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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 …

Bryan Police had a busy week­end. On Fri­day, they arrested 22 year old Joshua Sanders of Bryan for Open Con­tainer. He was released. On Sat­ur­day at 1:40 AM, 30 year old Brett Arm­strong of Bryan was arrested for OVI and Open Con­tainer. He was released. On Sat­ur­day at 11:26 PM, …

Well, at least peo­ple know they work. Reports of a fun­nel cloud Wednes­day night set off Steuben County tor­nado sirens around 9:45pm. No watches or warn­ings had been issued by the National Weather Ser­vice though. Offi­cials say it was a case of bet­ter safe than sorry. The N.W.S. did indi­cate …

A van which was stolen Tues­day in Swan­ton, was recov­ered by Toledo Police. In it, police found poten­tially fatal chem­i­cals, which were, accord­ing to police, mostly still intact. The white 1998 Ford E350 had a 14-foot black, home­made trailer attached to it, and inside the trailer was a Polaris all-terrain …