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The Red Cross is ask­ing for your help. They are des­per­ately in need of blood donors. The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Henry County will hold a Henry County South Joint Ambu­lance blood drive at the Sum­mer­fest build­ing in Ham­ler on Sat­ur­day from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Walk-ins are wel­come, how­ever you …

An Indi­ana man has been charged in a mur­der case dat­ing back to 2001. 49 year old Mark Fritz allegedly admit­ted to killing 70 year old Samuel Hunter in 2001, while he was drink­ing heav­ily ear­lier this year. Fritz has been arrested and charged with the mur­der of Hunter, whose …

A phone out­age that affected much of north­ern Indi­ana includ­ing Steuben County on Mon­day morn­ing is now being blamed on human error. Accord­ing to Fron­tier Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, a mis­take while pro­gram­ming some cir­cuits dur­ing rou­tine main­te­nance was behind the out­age which affected 9–1-1 lines, leav­ing fire­fight­ers through­out Steuben County stand­ing by …

It’s going to cost more to get rid of your garbage. The Four-County Solid Waste Dis­trict Board is adding a $2 per ton con­tract fee to com­ply with require­ments of its state-mandated 15-year plan. The dis­trict includes Williams, Defi­ance, Ful­ton, and Pauld­ing coun­ties. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the $2 …

Memo­r­ial Day week­end his­tor­i­cally marks the start of the sum­mer vaca­tion sea­son. A time-honored, fam­ily get-away in the Mid­west — Sauder Vil­lage is ready to wel­come guests of all ages to the his­toric vil­lage, restau­rant, camp­ground and inn for a mem­o­rable hol­i­day week­end! Through­out the hol­i­day week­end there will be …

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties cable and Inter­net cus­tomers are enjoy­ing faster Inter­net and bet­ter video stream­ing thanks to sev­eral upgrades imple­mented by the com­mu­ni­ca­tions depart­ment. In the last 12 months, the depart­ment has installed more than $200,000 worth of new equip­ment and a new Eth­er­net con­nec­tion to improve ser­vice to BMU …

A memo­r­ial rock that had been in front of Pauld­ing Mid­dle School in honor of for­mer teacher Don Schnepp has been removed. Last month, the Pauld­ing Exempted Vil­lage Board of Edu­ca­tion was asked to remove the rock after a for­mer stu­dent told the board that he was raped as an …

A Steuben County man is now charged with a mur­der that took place almost 13 years ago. 4 9-year-old Mark Fritz of But­ler was arrested fol­low­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion into the death of 70-year-old Samuel Hunter who was mur­dered and robbed in his home back in June of 2001. A pre-trial …

Free boat-safety equip­ment inspec­tions are now being offered through next Fri­day, May 23 by the Ohio Depart­ment of Nat­ural Resources in Lucas, Henry, and Wood coun­ties. In Lucas County, inspec­tors will be at Meinke Marina from 5 to 7 p.m. Fri­day and at Cullen Park Boat Ramp from 1 to …

The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a flood watch for a good part of our area. On Wednes­day, the weather ser­vice said Defi­ance, Henry, Ful­ton, Pauld­ing and Put­nam coun­ties were all under a flood watch. Accord­ing to the weather ser­vice, rain­fall up until about noon today will cause some area …