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The Edon-Northwest Board of Edu­ca­tion and the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion have agreed in prin­ci­ple to a one-year con­tract. Accord­ing to pub­lished reports in the Bryan Times, the deal was reached between the board and the ENTA Tues­day and the board rat­i­fied the con­tract at a spe­cial board meet­ing Thurs­day …

The hus­band of a Steuben County woman who died in traf­fic acci­dent back in August, has been arrested and charged with Oper­at­ing While Intox­i­cated Caus­ing Death. 41-year-old Daniel Shroyer was arrested over the week­end, and released from jail on Sat­ur­day night after post­ing 10 per­cent of a $10,000 bond. The …

A local high school has come away as a win­ner in a statewide con­test. Wauseon High School has been selected as a win­ner in the Ohio Depart­ment of Transportation’s Dis­trict 2 Paint the Plow con­test. Six­teen high schools from Williams, Ful­ton, Henry, Lucas, San­dusky, Seneca, and Wood coun­ties par­tic­i­pated in …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met Tues­day night and dis­cussed a num­ber of ordi­nances, includ­ing one call­ing for con­struc­tion of a rain gar­den at Defi­ance Pub­lic Library. The ordi­nance con­cern­ing the rain gar­den project passed fol­low­ing a third and final read­ing. Now, a con­tract with B.E. Man­gas Con­struc­tion of Defi­ance has been …

Police are inves­ti­gat­ing after a bomb threat Tues­day after­noon caused the evac­u­a­tion of Hol­gate Local Schools. Accord­ing to Kelly Mey­ers, Hol­gate Schools Super­in­ten­dent, the threat was dis­cov­ered just after 1 yes­ter­day after­noon iin the form of a note left in a boy’s bath­room, say­ing that the school would be blown …

A big power out­age on Mon­day affected about 7,000 First Energy cus­tomers in Williams and Ful­ton coun­ties, and now we know what caused it. Accord­ing to the util­ity, the out­age was caused by a fail­ure at the Stryker sub­sta­tion. Repairs have been made, and all affected cus­tomers are now with …

The future is look­ing a bit brighter for Quadco… Improv­ing finan­cial con­di­tions are con­tin­u­ing accord­ing to Quadco lead­ers. At the reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing of the Quadco Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit Boards on Tues­day, board mem­bers were shown fig­ures that show a growth in their finances, just as they had in the …

Sev­eral blood dri­ves are upcom­ing in Ful­ton County. The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Wednes­day, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Pet­tisville High School. Another drive will be held at Ruih­ley Park Pavil­ion in Arch­bold on Tues­day, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A third …

An OVI arrest in Bryan on Mon­day evening sent a local man to jail. Bryan Police report that around 6:12 last evening, they nabbed 35 year old Edward T. Allen II of 600 S. Union St., Lot 17 in Bryan, and arrested him for OVI. Allen was taken to CCNO.

Sig­nal­ing the inevitable arrival soon of much colder weather, the new foun­tain on the down­town square in Bryan will be shut down for the win­ter on Thurs­day morn­ing. Although it seems like only yes­ter­day we were all com­plain­ing about the heat, the National Weather Ser­vice is fore­cast­ing sub-freezing tem­per­a­tures overnight …