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Google will invest money to support three data center campuses in central Ohio.

Online giant, Google will invest an additional $1.7 billion dollars to support three data center campuses in central Ohio. It now operates a center in New Albany and announced in May that it would build additional centers in Columbus and Lancaster to help power its artificial intelligence technology and other …

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Williams County commissioners vote to again deny a permit for water and wastewater lines for the Village of Pioneer.

After a two and a half hour administrative hearing…the Williams County commissioners vote unanimously to again deny a permit for water and wastewater lines for the Village of Pioneer. During the hearing, attorneys for AquaBounty…which has proposed constructing the lines from a private water supplier near Pioneer to supply up …

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Williams County Board of Elections approves two candidates as write-ins for the general election, while rejecting a third.

The Williams County Board of Elections approves two candidates as write-ins for the November General Election, while rejecting a third. The board approved Mary Gniewkowski as a write-in candidate for the position of Northwest Township Trustee and Dawn Layman as a write in for Millcreek-West Unity Board of Education. Gniewkowski …

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Soccer field improvements for Bryan City Schools.

Bryan schools will soon be moving more dirt to the former Washington Elementary School location as part of soccer field improvements. The move is all part of the overall capital project, which also featured renovations to the high school football field. Although the football upgrades are complete, there is still …

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Bryan Fire Department responds to a vehicle fire in the Walgreens parking lot.

The Bryan Fire Department responds to a vehicle fire in the Walgreens parking lot. The fire crew arrived as the truck became engulfed in flames. Officials tell reporters…the cause of the blaze is likely electrical. It takes a little over five minutes to fully extinguish the flames. The vehicle is …

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Central Local Board of Education gets updated on the beginning of the school year.

The Central Local Board of Education gets updated on the beginning of the school year. Superintendent Steve Arnold says the year is off to a great start, especially with the updates that were made to school facilities over the summer. Some of the projects included new campus-wide asphalt, re-painted and …

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A move for better busses for Bryan City Schools.

The Bryan City School Board of Education approves moving more money to purchase new busses. The board needed to add $60,000 dollars to the permanent improvement budget, due to the increased cost of school buses. Officials say…the buses cost $140,000 dollars…and the addition of two new ones will result in …

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Indiana State Police troopers serve a warrant at a house in Garrett, to a subject who does not cooperate.

Indiana State Police troopers serve a warrant at a house in Garrett on John C. Costanzo…at his residence on the 100 block of Hamsher Street. Officials confirm that they located Constanzo in his residence, an apartment building, but he refused to cooperate with the arrest. The man barricaded himself in …

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Lead Program Update

The Williams County commissioners will be seeking up to an additional $244,000 dollars for removal of lead in homes through a new state program. The Maumee Valley Planning Organization, which will be applying for the grant on the county’s behalf, met with the commissioners recently to discuss the new program. …

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Help For Teachers

A bill…backed by Sen. Sherrod Brown would allow teachers the ability to deduct more of the out-of-pocket money they spend on their classrooms. Every year, 94% of public school teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on different supplies for their classroom, Brown told reporters. The Educators Expense …

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