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A 4-H chicken bar­beque will offi­cially mark the start of Bean Days in Mont­pe­lier this evening in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Build­ing on the fair­grounds. The annual event will include a garage sale on Fri­day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, …

Two men charged with steal­ing vehi­cles and lead­ing police on a dan­ger­ous chase, and a man accused of rob­bing a Sub­way restau­rant at knife­point were indicted Wednes­day by a Williams County grand jury. 24 year old Tim­o­thy Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana and 22 year old Christo­pher Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana …

A whole lot of indict­ments were handed down Wednes­day in Williams County. They include: 24 year old Tim­o­thy L. Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana; 22 year old Christo­pher D. Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana; 27 year old Ash­ley N. Grond of Defi­ance; 27 year old James R. Mor­gan of Hol­i­day City, Ohio; …

Some enlight­en­ing news for Bryan… On Tues­day, the Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs approved the pur­chase of new, mod­ern styled, alu­minum street­light poles at a cost of $748 each. The new poles will replace the old, out­dated poles on South Main Street. The Bryan Times reports 27 poles will be …

A 4-H chicken bar­beque will offi­cially mark the start of Bean Days in Mont­pe­lier Thurs­day evening in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Build­ing on the fair­grounds. The annual event will include a garage sale on Fri­day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, …

Pio­neer Vil­lage Coun­cil on Tues­day evening, voted to raise the level of ser­vice pro­vided by area emer­gency respon­ders. The Bryan Times reports that coun­cil approved the pur­chase of two new defib­ril­la­tors for the fire depart­ment. The cur­rent defib­ril­la­tors, accord­ing to fire depart­ment offi­cials, are eight years old, out­dated and not …

Some new light will soon be shed on The Defi­ance County Air­port. The air­port will soon be get­ting some new lights. The only ques­tion is whether tra­di­tional incan­des­cent bulbs or more mod­ern and cur­rent tech­nol­ogy will be cho­sen in the form of high-tech LED light­ing. The Bryan Times reports that …

On Mon­day, the Lib­erty Cen­ter Local Board of Edu­ca­tion tabled the sec­ond of two required res­o­lu­tions to place a com­bined 8-mill, 37-year bond issue/0.5-mill per­ma­nent improve­ment levy on the Nov. 5 bal­lot for a new pre-K through grade 12 school. The move now makes it unlikely that the issue will …

The Bryan School Board on Mon­day adopted a res­o­lu­tion to pro­ceed with the 7.45-mill, 28-year con­struc­tion bond issue, match­ing local funds to con­sol­i­date the district’s stu­dents at the cur­rent Bryan Mid­dle School site. Accord­ing to an arti­cle in The Bryan Times, the plan will include build­ing a new high school …

The Edger­ton His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety is request­ing space in the new town hall on Michi­gan Street to house a museum. Accord­ing to offi­cials, the new museum will not cost the vil­lage any money. They cite the fact that the room is already being heated and cooled. On top of that, the …