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A long-term research site in Putnam County will soon be available to deal with soil health. The Putnam County OSU Extension Office and Soil and Water Conservation District report the project will be located south of the landfill on County Road H-11. County commissioners are in favor of the site, …

In Stryker, four newly elected council members were sworn into office at Monday night’s meeting: • Michael Fox works for Promedica as a paramedic and is also an EMS first responder. • Richard Wityk is the commander of the American Legion in Stryker. • Robert Sperling is a maintenance supervisor …

Montpelier Village Council elected Dan Clum president Monday evening. Council also learned about a federal Community Development Block Grant and approved the purchase of three voltage regulators for the expansion of the airport substation. Council agreed to make the grant, worth $170,000, available to be used to upgrade and improve …

Influenza activity is now widespread in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health says there are increasing reports of influenza-like illnesses in more than half the regions in the state. During this flu season, which started in October and likely will continue into spring, 833 influenza-associated hospitalizations have been reported to …

A manure dry­ing plant at 5C’s Farms in Hicksville was destroyed by flames Sat­ur­day morn­ing, but the manure wasn’t what burned. Instead, Edger­ton fire­fight­ers say it was toma­toes. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, fire­fight­ers say they had to wade through tomato peel­ings and seeds, which were as much as 6 …

United Way of Williams County orga­niz­ers now say that time to con­tribute to this year’s goal is grow­ing short. As of Fri­day, the cam­paign stood at 83.1, hav­ing raised $262,448.52 toward the $316,000 goal. Orga­niz­ers say they are in the final phase of the 2013 cam­paign and if you have …

The local chap­ter of the NAACP will hold a cel­e­bra­tion of Dr. Mar­tin Luther King Day next Mon­day, Jan. 20, at noon at the North­towne Mall, Defi­ance. There will be per­form­ing choirs, an MLK cake-cutting cer­e­mony, book dis­plays, video dis­plays and more. The event is open to the pub­lic. For …

The Lib­erty Cen­ter vil­lage coun­cil elected Terry Bow­ers as pres­i­dent for the new year. Com­mit­tee assign­ments were also made at last week’s orga­ni­za­tional meet­ing, with Bow­ers chair­ing the ceme­tery com­mit­tee. Brian Rogers will be the chair for the finance and zon­ing com­mit­tee. Roger Fisher is head of safety, and Den­nis …

Bryan police report the arrest of 26 year old Adam Cham­ber­lain of Bryan on a Bench War­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal court for fail­ure to appear for OVI and anti-noise peel­ing. He was taken to CCNO.

It’s that time of year again… The cook­ies are back! Girl Scouts through­out the region will be sell­ing cook­ies the next few weeks. As of Fri­day, Six kinds of cook­ies are avail­able this year: thin mints, samoas, taga­longs, do-si-dos, short­bread, and Savan­nah Smiles. Boxes this year will cost $5 each. …