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Williams County’s com­mis­sion­ers meet today on the fourth floor of the courthouse. The com­mis­sion intends to reor­ga­nize today. It also receives office updates from the clerk, as well as mail and bills. The auditor’s office holds two meet­ings today. One of them involves the revi­sion board, and the other per­tains …

Bryan Police report four arrests at Wal­mart over a five-hour span on Saturday. Police have charged 20-year-old Slade Cupp of Mark Cen­ter and 21-year-old Damien Brem­mer with theft. They have released them both. Police have also arrested 42-year-old Don­ald Laney of Bryan with aggra­vated men­ac­ing, and 21-year-old Dustin Jones of …

Bryan Police report the arrest on Thurs­day of 47 year old Charles Eck, Jr of East High Street in Bryan. Police appre­hended Eck and placed him under arrest on three bench war­rants out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court, all for fail­ing to file city income tax. When Eck could not post …

Offi­cials say they expect to release the offi­cial cause of a Wednes­day evening fire near Wauseon some­time today. Fire­fight­ers from four depart­ments were called out Wednes­day evening just before 7 to a house fire on Ful­ton County Road 15. Ini­tial reports indi­cate that the fire began in the chim­ney. Dam­age …

The Williams County Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (WEDCO) hopes to have its next coor­di­na­tor in place by Feb­ru­ary. The Bryan Times reports that the dead­line for appli­cants was Dec. 31st. Since then, the search com­mit­tee has reviewed the resumes and now they have nar­rowed the list down to who they feel …

Safe Ride Home on New Year’s Eve pro­vided rides for 40 peo­ple to get home safely. Although 40 peo­ple was ten less than last year, the Safe Ride Home pro­gram kept 40 poten­tially impaired dri­vers off our road­ways on New Year’s Eve, and that’s the big story. There were no …

A house in Hol­gate was gut­ted by flames Tues­day morn­ing. The Cres­cent News reports that crews from six area fire depart­ments responded in the bone chill­ing cold. The first call came in just after 10 Tues­day morn­ing, for the fire at 322 South Wil­helm Street, at a home owned by …

It’s cold out there, and lots of reports are com­ing in locally about frozen pipes. With that in mind, a few safety reminders… Experts say you should never use a torch to thaw pipes. The best way to address the prob­lem is to pre­vent it from hap­pen­ing in the first …

A major area farm­ing com­pany has bought some land in Williams County. The Bryan Times today reports that Cooper Farms has pur­chased 160 acres at the south­west cor­ner of Ohio 6 and County Road 7 in Williams County at auc­tion for $1.15 mil­lion. The site is described as mostly open …

In Angola, inves­ti­ga­tors say it was a portable heater used to thaw frozen pipes that sparked a fire Mon­day morn­ing at Jim­mer­son Lake. The fire started under a trailer, and quickly spread to the entire struc­ture, caus­ing an esti­mated $2,000 in dam­ages. Nobody was hurt. The Angola Fire Depart­ment was …