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North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s 43th com­mence­ment cer­e­mony Sat­ur­day included 477 grad­u­ates who earned 395 associate’s degrees and 151 cer­tifi­cates. It was a record for the col­lege. Dr. Mar­cia Sloan Latta, a Williams County native, pro­vided the keynote address. Latta oper­ates a con­sult­ing firm, Latta Strate­gies, and serves on the board …

The Defi­ance County Res­i­den­tial Hous­ing will hold its reg­u­lar monthly board meet­ing at 3:30 p.m. on Tues­day at the Defi­ance County Board of DD Ser­vice & Sup­port, 1840 E. Sec­ond St., Defi­ance. The meet­ing is open to the public.

Emer­gency crews were called out to three sep­a­rate acci­dents in Williams county Sat­ur­day night. The Bryan Times says that at 7:46 p.m., a vehi­cle hit a pole on County Road 10 north of County Road D. Then at 9:17 p.m. crews were called to 518 S. Main St., Bryan where …

The bod­ies of two teenagers from Put­nam County involved Thurs­day in an Amber Alert have been found. Accord­ing to police, a third teen involved reported the loca­tion of the bod­ies. The Bryan Times reports that one of the teens, a 17-year-old, was found near Colum­bus Thurs­day after­noon. The Put­nam County …

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 …