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The Cen­tral Local School Board met on Fri­day to decide how to make up the remain­ing days that were missed this win­ter due to weather. With 11 school days to make up, the dis­trict has obtained three bliz­zard bags from the state. For those who may be won­der­ing what that …

A new bridge which would be built imme­di­ately next to the exist­ing bridge, or one angling across the River toward Farnsworth Road are just two of three options the Ohio Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion is con­sid­er­ing for the replace­ment of the Water­ville Bridge. The other option would be to replace the …

A Ful­ton County woman who was hurt in a dog-bite inci­dent last month has now been charged with crim­i­nal tres­pass­ing. 59 year old Susan Had­dad was severely on Feb. 11 by three Amer­i­can bull­dogs after she entered the house of William and Mary Stalder south of Swan­ton while they were …

A Hol­gate man learned his fate Wednes­day in Williams County Court after being accused of sex crimes. Robert Plotts, a for­mer cor­rec­tions offi­cer at the North­west Ohio Juve­nile Deten­tion Cen­ter, was sen­tenced yes­ter­day to five years of com­mu­nity con­trol, with 180-days of house arrest. Plotts was con­victed last month of …

The Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers pro­gram is ask­ing for your help. Last Octo­ber, sev­eral dri­vers reported a slip­pery sub­stance at inter­sec­tions that smelled like fuel oil. Reports indi­cated a dark-colored truck pulling a tank or tank trailer in the area at the time which was spilling fuel. If you have …

A county health expert is step­ping down. The Bryan Times reports that Williams County Board of Health Com­mis­sioner James Watkins announced to the board Tues­day that Com­mu­nity Health Direc­tor Beth Schweitzer has given her res­ig­na­tion, effec­tive April 25, to become the Seneca County Health Commissioner.

At Mon­day evening’s Napoleon City Coun­cil meet­ing, an ordi­nance that would increase bulk water rates over a three-year period was dis­cussed. The Cres­cent News reports that, under the cur­rent rate, cus­tomers are charged $7.71 per 1,000 gal­lons of water. If the pro­posed ordi­nance is approved, that rate would increase to …

In Henry County, a war­rant has been issued for a Napoleon man’s arrest. 25 year old Angel Cranston of Napoleon plead guilty to a felony charge of theft, but he never showed-up for his sen­tenc­ing. If you have any infor­ma­tion about his where­abouts, con­tact police or the Henry County Sheriff’s …

A traf­fic stop by the Henry County sheriff’s office early last Sat­ur­day morn­ing near Lib­erty Cen­ter resulted in a drug arrest. 45 year old James Wil­son of Wauseon was cited for Drug Pos­ses­sion and pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­phana­lia, along with Dri­ving under Sus­pen­sion, DUI, and a Marked Lane violation.

Defi­ance County com­mis­sion­ers on Tues­day, con­tin­ued to search for a long-term solu­tion for the for­mer SK Hand Tool prop­erty on Hick­ory Street in Rich­land Town­ship. The for­mer tool maker closed up shop sev­eral years ago after declar­ing bank­ruptcy. Ever since then, accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the prop­erty has fallen …