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Local gov­ern­ments and schools in Ohio could see almost $113 mil­lion in rebates from the state insur­ance fund for injured work­ers under a pro­posal from the gov­er­nor. The Governor’s office on Mon­day released a break­down of the schools, town­ships, cities and other pub­lic employ­ers who could see a pay­out from …

A new prin­ci­pal at Stryker Local Schools is not nec­es­sar­ily new to the dis­trict. The announce­ment of the hir­ing of David Shultz was made Mon­day night by the school board. Schultz was hired, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, on a two-year contract.

The Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day evening, heard a short pre­sen­ta­tion by Con­rad Beck, of Beck Insur­ance, after which coun­cil mem­bers approved renewal of the village’s prop­erty and lia­bil­ity insur­ance. Accord­ing to an arti­cle in the Bryan Times, Mont­pe­lier has been with Beck Insur­ance since 1991. It is cov­ered under …

A huge car show is com­ing this week­end to Arch­bold. Nearly 100 antique auto­mo­biles will be on dis­play on Sat­ur­day for the annual antique car gath­er­ing at Sauder Vil­lage. Antique car col­lec­tors from the tri-state region area expected to be there. Car enthu­si­asts report­edly are com­ing from Ohio, Michi­gan and …

Pro-Tec Coat­ing Com­pany in Leip­sic, on Mon­day unveiled its $400 mil­lion, 415,000-square-foot expan­sion project which employs 80 peo­ple. Pro-Tec coats and treats sheet steel for cars. Its cus­tomers include all major automak­ers and some auto-related com­pa­nies in Ohio and sur­round­ing states Pro-Tec employs 317 total, includ­ing the 80 new employ­ees. …

The Ohio Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture is set to begin aer­ial treat­ments to con­trol the gypsy moth pop­u­la­tion in the state. 51 acres in Defi­ance County is tar­geted as larva and leaf devel­op­ment now is peak­ing. The depart­ment uses foray, a nat­u­rally occur­ring bac­terium found in the soil that inter­feres with …

Turn­pike prices are going up next year. The Ohio Turn­pike Com­mis­sion wants to increase prices by 2.7 per­cent each year for the next decade. Com­mis­sion­ers say the extra rev­enue would go towards fund­ing a $1.5 bil­lion in turn­pike bonds and pay for con­struc­tion projects near the turn­pike. To get more …

Offi­cials still have no com­ment on exactly how much money was taken in a dar­ing bank rob­bery in Edger­ton on Fri­day. 47 year old Kelly Chaney of Indi­ana is accused of rob­bing the Edger­ton branch of The Hicksville Bank on North Michi­gan Avenue in Edger­ton just before 12:30 Fri­day afternoon,and …

A Wauseon man died in a car-motorcycle crash Fri­day evening. Accord­ing to troop­ers, a car dri­ven by 56 year old Ken­neth Stew­art of Swan­ton was turn­ing from Ohio 108 onto County Road C when he cut in front of the motor­cy­cle rid­den by 59 year old Steven Brad­ner. The motor­cy­cle …

No cause has yet been listed for a fire at a West Unity home over the week­end. The call came in just after 11:30 Fri­day evening after fire was dis­cov­ered in the base­ment of the home of Duane Rupp on County Road M in West Unity. Fire­fight­ers were on scene …