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Both the cur­rent Gov­er­nor, and the Lt. Gov­er­nor, made cam­paign stops in north­west Ohio this week. Gov­er­nor Kasich and Lt Gov­er­nor Mary Tay­lor stopped by the Han­cock County Repub­li­can head­quar­ters in Find­lay on Wednes­day, then went on to Arch­bold where they spoke at a Ful­ton County Get Out the Vote …

Work con­tin­ues toward improve­ments at the Williams County Air­port. It’s all part of an ongo­ing improve­ment plan for the air­port, and it has been quite not­i­ca­ble for the past few weeks if you have been there, with the resur­fac­ing of the run­way being a big pri­or­ity. The Bryan Kiwa­nis Club …

The Edon-Northwest Board of Edu­ca­tion and the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion have agreed in prin­ci­ple to a one-year con­tract. Accord­ing to pub­lished reports in the Bryan Times, the deal was reached between the board and the ENTA Tues­day and the board rat­i­fied the con­tract at a spe­cial board meet­ing Thurs­day …

The hus­band of a Steuben County woman who died in traf­fic acci­dent back in August, has been arrested and charged with Oper­at­ing While Intox­i­cated Caus­ing Death. 41-year-old Daniel Shroyer was arrested over the week­end, and released from jail on Sat­ur­day night after post­ing 10 per­cent of a $10,000 bond. The …

A local high school has come away as a win­ner in a statewide con­test. Wauseon High School has been selected as a win­ner in the Ohio Depart­ment of Transportation’s Dis­trict 2 Paint the Plow con­test. Six­teen high schools from Williams, Ful­ton, Henry, Lucas, San­dusky, Seneca, and Wood coun­ties par­tic­i­pated in …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met Tues­day night and dis­cussed a num­ber of ordi­nances, includ­ing one call­ing for con­struc­tion of a rain gar­den at Defi­ance Pub­lic Library. The ordi­nance con­cern­ing the rain gar­den project passed fol­low­ing a third and final read­ing. Now, a con­tract with B.E. Man­gas Con­struc­tion of Defi­ance has been …

Police are inves­ti­gat­ing after a bomb threat Tues­day after­noon caused the evac­u­a­tion of Hol­gate Local Schools. Accord­ing to Kelly Mey­ers, Hol­gate Schools Super­in­ten­dent, the threat was dis­cov­ered just after 1 yes­ter­day after­noon iin the form of a note left in a boy’s bath­room, say­ing that the school would be blown …

A big power out­age on Mon­day affected about 7,000 First Energy cus­tomers in Williams and Ful­ton coun­ties, and now we know what caused it. Accord­ing to the util­ity, the out­age was caused by a fail­ure at the Stryker sub­sta­tion. Repairs have been made, and all affected cus­tomers are now with …

The future is look­ing a bit brighter for Quadco… Improv­ing finan­cial con­di­tions are con­tin­u­ing accord­ing to Quadco lead­ers. At the reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing of the Quadco Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit Boards on Tues­day, board mem­bers were shown fig­ures that show a growth in their finances, just as they had in the …

Sev­eral blood dri­ves are upcom­ing in Ful­ton County. The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Wednes­day, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Pet­tisville High School. Another drive will be held at Ruih­ley Park Pavil­ion in Arch­bold on Tues­day, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A third …