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Bryan Police report the arrest of 32 year old Phillip Towne of Bryan. Towne was picked up on a bench war­rant issued out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. He was taken to court and then released.

North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s cam­pus is air con­di­tioned and open to the pub­lic through­out the sum­mer as a cool­ing sta­tion. High tem­per­a­tures and humid­ity can make for long days, local res­i­dents in need of a place to get out of the heat are invited to use North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s …

A 4-H chicken bar­beque will offi­cially mark the start of Bean Days in Mont­pe­lier this evening in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Build­ing on the fair­grounds. The annual event will include a garage sale on Fri­day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, …

Two men charged with steal­ing vehi­cles and lead­ing police on a dan­ger­ous chase, and a man accused of rob­bing a Sub­way restau­rant at knife­point were indicted Wednes­day by a Williams County grand jury. 24 year old Tim­o­thy Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana and 22 year old Christo­pher Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana …

A whole lot of indict­ments were handed down Wednes­day in Williams County. They include: 24 year old Tim­o­thy L. Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana; 22 year old Christo­pher D. Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana; 27 year old Ash­ley N. Grond of Defi­ance; 27 year old James R. Mor­gan of Hol­i­day City, Ohio; …

Some enlight­en­ing news for Bryan… On Tues­day, the Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs approved the pur­chase of new, mod­ern styled, alu­minum street­light poles at a cost of $748 each. The new poles will replace the old, out­dated poles on South Main Street. The Bryan Times reports 27 poles will be …

A 4-H chicken bar­beque will offi­cially mark the start of Bean Days in Mont­pe­lier Thurs­day evening in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Build­ing on the fair­grounds. The annual event will include a garage sale on Fri­day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, …

Pio­neer Vil­lage Coun­cil on Tues­day evening, voted to raise the level of ser­vice pro­vided by area emer­gency respon­ders. The Bryan Times reports that coun­cil approved the pur­chase of two new defib­ril­la­tors for the fire depart­ment. The cur­rent defib­ril­la­tors, accord­ing to fire depart­ment offi­cials, are eight years old, out­dated and not …

Some new light will soon be shed on The Defi­ance County Air­port. The air­port will soon be get­ting some new lights. The only ques­tion is whether tra­di­tional incan­des­cent bulbs or more mod­ern and cur­rent tech­nol­ogy will be cho­sen in the form of high-tech LED light­ing. The Bryan Times reports that …

On Mon­day, the Lib­erty Cen­ter Local Board of Edu­ca­tion tabled the sec­ond of two required res­o­lu­tions to place a com­bined 8-mill, 37-year bond issue/0.5-mill per­ma­nent improve­ment levy on the Nov. 5 bal­lot for a new pre-K through grade 12 school. The move now makes it unlikely that the issue will …