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Pro­ceeds of the state’s $1.5 bil­lion liquor deal with a job-creation non­profit would be shielded from pub­lic audit under a late addi­tion to a fast-tracked bill now headed to the governor’s desk. The move is meant to clear up an ongo­ing dis­pute over whether the state audi­tor has the author­ity …

You’re invited to cel­e­brate Father’s Day on June 14 with a make-and-take cup­cake day at the Wauseon Pub­lic Library. Come in between the hours of 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. to dec­o­rate your own Father’s Day cup­cake. The event is free and open to the pub­lic. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact library direc­tor …

A vehi­cle slammed into a home in Mal­inta early Wednes­day morn­ing, set­ting fire to the house. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office says it hap­pened just before 1am Wednes­day when 36 year old Jef­fery Lauharn of Toledo lost con­trol of his vehi­cle, hit a pile of mulch, and then slammed into …

A fatal farm acci­dent occured Wednes­day after­noon in Put­nam County. 84 year old Harold Barn­hart of Cloverdale was pro­nounced dead by Put­nam County Coro­ner Dr. Anna Horstman after offi­cials say Barn­hart was work­ing with a planter in a field near his home when it fell on him. He was found …

An appeals court has returned a split deci­sion in a law­suit filed by two Defi­ance city coun­cil­men seek­ing reim­burse­ment for health care ben­e­fits. Three judges of the Third Dis­trict Court of Appeals affirmed part of a rul­ing handed down in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court in favor of Defi­ance city …

The Henry County com­mis­sion­ers this week talked about a pos­si­ble increase of rates at the county land­fill, along with changes in hours, staffing of per­son­nel, and other things. The com­mis­sion­ers are work­ing to gather more infor­ma­tion. Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers also approved a work order amount­ing to $25,350 for detec­tion and …

Amer­i­can Elec­tric Power restored power early Wednes­day morn­ing to 700 cus­tomers in Pauld­ing County. The out­age report­edly was caused by an equip­ment failure.

The straw­berry crop is still a week or two away from its peak, but area grow­ers say recent weather has been almost per­fect this spring to pro­duce an above-average crop. Grow­ers expect prices to hold at about last year’s lev­els too. The U.S. Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture says Ohio farm­ers planted …

Two arrests yes­ter­day in Bryan… Bryan Police say they arrested 19 year old Edward Bran­don of South Union Street in Bryan and 20 year old Justin Slay­back of Barder Park­way in Bryan. Both Bran­don and Slay­back are charged with dis­or­derly con­duct. After they were processed by police, they were released.

Details con­cern­ing accu­sa­tions of ani­mal cru­elty by a local police chief are start­ing to emerge. The Bryan Times reports that Stryker Police Chief Steve Schlosser has accepted respon­si­bil­ity for a fam­ily pet’s death. Schlosser pled no con­test to one charge of ani­mal cru­elty and need­lessly killing a com­pan­ion ani­mal in …