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Montpelier’s own Jef­frey Erb of Saneholtz-McKarns Inc. is head­ing to Wash­ing­ton, D.C. at the end of the month to par­tic­i­pate in the National Retail Federation’s leg­isla­tive fly-in, the Retail Advo­cates Sum­mit. Erb will join over 150 small busi­ness own­ers, entre­pre­neurs, Main Street mer­chants and com­mu­nity retail­ers for edu­ca­tion ses­sions, net­work­ing, …

First Call for Help Inc., of Napoleon, and Fam­ily Ser­vice of North­west Ohio, based in Toledo, have merged their ser­vices, effec­tive July 1. Fam­ily Ser­vice of North­west Ohio has an office in Wauseon, through Four County Fam­ily Cen­ter, and offers coun­sel­ing, home care, out­reach, advo­cacy and pre­ven­tion edu­ca­tion ser­vices. It …

Bryan City School Board of Edu­ca­tion will be hold­ing their reg­u­lar sched­uled meet­ing on Mon­day, July 14th at 6pm. At 7pm the Board would like to invite the pub­lic to a spe­cial board meet­ing for the pub­lic input on the site plans. The archi­tect will be on hand to present …

In Hol­gate, the deposit folks pay for their water ser­vice is increas­ing. Hol­gate Vil­lage Coun­cil lis­tened to a land­lord, who was seek­ing a solu­tion to being left respon­si­ble for a ten­ants’ over­due water bills and fees. They then decided that it might be a good idea to increase the water …

A two-vehicle fatal traf­fic crash in Ful­ton County Tues­day evening… The State High­way Patrol says it hap­pened just before 8pm at the inter­sec­tion of Ohio 109 and US 20 when a PT Cruiser slammed into a trac­tor trailer. The iden­tity of the dri­ver of the PT Cruiser, who was pro­nounced …

The Bryan City Schools reg­u­lar Board of Edu­ca­tion meet­ing sched­uled for Mon­day, July 14th will begin at 6:00 pm and will be held in the New Era audi­to­rium. The meet­ing will be fol­lowed by a spe­cial board of edu­ca­tion meet­ing where site plans for the new school cam­pus will be …

Enjoy a day filled with inspi­ra­tion and cre­ativ­ity dur­ing the annual Explore the Crafts event at Sauder Vil­lage. On Sat­ur­day, you can try your hand at pot­tery, draw­ing, embroi­dery, weav­ing, broom mak­ing, tin­smithing, print­ing and more while explor­ing the crafts at Ohio’s largest living-history des­ti­na­tion! Some of the other hands-on …

The Steuben County Coun­cil on Tues­day, approved a request to increase the salary of the E911 Direc­tor by $4,000 to $50,197. The approval came just one day after County Com­mis­sion­ers selected a can­di­date for the vacant posi­tion. That per­son has not been pub­licly named yet how­ever, pend­ing the accep­tance of …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil on Mon­day night, dis­cussed the prob­lem of delin­quent water bills. The Cres­cent News reports that fol­low­ing more than 90 min­utes of delib­er­a­tion, the three-member util­i­ties com­mit­tee agreed to con­sider the issue fur­ther at council’s reg­u­lar ses­sion set for July 22. Con­cerns are float­ing around about how the …

The Steuben County Sher­iffs Depart­ment has arrested a man for allegedly not reg­is­ter­ing as a sex offender. The Sher­iffs Depart­ment, after an inves­ti­ga­tion, located and arrested 28-year-old Danny Rhudy, who they say was the sub­ject of a lengthy inves­ti­ga­tion regard­ing his alleged vio­la­tion of Indiana’s Sex and Vio­lent Offender Reg­istry. …