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The sev­enth annual Olde Tyme Gath­er­ing returns to Mont­pe­lier tomor­row. The main event is the parade which will be held at 6 p.m. A crafts and gift show will be at the school audi­te­ria from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Author Bobbi Schlosser will be sign­ing her book, “Pil­grim,” at …

Oops.. false alarm. A mis­take in count­ing some early votes in Defi­ance County has over­turned the out­come of Defi­ance City Hall’s 0.3-percent income tax request. On Elec­tion Day the count was 1,430 votes for the tax and 1,445 against. How­ever, the final cer­ti­fied tally made Wednes­day by the county’s board …

Some elec­tric­ity has been restored and most roads have been reopened fol­low­ing that tor­nado that dev­as­tated much of the vil­lage of Cloverdale and sur­round­ing areas. Put­nam County offi­cials say elec­tric­ity has been restored to the vil­lage of Cloverdale, although many res­i­dences are still with­out elec­tric­ity due to the extent of …

A Napoleon busi­ness­man has now filed a sec­ond law­suit in Defi­ance County Court against Henry County com­mis­sion­ers and oth­ers. Dou­glas Pelmear and his com­pany, HP2G, LLC, in Napoleon, is seek­ing judg­ment against Henry County’s three com­mis­sion­ers and oth­ers. The suit is sim­i­lar to one filed ear­lier this month in com­mon …

On again, off again, now it’s on again. The pos­si­ble ren­o­va­tion of Defi­ance County’s cour­t­house that is. A seven-member com­mit­tee look­ing into the courthouse’s future decided to revisit the project dur­ing a meet­ing Wednes­day after­noon in the county com­mis­sion­ers’ office. The meet­ing this week comes more than a month after …

Bryan Police report the arrest of a man on Tues­day. It hap­pened just after 5:30 Tues­day after­noon. Police say 30 year old Jared Johansen was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct After Warn­ing, Crim­i­nal Tres­pass and Resist­ing Arrest. He was taken to CCNO. Police didn’t indi­cate where Mr. Johansen was from.

The state high­way patrol says three peo­ple were injured Wednes­day after­noon in a two-car col­li­sion at County Road K and County Road 16. Police say one of the injured was flown to Toledo via Life Flight. They say another was trans­ported by Williams County EMS to Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tals and Well­ness …

An error in vote count­ing involv­ing early bal­lots in Defi­ance County has reversed the out­come of Defi­ance City Hall’s 0.3-percent income tax request, and has sent one city coun­cil race to an auto­matic recount. On Elec­tion Day the count was 1,430 votes for the tax and 1,445 against. How­ever, the …

The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers have been told that ODOT has finally approved the pre­lim­i­nary plan for the design of a sec­ond river bridge in Napoleon. Now, a pub­lic meet­ing will be the next step toward get­ting the project under­way. ODOT says con­struc­tion on a new bridge in Napoleon would likely …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says a 25-year-old woman was arrested Wednes­day after she allegedly tried to poi­son her hus­band by switch­ing his med­ica­tion… with rat poi­son. Renee Mans­field of Ash­ley now faces felony charges of aggra­vated bat­tery and pos­ses­sion of a con­trolled sub­stance. Mans­field also faces a mis­de­meanor charge …