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A man was found guilty of grand theft on Tues­day related to the 2011 sus­pen­sion of the Arch­bold Elevator’s license. The Ful­ton County Pros­e­cut­ing Attor­ney reports that William Fricke of Wauseon plead no con­test to the charge in Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court. Fricke also pled guilty to a num­ber …

Pioneer’s annual sum­mer fes­ti­val, this year named Pio­neer Ger­man­fest, returns this week­end. The Fes­ti­val will kick off at 5 p.m. Fri­day with a hog roast at the Pio­neer Fire Depart­ment and the fun lasts all week­end. The Happy Times Polka Band will per­form and there will be a beer tent …

The 160th HENRY COUNTY FAIR kicks off this Fri­day, August 9th with a horse pull begin­ning at noon and a truck pull begin­ning at 6pm. The fair runs through next Thurs­day, August 15th on South Perry Street in Napoleon. Daily admis­sion is just $7 per per­son for those 13 and …

Defi­ance dog own­ers, lis­ten up… Dog license fees will be going up next year in Defi­ance County. County com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day approved a res­o­lu­tion increas­ing dog license fees effec­tive this Decem­ber first. The annual fee will increase from $16 to $20. Also, a $20 late fee penalty will now be …

There were a lot of dif­fer­ent items on the table for dis­cus­sion at last evening’s meet­ing of Bryan City Coun­cil. The Bryan Times reports that coun­cil heard a request from the Cham­ber of Com­merce to move the fire­works dis­play at next year’s sum­mer cel­e­bra­tion back to the park. Coun­cil has …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Defi­ance County will hold a blood drive today from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Twin Rivers Care and Reha­bil­i­ta­tion on Hard­ing Street in Defi­ance. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS.

Williams County wants to occupy the East Annex build­ing by the end of 2013, but the move won’t be all that easy. The actual move, accord­ing to county offi­cials who spoke with the Bryan Times, could take sev­eral days. County offi­cials said they are con­sid­er­ing the use of a com­mand …

Almost three dozen ani­mals have been removed from Skinny Lit­tle Buddy’s Ani­mal Res­cue in Edon by law enforce­ment. The Williams County Sheriff’s Office, the county humane soci­ety and the county humane offi­cer seized the ani­mals which were said to be in “dirty liv­ing con­di­tions.“ The action by the county came …

He’s back. An inmate at the adult deten­tion cen­ter in Put­nam County that failed to return to the facil­ity after going to an AA meet­ing in Ottawa last Tues­day has turned him­self in. The Put­nam County Sheriff’s Office says 19 year old Joe Vera III returned on his own.

The grass has been grow­ing this year, not like last year when most of the area was in a drought. And green grow­ing grass means enforce­ment of the Defi­ance ordi­nances con­cern­ing high weeds and grass. An ordi­nance in Defi­ance requires grass and weeds to be below 10 inches. If you …