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Swanton Village Council members agree to take the next step toward creating a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area in the village. A DORA allows visitors, 21 and older, to consume alcoholic beverages outdoors and in participating businesses within the area’s boundaries, during designated hours, and according to DORA rules.

The Williams County Domestic Violence Task Force will hold an informal Meet & Greet in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The event is at the Williams County East Annex, on E. High St., in Bryan. The Task force is a community network of agencies and organizations striving to establish …

County Commissioners approved a consulting agreement to analyze the operations of the Williams County Job & Family Services. The agreement with Interconnections Consulting at $13,500 dollars is effective from Sept. 29 through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources approved a permit for AquaBounty’s water withdrawal. One of the many permits AquaBounty needs to operate their Pioneer facility is a Water Withdrawal and Consumptive Use Permit from ODNR. The aquaculture company had already received one such permit earlier this year, but that was …

Dawson Moore, an 11th grader at Bryan High School who is served by the William County Board of Developmental Disabilities, is turning challenges into success. Dawson and several others served by the board…shared their challenges and their successes at a roundtable discussion during a visit by Kim Hauck, director of …

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office is investigating allegations that a Steuben County registered sex offender violated Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Registry law. Authorities say the alleged violation occurred in DeKalb County. Reports indicate Steuben County Sheriff’s detectives received information that registered sex offender, 29 year old Dominique Morton, who …

Ohio Department of Insurance director, Judith French and Medicare experts from the department’s Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program are hosting a free, virtual town hall on Oct. 4 at 11:30 a.m. to help Ohioans on Medicare understand Medicare changes for 2023, how to compare options and select coverage, ways …

An appeals court in Columbus has vacated an $8 million dollar freeze of assets belonging to the former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, saying a judge wrongly granted the freeze sought last year by Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost. A three-judge panel at the 10th District Court …

A judge extended a temporary block on an Ohio law, banning virtually all abortions for an additional 14 days, further pausing a law that had taken effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the Supreme Court, in June. The decision by Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins means pregnancy terminations …

Painting and maintenance to the Edgerton water tower has been pushed back to the spring. Officials say the change was due to circumstances in getting supplies and labor. D & M Painting Corporation, out of Washington, Pennsylvania, was awarded the bid for painting and rehabilitation of both the village’s water …