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An enterprise zone agreement with a 15-year, 100 percent tax abatement has been approved for Menards. Holiday City Village Council approved the measure at its regular meeting last week. The company is expected start construction in late spring or early summer for a building adjacent to its existing facilities. Williams …

A man who had been wanted by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department since early February on several felony charges was captured following a police chase Friday night. Around 10:10 p.m. a sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a silver 4-door Pontiac sedan near Pittsford Road and Beecher Road. The driver of …

The annual Jubilee returns to downtown Bryan June 13-17. Amusement rides and food vendors will ring the courthouse square and there will be a number of special family fun events each day, as always, according to Dan Yahraus, executive director of the Bryan Area Chamber of Commerce in meeting with …

The Williams County Fair Board during its regular monthly meeting Thursday voted to hold the line on the daily admission to this year’s Williams County Fair at $5, with children 12 and under admitted free. In addition, the fair board is closer to its goal of raising $50,000 to match …

Nearly nine years after state lawmakers passed a crackdown on payday loan businesses and voters upheld that law, people are still borrowing from quick-cash lenders, and they’re still charging huge interest rates. And now another proposal to regulate the industry is back before legislators. A Pew Charitable Trusts study of …

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Friday that voting for military and overseas voters began Saturday, March 18 for the upcoming Primary and Special Election held on May 2nd. Voters in 74 counties may have a local race or issue on the ballot this May. For information on local …

This year’s Williams County Fair will host a new event on Sunday night, Sept. 10: lawnmower racing by the American Racing Mower Association, Inc. (ARMA). In lawnmower racing, competitors race modified, self-propelled riding lawnmowers with the blades removed for safety. ARMA races will take place on the fairgrounds horse track …

The Village of Pioneer has joined in the chorus of villages and cities that oppose the centralized collection of income taxes. Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s two-year budget proposal would require businesses to file about $600 million of municipal income taxes through the online Ohio Business Gateway, according to a Columbus …

Another pretrial hearing has been set in the case of an Indiana man accused of murder in Paulding County. 34 year old Daniel Zerbe of Fort Wayne, had a pretrial hearing Wednesday in Paulding County Common Pleas Court. The hearing did not take place in open court, and another hearing …

A Toledo man, who allegedly shot and killed the mother of his 10-month-old son and abducted the boy, was detained in Indiana and has since been returned to northwest Ohio for arraignment. 27 year old James Ramey, of Toledo, appeared before a judge in Fulton County, Ind., and waived his …