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For the third year in a row, Bryan got an Audi­tor of State award from State Audi­tor Dave Yost for hav­ing a per­fect audit. Accord­ing to The Bryan Times, Yost’s office says that in order to be con­sid­ered a “clean” audit, the audit must be filed timely with the state …

The Williams County Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be held on Sept. 14 at the Bryan Recre­ation Park at 3 p.m., with reg­is­tra­tion start­ing at 2 p.m. There will be lots of activ­i­ties includ­ing face paint­ing, DJ, mem­ory gar­den and gift bas­ket raf­fles. Orga­niz­ers will also be pro­vid­ing free water …

The pub­lic is invited to join North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege fac­ulty, staff and stu­dents for a 9/11 trib­ute cer­e­mony on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 11 at 12:15 p.m. Sen­a­tor Cliff Hite will pro­vide the keynote address for the cer­e­mony, which will include a moment of silence and patri­otic music. The Col­lege is …

From Tues­day through Sun­day this week, Sauder Vil­lage will host “Cel­e­brate Our Arti­sans” Week — a spe­cial trib­ute to the com­mu­nity of men and women who share their tal­ents with guests at His­toric Sauder Vil­lage. Through­out this spe­cial week guests can watch the Sauder Vil­lage crafts­men at work in their …

The Ful­ton County Crimestop­per pro­gram is seek­ing infor­ma­tion on a bur­glary and theft at a rural Swan­ton area home. Inves­ti­ga­tors believe the bur­glary occurred between Aug. 21st to the 24th. Sev­eral guns were reported stolen, along with ammu­ni­tion, a jew­elry box, a man’s gold wed­ding band, pocket watches, Marine Corps …

A fire that inves­ti­ga­tors say started on the side porch of a Wauseon triplex early Sat­ur­day morn­ing, caused dam­age esti­mated at $50,000. Wauseon fire­fight­ers responded just before 1 a.m. to the two-story, wood-frame struc­ture at 131 Beech St. When they arrived, the five per­sons inside the three apart­ments had got­ten …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Bay­town, Texas man in con­nec­tion with a string of bur­glar­ies in Pulaski [pull-a SKY] Town­ship. 22 year old Travis L. Hicks hasn’t been liv­ing in the area all that long, accord­ing to Steve Towns. The sher­iff told the Bryan Times …

It could be a long cold win­ter for the Huber Opera House and Civic Cen­ter. The hot water boiler there is at least forty years old accord­ing to direc­tors, and it’s just plain shot. They say it’s got a huge crack in it and it leaks water faster than it …

The Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion (AHA) is spon­sor­ing the North­west Ohio Heart Walk on Sat­ur­day in Napoleon. More than 150 peo­ple will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the event which starts with reg­is­tra­tion at 8 a.m. tomor­row morn­ing in Napoleon. The walk will begin at 9 a.m. and refresh­ments will be offered along …

Stu­dents and staff at St. Anthony’s School in Colum­bus Grove were evac­u­ated Wednes­day after­noon after a gas leak was dis­cov­ered nearby. The Put­nam County Sheriff’s Office says stu­dents and staff were evac­u­ated by bus to Colum­bus Grove Local Schools around 12:30 as a pre­cau­tion­ary mea­sure while the leak was repaired. …