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Dur­ing a spe­cial Nat­u­ral­iza­tion Cer­e­mony at Sauder Vil­lage on July 4, guests will have the oppor­tu­nity to cel­e­brate as 47 peo­ple become new U.S. cit­i­zens. The U.S. Dis­trict Court Nat­u­ral­iza­tion Cer­e­mony will be held on Fri­day, July 4 at 11:00 a.m. on the Vil­lage Green, weather per­mit­ting. Forty-seven peo­ple from …

Two peo­ple near Defi­ance have been arrested after author­i­ties had to remove nearly four dozen cats and dogs from their home. The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office says 33 year old Ralph Rupp and his wife, 31 year old Tamara Rupp, were charged with two counts of child endan­ger­ing, and 10 …

A new chill­ing unit is on the way to the Henry County Cour­t­house. County Com­mis­sion­ers approved the replace­ment unit at a total cost of $283,620, which includes equip­ment and instal­la­tion, say­ing it will make a sig­nif­i­cant improve­ment to the air con­di­tion­ing in the 130 year old build­ing. That’s the good …

Bryan Police had a busy week­end. On Fri­day, they arrested 22 year old Joshua Sanders of Bryan for Open Con­tainer. He was released. On Sat­ur­day at 1:40 AM, 30 year old Brett Arm­strong of Bryan was arrested for OVI and Open Con­tainer. He was released. On Sat­ur­day at 11:26 PM, …

Well, at least peo­ple know they work. Reports of a fun­nel cloud Wednes­day night set off Steuben County tor­nado sirens around 9:45pm. No watches or warn­ings had been issued by the National Weather Ser­vice though. Offi­cials say it was a case of bet­ter safe than sorry. The N.W.S. did indi­cate …

A van which was stolen Tues­day in Swan­ton, was recov­ered by Toledo Police. In it, police found poten­tially fatal chem­i­cals, which were, accord­ing to police, mostly still intact. The white 1998 Ford E350 had a 14-foot black, home­made trailer attached to it, and inside the trailer was a Polaris all-terrain …

We recently told you about some pend­ing rate increases at a Defi­ance ceme­tery. Well now, it seems that a group of Defi­ance res­i­dents plan to place that issue on the bal­lot. Ear­lier this month, Defi­ance coun­cil passed an ordi­nance that would have sig­nif­i­cantly raised the rates at River­side Ceme­tery, dou­bling …

The State High­way Patrol says at least two peo­ple were hurt and taken to area hos­pi­tals fol­low­ing a two-vehicle crash Wednes­day morn­ing near Mont­pe­lier. Police say it hap­pened around 11 yes­ter­day morn­ing at the inter­sec­tion of Ohio 15 and County Road J, and that at least one per­son was trapped …

In Defi­ance, delin­quent water accounts are becom­ing an issue. Coun­cil, dur­ing their reg­u­lar meet­ing, was made aware that while the per­cent­age of delin­quent accounts isn’t huge right now, it is a prob­lem that needs to be addressed. A com­mit­tee meet­ing has been sched­uled for 6:30 p.m. July 15 in the …

A Wauseon City Coun­cil­man has been indicted by a Ful­ton County grand jury on two felony charges. The indict­ment was handed down Tues­day against Fred Allen, who is charged with tam­per­ing with records and theft in office, both felonies. Accord­ing to the Ful­ton County Prosecutor’s Office, between Jan­u­ary, 2012, and …