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A rec­om­men­da­tion to extend the sea­son at the city’s munic­i­pal golf course was approved Mon­day by the Napoleon City Coun­cil. Coun­cil approved the parks and recre­ation board’s rec­om­men­da­tion to lengthen the sea­son from March 15 to Nov. 15. in order to increase revenues.

Good news! Bryan Fire Cap­tain Gary Mer­schdorf was back on the job Mon­day morn­ing. In Jan­u­ary, the Cap­tain fell from a scis­sors lift while work­ing on a garage door at the new fire sta­tion. Mer­schdorf had a skull frac­ture, trau­matic brain injury (TBI) and spinal dam­age. He spent weeks in …

Bryan Police report the arrest of 60 year old Ronald Snider of Bryan. Sny­der is charged with felony domes­tic vio­lence. He was locked up in CCNO. Also, Bryan Police arrested 22 year old Chad Hale who has no known address. Hale was arrested on a pro­ba­tion vio­la­tion out of Bryan …

The Board of Trustees of North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege will hold its next reg­u­lar meet­ing this Fri­day, June 7th at 12 noon in the McDougle Cen­ter (Room A101C) on NSCC’s Arch­bold campus.

A small bot­tle bomb was found near a West Unity home this past week­end. West Unity police say they found the sus­pi­cious item at 107 N. High St. on Sat­ur­day. The North­west Ohio Bomb Squad was called in and after exam­in­ing the object, they deter­mined it did indeed con­tain a …

The Edger­ton Senior Cen­ter will stop using the com­mu­nity build­ing on North Michi­gan Avenue at the end of the month. The Bryan Times reports that home-delivered meals and reg­u­lar ser­vices will con­tinue with­out on-site activ­i­ties. Edger­ton will offer daily trans­porta­tion to the Edon Senior Cen­ter until a new facil­ity is …

Defi­ance Police are warn­ing res­i­dents in that city of a per­son who is claim­ing to be a home health care nurse and enter­ing people’s homes. The depart­ment has received sev­eral reports of elderly res­i­dents being vis­ited by a woman claim­ing to be a home health care nurse over the past …

The Pauld­ing County Fair is almost ready to kick off. This year’s fair will be June 10–15 in Pauld­ing. Admis­sion is free. Each day there will be games and rides from D&D Putting and Amuse­ments from 1–10 p.m. Grenko pony rides and games also will be at the fair. GMH …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Defi­ance County will hold a blood drive on Thurs­day from 1–7 p.m. in Hicksville at the First Church of Christ in the gym­na­sium. To sched­ule an appoint­ment call 800–733-2767

The 135th annual com­mence­ment cer­a­mony at Bryan High School on Sun­day saw 140 seniors grad­u­ate. Class vice pres­i­dents Luke Shaf­fer and Brit­tany Green­ler greeted those in atten­dance and expressed their great appre­ci­a­tion on behalf of their class­mates to fam­ily, friends, admin­is­tra­tion and staff for their sup­port through­out their aca­d­e­mic persuits.