The Henry County Commissioners have filed a civil claim against Ruralogic, Inc with offices also in Bryan, Napoleon and Archbold for non-payment of a loan. According to the suit, the commissioners approved a $200,000 loan to the company in March 2011. Ruralogic’s last payment was made last September. The commissioners …
Read More »NEW POLICE CAR FOR MONTPELIER
Montpelier Village Council on Monday voted to approve the purchase of a new police vehicle. A new Ford Interceptor SUV will be purchased through the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. Council agreed, according to the Bryan Times, that the cost of the vehicle be capped at $31,000. Montpelier Council also …
Read More »HERE COME THE CHICKENS
Hillandale Farms Ohio LLC plans to break ground in June to a 100-acre laying hen farm in Hicksville. The farm will be a first in Ohio for the company, which is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Bryan Times reports that the farm will be located 3 miles east of Hicksville …
Read More »NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT
Traffic was disrupted for a few hours in Bryan Thursday. The street department spent a good part of the afternoon replacing a stoplight at Townline Road and High Street. The old stoplight was damaged when it got hit last year. Workers poured a new base and then had to run …
Read More »HOG REMAINS AT SHELTER
The Williams County Humane Society is still caring for a hog that fell from a truck Monday morning near Montpelier on US 20. The hog is at the humane society shelter where they say the 450 pound sow is doing well with the exception of some scratches and an injured …
Read More »ROAD REROUNTING PROJECT LISTED
Area legislators, Defiance County officials, and others met with Archbold village officials to talk about upgrading a Fulton County road into a state route. Local officials want state legislators to consider funding a project that would upgrade Fulton County Road 24 and possibly reroute Ohio 66 down the road just …
Read More »NAPOLEON REJECTS BIDS
The Napoleon City Council approved a motion to reject all bids for the Scott Street improvement project during its meeting on Monday. City officials discovered when bids for the project were opened on March 26, not all of the necessary paperwork had been submitted. They felt that rejecting all of …
Read More »GOV SAYS HE WILL SIGN TRANSPORTATION BILL
Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) plans to sign a transportation bill that boosts Ohio’s speed limit to 70 mph on rural interstate highways. The governor is slated to ink the bill during an event Monday in Warrensville Heights, near Cleveland. He’s also expected to highlight the legislation at a later stop …
Read More »SIDEWALKS COMING TO WILLIAMS COUNTY
The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced that they will be conducting a sidewalk construction project in Williams County. Officials say that through July, intermittent lane & shoulder restrictions are possible on Maplehurst Avenue between Southwest Drive and South Platt Street in the Village of Montpelier for that sidewalk construction …
Read More »DEFIANCE TO APPLY FOR WALKWAY GRANT
Defiance City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday night allowing application for a grant that would provide funds for an extensive pedestrian walkway. The application seeks alternative transportation program funds through the Ohio Department of Transportation, and would provide money for a pedestrian and bicycle route in the city if funds …
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