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Enhanc­ing secu­rity and peak pop­u­la­tion num­bers high­lighted Wednesday’s meet­ing of the Cor­rec­tions Com­mis­sion of North­west Ohio. Board mem­bers were pre­sented a new pro­posal in regards to installing addi­tional fenc­ing and con­crete between the main facil­ity and the sep­a­rate two-story work release build­ing. Under the pro­posal, the build­ing which cur­rently houses …

Sec­re­tary of State Jon Husted, fol­low­ing a hear­ing a cou­ple of weeks ago in Colum­bus, removed two mem­bers of the Put­nam County Board of Elec­tions Tues­day for vio­la­tions of the state’s open meet­ings laws. Husted and a hear­ing offi­cer lis­tened to argu­ments from Ann Dillinger and Mar­tin Kuhlman that they …

Look out! The coon dogs are com­ing!! The Williams County Senior Fair Board met for a spe­cial meet­ing Tues­day to dis­cuss the coon dog show. The board decided to approve the Walker Days with the DeKalb County Coon Dog Asso­ci­a­tion as long as they sign the reg­u­lar build­ing rental con­tracts. …

A search war­rant was exe­cuted Tues­day at a Defi­ance busi­ness in con­junc­tion with an inves­ti­ga­tion being con­ducted by the Multi-Area Nar­cotics Unit in con­junc­tion with the Ohio Bureau of Crim­i­nal Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and Inves­ti­ga­tion agents and the Drug Enforce­ment Administration’s Toledo office. The oper­a­tion also involved the the Secret Ser­vice, the …

The Bryan Fire Depart­ment responded to a call for help at a house fire just after 3 o’clock Wednes­day after­noon. The fire was reported at a home at 221 N. Cherry St. in Bryan. No word on injuries or dam­age esti­mates. The inves­ti­ga­tion is con­tin­u­ing today.

A Napoleon man has been arrested in con­nec­tion with an inves­ti­ga­tion into sex­ual assaults on chil­dren. Napoleon Police say 57 year old Daniel Gon­za­les has been charged with one count of Rape, and two counts of Gross Sex­ual Impo­si­tion. The vic­tims are a 10 year old, an 11 year old, …

Group meet­ings will soon be tak­ing place at Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter to deter­mine how to best incor­po­rate the ideals of the Good Life train­ing into its oper­a­tion. Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Bruce Abell told board mem­bers at the monthly board meet­ing on Tues­day that Pro­gram Coor­di­na­tor Shan­non Zellers had recently grad­u­ated from …

Dis­as­ter averted! Jail doors at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio are now open again to all juris­dic­tions after being closed for two full days to Defi­ance County while five of the six juris­dic­tions have been asked to reduce their pop­u­la­tions which exceed 90 per­cent. he pop­u­la­tion peaked at 95.5 …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office reports that a man died Tues­day after­noon in a trac­tor acci­dent. 63 year old farmer Dou­glas Mack was found by a fam­ily mem­ber as he was pinned under a trac­tor on a farm lane near his home. Williams County Sheriff’s offi­cers said, in a release …

A man had to be flown via Life Flight to St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter in Toledo fol­low­ing a house fire Tues­day after­noon. The Bryan Times reports that fire fight­ers were called out to a house fire at the home of Jerry Zim­mer­man on County Road 26–2 around 1:15 yes­ter­day after­noon. …