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The Bryan City Council okays the installation of two wireless hot spots. They say internet coverage will be better. The hot spots will be installed by MetaLINK Technologies, out of Defiance…at no cost to the city. The antennas are will be installed at both the East End Park pool building …

State Senator, Rob McColley of Napoleon announces the Ohio Senate unanimously passes Senate Bill 310, authorizing the distribution of $350 million of federal funding to local communities across Ohio for COVID-19 related expenses. He added it will be made available to counties and towns for necessary expenses. The legislation passed …

A Deshler man dies in a motorcycle crash. Officials say Donald Rosebrook was northbound on Ohio 235. He apparently missed a curve and lost control. The motorcycle hit a ditch along the roadway. A passenger is hurt in the wreck. Rosebrook was taken to a Findlay hospital, where he was …

Bryan has entered into an agreement with SharedWork Ohio to help ease the impact of possible employee hours reductions. The agreement was approved at the city council meeting. The contract allows for those city employees, likely to see their hours reduced in the coming days, to seek unemployment benefits through …

Utility shut-off for nonpayment will remain suspended for Bryan Municipal Utilities customers until at least June 20. The Board of Public Affairs had previously approved suspending disconnections until early May. Board officials say they will reevaluate the policy in June and may extend it further, if necessary.

Gov. DeWine is cutting $775 million dollars from the state budget in the next two months as Ohio’s revenues fall during coronavirus. He tells reporters Ohio went from running $200 million dollars ahead in revenue estimates in February…to a nearly three-quarter billion dollar drop, last month. The governor says he’s …

While the coronavirus situation continues…one thing returns to normal in Bryan…the city’s big trash pick-up will resume…today. The pick-up, which takes place monthly for city residents, had been suspended when officials declared a citywide state of emergency, back on March 18. The city’s recycling program however, remains suspended…due to safety …

There are 17 new positive COVID-19 test results in Steuben County. All of the patients are under 60. County officials say there are 43 cases in all, there. 14 people have recovered…one person has died.

West Unity officials unanimously approve to enter into an agreement with the Regional Income Tax Agency, to collect its local income taxes. The RITA typically collects around 3% of a municipality’s tax collection, and in West Unity’s case, a RITA representative estimated it would cost the village somewhere around 33 …

Bryan Municipal Utilities wants people to flush the water systems at facilities that have been vacant during the state’s stay-at-home order. Officials say, as buildings that have had little to no water usage re-open, it is important that they flush water that has been stagnant in cold- and hot-water distribution …