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Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers voted unan­i­mously last week to fire Hill­side Coun­try Liv­ing Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Terry Schollmeier after a review of atten­dance records showed that poli­cies were incon­sis­tently fol­lowed. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, “Cer­tain employ­ees were dis­ci­plined for atten­dance issues and oth­ers are not.”The inves­ti­ga­tion was com­pleted by an inde­pen­dent …

The Bryan City Schools facil­i­ties plan will go before the vot­ers this fall if the state comes up with it’s por­tion of the costs. Last night, the school board voted to place a 7.45-mill, 28-year bond issue on the Nov. 5 bal­lot. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, it rep­re­sents match­ing …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol says sev­eral crashes on Fri­day left sev­eral peo­ple injured. Accord­ing to the High­way Patrol, Fri­day after­noon around 2:15pm 23 year old Matthew Maneval of Pio­neer was dri­ving on Ohio 15 north of County Road H when he was hit from behind by 22 year old …

Bryan woman sus­tained seri­ous injuries in an early Sun­day morn­ing crash. 23 year old Cora Gonyea of Bryan, was north­bound on U.S. 127 near County Road 17 when her vehi­cle trav­eled off the west side of the road and flipped sev­eral times. Gonyea was thrown from the vehi­cle. The High­way …

A record num­ber of par­tic­i­pants and vis­i­tors turned out for the Relay for Life of Henry County on Fri­day evening and Sat­ur­day morn­ing at the Henry County Fair­grounds in Napoleon. Offi­cials report that $210,768 dur­ing the relay, which they say, in com­bi­na­tion with events yet planned, may be a record …

Defi­ance County seniors are all invited for a healthy and infor­ma­tive Tues­day at the Health Expo. The expo will be held tomor­row from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Defi­ance County Senior Cen­ter at 140 E. Broad­way Ave. in Defi­ance. The Health Expo is a free heath fair with a con­ti­nen­tal …

The vil­lage of Pauld­ing build­ing and grounds com­mit­tee will meet to dis­cuss build­ings and prop­er­ties at 5:15 this after­noon in the coun­cil room of the munic­i­pal build­ing. The Wauseon City Coun­cil will meet this after­noon in the coun­cil cham­bers, 230 Clin­ton St., Wauseon. The meet­ing begins at 5 p.m. The …

The National Weather Ser­vice in north­ern Indi­ana has con­firmed three tor­na­does in Henry County from last week’s storm. The first tor­nado was con­firmed one mile north of Ham­ler where a barn was destroyed. The tor­nado, at 11:59 p.m. Wednes­day, was rated an EF-0 with an esti­mated wind speed of 85 …

The North­west Water Dis­trict is fac­ing a dif­fi­cult deci­sion. It may have to return a $496,000 state grant if a water plant con­tin­ues to sit idle. It the plant goes into pro­duc­tion on the other hand, the dis­trict will lose more than $28,000 per year. The $496,000 came from a …

For more than 65 years, The Bryan Jubilee has been held. This year it will return to the square on Tues­day for another five-day run. The Bryan Times reports that return­ing to the Jubilee this year after a short hia­tus is the laser light show on Fri­day and Sat­ur­day. New …