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A major source of jobs comes to the area. Automotive supplier, JAC Products, is taking over a new 200 thousand square foot building in Napoleon. The company will invest more than $5 million in setting up operations to include manufacturing, fabrication, assembly and distribution. They need 300 people to run …

Well…the signs are going up again on Highway 127…did you see them? That means some great shopping is on the way. It’s the 127 Yard Sale for yet another year. The stretch of home retail at its finest stretches from Addison to Gadsen. It attracts not only the locals…but people …

A 36-year-old Henry County man, reported missing since last Thursday, is found safe in Wauseon by police. Wayne Dauwalter disappeared after he walked away from the Henry County Hospital last week. He is back home in Napoleon, now.

A Swanton woman avoids jail time for cocaine charges in a Fulton County courtroom. Elizabeth Norman instead receives three years community control, weekly drug screenings and a stint at a treatment center in Maumee. The judge warned Norman, if she doesn’t comply with all this…she could see 11 months behind …

Two workers are hurt, two dozen others evacuated after an apparent workplace accident at the Ayersville school building. Crews were involved in an asbestos removal project when officials say equipment used to provide fresh air during the operation, failed. Officials suspect carbon monoxide levels in the area got too high …

A child dies on a Noble County farm. Officials say a farm implement caused the injury. Medics were called to a North County Road 175 East address. En route, dispatchers helped the caller perform CPR on the child, until the first responders arrived. The child died at the scene. An …

Area investigators think a car fire at a trucking business on County Road 15 in Pioneer looks a little suspicious. They believe somebody was upset with the owner of vehicle and set the car ablaze. The state Fire Marshall’s office has been notified. The investigation continues. If you know anything …

An Angola woman, accused of shooting a man last October, makes a guilty plea in a Steuben County courtroom. Counsel for Heather Garr filed the plea on attempted manslaughter charges. Prosecutors say Garr shot a man with a handgun. The victim was hospitalized for a time. Garr is scheduled for …

Bryan Chamber of Commerce officials say they have gotten word of a scam. Employees at the First Federal Bank in Bryan apparently spotted a check from an outfit posing as a time share condominium broker. They say, don’t accept any checks…or anything else for that matter from a firm called …

Superior Township is the latest county to officially oppose the plan by Artesian of Pioneer to test drill into an area aquifer, to see if its possible to deliver water to customers outside of Williams County. Township Trustees President, Tom Worthington and trustees, Dan Gillen and Dave Apple unanimously approved …