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Northwest State Community College is awarded a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant, paid out over a five-year period, will aid the college’s continued efforts to improve student success. The Department of Education awarded grant funding to a maximum of 10 colleges and universities throughout …

Bryan Municipal Utilities department heads got their wish Tuesday as the Bryan Board of Public Affairs approved the purchase of a $302,688.50 hydro excavator. Water Superintendent Norm Echler and Electric Superintendent Al Sullivan agreed the new piece of equipment…which uses a jet of water to loosen soil while a vacuum …

Four credit card skimmers were found on gas pumps in Edon and Edgerton on Sept. 23. They were removed by law enforcement but for some the discovery may have come too late. Three people have reported unauthorized withdrawals from debit cards since then, all from the Edon area.

A portion of State Road 327 was closed Monday for a rolled over tractor-trailer unit. The incident took place on State Road 327 near County Road 175 North, south of Orland on top of Sand Hill. One lane of the roadway was closed for recovery and clean up. The accident …

After sitting vacant for years in Bryan, the old run down house at 426 N. Williams St. was bought, then knocked down by the Williams County Land Bank. Insiders say a community garden is going in. Bryan Planning Commissioners approved a variance, changing the lot’s zoning from R-2, Residential, to …

Williams County Commissioners are in anticipation of a lump sum payment of $496,855 from the state. The funds were recently authorized by the Ohio Legislature as a “make-whole” measure to replace money lost by Ohio counties when the federal government told the state last year that it could no longer …

A Noble County woman dies after being thrown from a cart pulled by a runaway horse. 58-year-old Cynthia Miller of Green Center died at the scene. Smith-Green firefighters, Parkview EMS, and Noble County Sheriff’s deputies responded. No word on what spooked the horse into running.

We have a champion in our midst…Defeating competitors from urban sprawls like Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Williams County’s own TJ Zimmerman of the Carlin Company has been named the top Realtor in Ohio by the Ohio Association of Realtors for highest volume of sales. After 20 years in the business …

Spooks or Science?…A scarecrow just suddenly bursts into flames at a Greystone Drive residence in Bryan. Seriously. Looking at the calendar, it has some suspecting scary tales or ghosts and goblins making a visit. No. Crews put out the fire pretty fast. The owner put a real scarecrow, straw and …

Three Sherwood teenagers are hurt in a solo crash in Defiance County. Officers say the vehicle was traveling on The Bend Road, north of Defiance County Road 424…it left the roadway, hitting a utility pole and landing on its top. Damage was heavy. Corbin Sines was flown to Mercy St. …