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A light­ning bolt struck a Ful­ton County home Tues­day morn­ing. Fire­fight­ers were called out early yes­ter­day morn­ing just before 4a.m. to the home of Michael and Kath­leen Fis­cher on County Road S in Amboy Town­ship after light­ning struck the home. Fire dam­aged the back side of the house and dam­age …

Inde­pen­dence Day is this Fri­day, and that means many busi­nesses and offices will be closed for the day. In Bryan, all city offices will be closed to observe the hol­i­day. Also, all state and fed­eral offices will be closed that day as well. Garbage pickup in Bryan will how­ever, take …

In Steuben County, a lot of local char­i­ties will soon reap some finan­cial ben­e­fits. The estate of Burl and Mary Jane Hall has des­ig­nated over $676,000 to char­i­ta­ble enti­ties in their wills, includ­ing the Steuben County Com­mu­nity Foun­da­tion, Trine Uni­ver­sity, the First Con­gre­ga­tional Church of Angola, the Steuben County Humane …

The Rich­land Place/PATH Cen­ter in Defi­ance plans to dis­trib­ute USDA food com­modi­ties today from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies that meet income eli­gi­bil­ity resid­ing in Defi­ance, Tinora or Ayersville school dis­tricts are wel­come to stop by and get some items. The dis­tri­b­u­tion list includes canned apple­sauce, canned pota­toes, …

A Put­nam County man is dead, and author­i­ties now say he drowned. The Put­nam County coro­ner con­firmed on Mon­day, that the cause of 59 year old Don­ald Burgei’s death was drown­ing. Burgei, of Ottoville, was swim­ming at a pond at this home on Put­nam County Road P in Mon­terey Town­ship, …

The Rich­land Place/PATH Cen­ter in Defi­ance plans to dis­trib­ute USDA food com­modi­ties tomor­row [WEDNESDAY] from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies that meet income eli­gi­bil­ity resid­ing in Defi­ance, Tinora or Ayersville school dis­tricts are wel­come to stop by and get some items. The dis­tri­b­u­tion list includes canned apple­sauce, canned …

They have rules in Arch­bold, and appar­ently, you bet­ter now break them. Arch­bold police tick­eted a dis­abled man for dri­ving his mobil­ity scooter on a side­walk. Now, that man, 53 year old Mark Miller, says he plans to fight it. Miller, who with­out his scooter is stuck at home, says …

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 …