The medical assisting program at Northwest State Community College in Archbold recently earned the maximum five-year, national reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Because NSCC’s medical assisting program is accredited, graduates are eligible to sit for the Certified Medical Assistant’s exam. For more information …
Read More »DEFIANCE COUNTY ROAD PROJECT TO BEGIN
Defiance County’s highway projects this year are expected to cost around $5 million, with much of that earmarked for the long-delayed prject to widen Ayersville Road. That $2.9 million project is expected to start this week The project completion deadline is Sept. 30.
Read More »STATE UNIVERSITIES LOSING GRANT FUNDS
Ohio universities expecting decreased research funding in the wake of the automatic federal budget cuts that took place this month are trying to prepare for those cuts and find alternatives to replace the money. Thousands of scientists at universities across Ohio face the threat to their research funding, and that …
Read More »SHERIFF RECEIVES TRAINING
Williams County Sheriff Steven Towns recently completed training which will allow him to train school and business leaders in proactive survival strategies in case a violent person comes into their buildings. Towns says a survival mentality is the first and best defense in that kind of situation while awaiting law …
Read More »ARCHBOLD THEFT
Police are trying to find those responsible for breaking into a business in Archbold and stealing about $16,000 worth of tools. Someone broke into Auto Thru Class 8 Trucks LLC in the 200 block of Taylor Parkway and stole such items as scan tools, wrenches, socket sets, grinders, and snap-on …
Read More »ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
Swanton police say it was an accidental shooting that left a local man wounded in the leg Saturday evening. 19 year old Christopher Flickinger was flown by air ambulance from Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center on Sunday. Flickinger and his roommate were apparently …
Read More »9-1-1 BEAM TO BE PART OF LOCAL MEMORIAL
A steel I-beam from the North Tower of the World Trade Center will be part of a new monument on the Fulton County Fairgrounds. The I-beam was most likely a vertical support beam from one of floors. Bits of concrete from the floor are still visible. The force of the …
Read More »SPANGLER UNIONS REACH AGREEMENT
It’s a deal! On Thursday, after nearly a week of negotiations, members of Local 20 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Spangler Candy Company signed a five-year contract. Major discussion centered around insurance and wages.
Read More »SCHOOL VIOLENCE FORUM HELD
A school safety and gun violence forum was sponsored this week by the Shalom Counseling Mediation Center and Defiance College and was held on Tuesday at the college. Area law enforcement officials, educators, and many local residents showed up and expressed their concerns about safety in our local schools. Some …
Read More »LEVY QUESTION COMES AT A COST
The Williams County Soil and Water Conservation District has placed a levy on the May 7 special election ballot, which they say will bring in $271,000 annually if passed. The resolution has been filed, but because the May ballot is a special election, Soil and Water will need to pay …
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