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The res­ig­na­tion of Edgerton’s coun­cil pres­i­dent was announced at Mon­day night’s reg­u­lar meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that the Mayor asked coun­cil to “regret­fully accept” the res­ig­na­tion of Coun­cil Pres­i­dent Trevor Weaver, who had served on coun­cil since 2006. Weaver had just been re-elected for another two-year term in Novem­ber. …

A res­ig­na­tion in Williams County. County com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day, accepted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion from Anthony Gon­za­les, effec­tive April first. Gon­za­les worked in the Depart­ment of aging main­te­nance and trans­porta­tion. His res­ig­na­tion states that he is step­ping down in order to retire.

At Monday’s Bryan Coun­cil meet­ing, coun­cil mem­bers and the mayor dis­cussed the ½ per­cent income tax levy Bryan vot­ers will be asked to replace. They say it’s noth­ing new… It’s been in place since 1986 and has been renewed every 9 ½ years. The tax, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, …

Mark your cal­en­dar. The Henry County Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive next Tues­day, March 11th, at the Napoleon Moose Lodge on Oak­wood Avenue, Napoleon. This blood drive is spon­sored by the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety. Walk-ins are wel­come. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS. After the tough win­ter …

More catch and release by Bryan Police. 55 year old Alfonso Miller of Defi­ance was arrested by Bryan Police on Sat­ur­day, and charged with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­juana and drug para­pher­na­lia. He was released. 25 year old Daryke Roose of Bryan, was arrested and charged with OVI and open con­tainer in …

This week is Severe Weather Aware­ness Week, and as part of that recog­ni­tion, a statewide tor­nado drill will be held on Wednes­day to test out­door sirens. The statewide test will begin Wednes­day morn­ing at 9:50. State offi­cials are ask­ing all schools, busi­nesses, and homes to prac­tice their tor­nado drills and …

We’ve cer­tainly had our share of fires this win­ter. There was another house fire in the area on Fri­day. Defi­ance fire­fight­ers were called out Fri­day morn­ing to flames at a home on Wash­ing­ton Avenue. The first reports came in around 6:30 Fri­day morn­ing. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the flames …

It’s now been deter­mined that it was light­ning that caused that home explo­sion a week ago at Snow Lake in Steuben County. Fire inves­ti­ga­tors found burn holes where the light­ning came out through a gas line in the crawl­space. Inves­ti­ga­tors now say they think the crawl­space filled with gas after …

Some sur­veil­lance cam­eras in the state are under scrutiny. A few more speed­ing cam­eras have gone dark in Ohio, after the lat­est in a string of court rul­ings against auto­mated traf­fic enforce­ment. In But­ler County last week, a judge ordered one vil­lage to pull the plug on enforce­ment cam­eras, say­ing …

The Ohio High­way Patrol this morn­ing is say­ing that a Defi­ance woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thurs­day morn­ing in Defi­ance County. Police say a car dri­ven by 50 year old Kathy Browns of Defi­ance ran off Defi­ance County Road 424 and slammed into a util­ity pole. The crash …