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They’re tear­ing down and build­ing up again in Defi­ance where Arch­bold based D and R Demo­li­tion has torn down a house and shed located nor far from Defi­ance High School. That demo­li­tion is to get ready to build­ing a school for grades 6 through 12. They’ve also been doing work …

A local vet­eran is being remem­bered for his ser­vice to the Union Army. Defi­ance native Albert Wil­helm King will be hon­ored with a makrer at Rive­side Cemetary in Defi­ance dur­ing a cer­e­mony Sun­day after­noon. At the cer­e­mony, a Civil War head­stone will be placed next to Kings final rest­ing place …

As they try to curb van­dal­ism, mem­bers of Defi­ance City Coun­cil have approved the instal­la­tion of video sur­veil­lance equip­ment in city parks. The equip­ment will be inst­lalled at Kings­bury, Latty’s Grove and River­side Parks. The secu­rity firmADT will do the instal­la­tion. The cost of those instal­la­tions will cost just under …

More com­pa­nies are look­ing to build and expand in Bryan. The city zon­ing office says there have been a dozen com­mer­cial build­ing per­mits received and approved so far this year. There were just nine in all of last year. The biggest to date, says the Bryan Times, is the ren­o­va­tion …

New own­ers for Arps Dairy in Defi­ance. That facil­ity is fed by 16 area dairy farms. The Bryan Times quotes new own­ers as say­ing the oper­a­tions there will largely stay the same. They do have plans to roll out a pre­mium milk line next month from its 220 North Clin­ton …

Wauseon vot­ers who want a new com­mu­nity pool will be putting their money where their mouths are in the Novem­ber elec­tion. A bal­lot ques­tion will deter­mine whether vot­ers are will­ing to fund a five year 2.6 mill tax levy to finance con­suc­tion of the com­mu­nity pool. For a per­son who …

There’s a pro­posal on the table to expand the safety build­ing in the Vil­lage of Pio­neer. The Bryan Times reports right now the idea is being con­sid­ered to see if some­thing like that could be done with­out rais­ing taxes. What they want to do is add three addtional bays, totalling …

A hear­ing was held this week for an Orland man who police say is charged in con­nec­tion with a fatal traf­fic acci­dent on August 22nd near Hud­son. 24-year-old Noe Munoz-Rubio is fac­ing a felony charge of O.W.I. Caus­ing Death and also Dri­ving While Sus­pended and Speed­ing. State Police in Indi­ana …

A man who col­lapsed while square danc­ing has an Urgent Care physi­cian to thank for likely sav­ing his life. The inci­dent hap­pened on Sep­tem­ber 25th at the YMCA of Steuben County. Dr Wilmer Iler was there with his wife, as they were each week for dance class. Another man who …

An area man is a richer man because of one of the pump­kins he grew. Jim Bok of Cecil took his biggest and best to the Ohio Val­ley Giant Pump­kin Grow­ers Weigh Off in Can­field over the week­end. His 19 hun­dred and nine pound behe­moth was good enough to earn …