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It’s been called the biggest gam­ble on earth… It’s also been called farm­ing. Farm­ers are now tak­ing to the fields to get a start on plant­ing after a very wet April pre­vented many farm­ers from get­ting started until recently. Ag experts expect to see a lot of activ­ity out in …

Look­ing for some­thing spe­cial to do with Mom this week­end while enjoy­ing some great food too? The Sons of the Amer­i­can Legion of Wauseon Amer­i­can Legion Post 265 is hold­ing their Mother’s Day chicken bar­be­cue on Sun­day start­ing at 11 a.m. The cost for the din­ner is only $7.50 and …

Bryan Police report the arrest on Thurs­day of 24 year old Raphael A. Her­rera of 110 E. But­ler St., Bryan. Her­rera was arrested on a bench war­rant out of Defi­ance Munic­i­pal Court for Fail­ing to Appear. He was taken to CCNO.

The Ney Vil­lage Coun­cil met on Wednes­day to dis­cuss what to do with the village’s old main­te­nance build­ing and whether to put it up for bids. The meet­ing, as far as that deci­sion is con­cerned, accom­plished noth­ing, as noth­ing what­so­ever was decided. In other busi­ness, Coun­cil also learned the vil­lage …

The Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion decided at Wednesday’s meet­ing, eighth-graders will have the use of iPads at the start of the next school year. The board approved iPad use in the class­room for grades 8–12. For the past two years, stu­dents and teach­ers in grades 9–12 have used iPads. …

Bryan Police arrested a man from Bryan on Tues­day. 22 year old Logan Smith of Beech Street was picked up on a shoplift­ing charge. Smith was released after pro­cess­ing. Also on Tue­day, Bryan PD nabbed 35 year old Jed Apger of Cherry Street in Bryan. Apger was arrested on an …

With baby ani­mals, fes­tive music, and many hands-on expe­ri­ences — Spring on the Farm con­tin­ues to be a favorite event for fam­i­lies to enjoy together! On Sat­ur­day, May 11 guests will be wash­ing win­dows, mak­ing rope, plant­ing beets and churn­ing but­ter to cel­e­brate Spring at Sauder Vil­lage!

For the past eight years, Pam Schroeder has been the office admin­is­tra­tor with United Way of Williams County. Now she’s step­ping into a new posi­tion as exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Williams County His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety. Schroeder’s appoint­ment was announced dur­ing Wednesday’s Bryan Kiwa­nis Club meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that Schroeder …

Habi­tat for Human­ity of Williams County soon will have a new home under con­struc­tion. The group announces that they will be break­ing ground on their first home in Edger­ton. A cer­e­mony will take place at noon next Tues­day, May 14, at the build­ing site which is at 417 N. Oak …

Many can­di­dates locally met Monday’s fil­ing dead­line for Inde­pen­dents seek­ing office in the Novem­ber elec­tion. In Henry County, two incum­bent Repub­li­cans (Travis Sheaf­fer and Jim Her­sh­berger) have cho­sen to run as Inde­pen­dents for Napoleon City Coun­cil. Chal­lenger Heather Wil­son also filed as an Inde­pen­dent and Repub­li­can write-in John Tassler has …