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Now THIS is going to be an auc­tion! Auc­tions America’s Auburn Spring sale will include roughly 450 cars at no reserve from the John Scotti col­lec­tion from Mon­treal, Canada. The auc­tion runs today through Sat­ur­day at the Auburn Auc­tion Park in Auburn, IN. The col­lec­tion of cars tends toward Amer­i­can …

Bryan city vot­ers approved the renewal of the city’s one-half per­cent income tax. The levy passed with 622 votes in favor of the tax, and 277 against, how­ever those results are still unof­fi­cial. Mayor Doug John­son, after the final results were posted, told the Bryan Times that there will be …

Jason Rockey lost his bid to replace 81st House Dis­trict Rep. Lynn Wacht­mann in the Novem­ber gen­eral elec­tion to Robert McCol­ley of Napoleon. In the State Sen­ate First Dis­trict race, incum­bent Cliff Hite won Williams County and the state. In the Repub­li­can State Cen­tral Com­mit­tee men’s 1st Dis­trict race, James …

The Defi­ance County Board of Elec­tions reports that the Defi­ance City School District’s $11,714,657 bond issue to build new mid­dle school and high school build­ings passed 1,802 votes (56.29 per­cent) to 1,399 (43.71 per­cent). Again, all results are unof­fi­cial until finalized.

Pauld­ing County vot­ers rejected a renewal levy for the county library sys­tem. Accord­ing unof­fi­cial results, the 2.17-mill, five-year renewal levy for the Pauld­ing County Carnegie Library Sys­tem was defeated. The levy would have brought $694,576.94 a year to the library dis­trict, accord­ing to infor­ma­tion from the Pauld­ing County auditor’s office. …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Depart­ment, along with offi­cers in Hills­dale County, Mich., are seek­ing the public’s assis­tance in locat­ing a man in con­nec­tion with a sex­ual assault in Hills­dale County. They say the man had a firearm when he forced his way into the victim’s home. Inves­ti­ga­tors say it’s the …

A new leader for an estab­lished area com­pany… Bill Mar­tin is now the new pres­i­dent and chief finan­cial offi­cer of the Span­gler Candy Com­pany. Mar­tin is the company’s eighth pres­i­dent and he is the first non-family-member to hold the posi­tion in the his­tory of the 108-year-old com­pany. Accord­ing to the …

Jamie Egler, cit­ing per­sonal rea­sons, has turned in his res­ig­na­tion from the Williams County Senior Fair Board, effec­tive retroac­tively to April 28 accord­ing to the Bryan Times. Egler was first elected board pres­i­dent two years ago. He served as vice pres­i­dent for two years before that. All in all, Egler …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office says 52 peo­ple were arrested, and 72 chick­ens were res­cued Sun­day morn­ing dur­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion into sus­pi­cious activ­ity on Ful­ton County Road N when offi­cers dis­cov­ered a cock fight­ing ring there. Deputies found 72 chick­ens, all roost­ers, all with razor-sharp spurs tied to their feet. …

The Bryan Police Depart­ments K9s Sage has been awarded a bal­lis­tic vest thanks to a non profit orga­ni­za­tion, Vested Inter­est in K9s, Inc. $16,595.00 was donated to the char­ity from the “K9 Kota Cam­paign” which will pro­vide vests for sev­en­teen K9s in KY, OH, NJ, CA and IN. The “K9 …