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Napoleon Police say they have arrested two male juve­niles they say are involved in recent thefts and van­dal­ism inci­dents in the city. A 16 year old and a 17 year old from Napoleon were detained, and search war­rants were exe­cuted. Dur­ing those searches, watches and a ring that had been …

Inves­ti­ga­tors now say they’re pretty sure that it was a com­bi­na­tion of alco­hol and speed that lead to a rollover crash Sun­day night that left a man from Angola crit­i­cally injured. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Depart­ment says it was just after 11 p.m. when 30 year old Joseph E. Glenn …

Span­gler Candy Com­pany of Bryan, which has long been a major pro­ducer of candy canes, is mak­ing some changes this year to its Dum Dums lol­lipops and Cir­cus Peanuts marsh­mal­low can­dies. After 107 years in the candy busi­ness, Span­gler says it will dress up its two sta­ple can­dies for the …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege nurs­ing stu­dents are host­ing a Health Fair on Thurs­day. In addi­tion to health tips, the fair will fea­ture a flu shot clinic cour­tesy of the Ful­ton County Health Depart­ment. Flu shots will be avail­able for $20 for adults and $10 for chil­dren. The entire event will …

Pio­neer has now voted to ban the man­u­fac­ture, sale, dis­tri­b­u­tion and pos­ses­sion of syn­thetic drugs and syn­thetic drug looka­likes. On Mon­day the vil­lage coun­cil reports the unan­i­mous vote to pass a new ordi­nance designed to make sub­stances known as syn­thetic mar­i­juana, K2, spice, bath salts, pot­pourri and oth­ers ille­gal, after …

Renewal of an agri­cul­tural lease was a hot but­ton topic Mon­day night in Stryker. The Bryan Times reports that three years ago bids were taken for a 34-acre prop­erty on the south side of the vil­lage. The high bid­der from that period was asked Mon­day to renew the lease for …

The Henry County Chap­ter of the Amer­i­can Red Cross is hold­ing a blood drive all day today from 10 a.m.-3 p.m,. at the Ober­haus Shel­ter at Ober­haus Park in Napoleon. Walk-ins are wel­come. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, you can call any­time… 800-RED-CROSS.

The chicken pie sup­per tra­di­tion con­tin­ues at First Chris­t­ian Church in Wauseon. This year, orga­niz­ers say a gen­er­ous home­made meal will be served to nearly 1,000 peo­ple. It takes place Wednes­day in church fel­low­ship hall from 5–7 p.m. or until sold out. The menu includes home­made chicken pie and gravy, …

The inves­ti­ga­tion is con­tin­u­ing, but police now say they believe it was a com­bi­na­tion of alco­hol and speed that lead to a rollover crash Sun­day night that crit­i­cally injured a man from Angola. 30 year old Joseph Glenn ran off State Road 827 south of Fre­mont when he missed a …

A jury in Defi­ance County on Fri­day found a woman guilty of aggra­vated mur­der and five other charges. The ver­dict was handed down against 46 year old Judith Hawkey on charges of aggra­vated mur­der; four counts of endan­ger­ing chil­dren; and insur­ance fraud. Hawkey’s $3 mil­lion bond was imme­di­ately revoked, and …