Frye of Pleas­ant Lake was sen­tenced to prison for mak­ing meth. He was arrested last April at a hotel north of Angola after a clerk reported a chem­i­cal odor and police checked it out. Frye will serve 3 1/2 years in prison, …

Now to North­west State, where over 140 grad­u­ates received their degrees on Mon­day evening at the Voinovich Audi­to­rium. This is the first time a fall com­mence­ment has been held for the com­mu­nity col­lege, accord­ing to Dr. Cindy Krueger, VP of aca­d­e­mics and stu­dent services.

The race for mayor in Defi­ance was an expen­sive one for the win­ner, Repub­li­can Mike McCann. He spent just over $25,000 to unseat incum­bent Bob Arm­strong and fend off Inde­pen­dent Brian Brown in the recent Novem­ber elec­tion. This is the sec­ond time McCann ran to be mayor. The first time, …

They’re appar­ently good with num­bers in the Wauseon school dis­trict. After decid­ing to refi­nance the school’s debt, the dis­trict will save about $45,000 a year on inter­est. David Tiggett of Fifth Third Secu­ri­ties told school lead­ers on Mon­day that sav­ings is nearly triple the indus­try stan­dard. It’s an 8.4 per­cent …

A Pauld­ing County man is charged with rape of a child under the age of 13. He is 25-year-old Matthew Weber. He was indicted on one count of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, and two counts of rape. The charges involve a six-year-old child, accord­ing to the release. At his pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing, …