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From the “don’t try this yourself” department, an Ohio State sorority sister fell out of their sorority house window about 3 a.m. yesterday and landed on the concrete below. Her house mates looked for her for a while before she was found critically injured. She had head and ankle injuries, …
Read More »Foreign investors making a mark on NW Ohio
Foreign investors have helped the Northwest Ohio region grow, according to Paul Zito, the VP of International Development at the Regional Growth Partnership. The Bryan Times reporting today that foreign investment has contributed 600 jobs last year and $160 million in capital improvements in the region. In a State of …
Read More »NSCC holding immigration forum to provide answers
Understanding immigration issues is complicated. Northwest State Community College is hosting a one-day program to look at the issues, like refugees around the world and coming to the US, and why don’t illegal people living here become citizens through legal channels? The program is through the Center for Lifelong Learning …
Read More »Local student wins national art honor
Congratulations going out to Stryker Local Schools student Audra Rupp. She has been named a Scholastic Art national medalist. Her drawing was one of 320,000 works of art to be submitted in the competition, and only 2,400 of them won the national medal. She also wins the Scholastic Gold Key …
Read More »Free weather spotter class tonight, open to the public
Another weather spotter training session will be held tonight to help residents learn how to spot and report severe weather. The free session is open to the public tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Defiance County Public Safety Office in Brunersburg. The Crescent-News reports there’s no prior registration …
Read More »United Way gets close to goal by $8,000
The United Way’s latest fundraising campaign nearly hit the goal of $286,000. With the final tally in, the Defiance County-based group announced they missed the goal by only $8,000 dollars, and beat last year’s final amount. Companies and organizations are the backbone of the effort, with Defiance City Schools, Defiance …
Read More »New retail, restaurant site ok’d for Defiance
A new restaurant and retail site north of Defiance got the approval Monday. The proposal presented at the planning commission meeting is from property owners Brad Mangus of Clinton Street Crossings LLC and Ken Hicks Jr. of Diverse Development. The site is near property Hicks and Mangus currently own on …
Read More »Jobless numbers for February
Unemployment numbers are out for last month and the state’s rate is unchanged at 4.9 percent. Williams County’s rate is lower than the four-county area, at 5.2 percent. Defiance is 5.8, Fulton is 5.8 and Henry County is 7.1 last month.
Read More »More help for sexual assault victims in Ohio
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is opening up a new hotline for victims of sexual assault that will be operated 24-hours a day for free. The hotline is expected to open in April, and an informational meeting about the services will be held on April 7th at the prosecutor’s office …
Read More »Hicksville man busted for mobile meth lab
The Multi Area Narcotics Task Force arrested a man earlier this week for possession of methamphetamine after he was found with a mobile meth lab. The 30-year-old suspect is Jeremiah Fauver of Hicksville. He was arrested after someone called with a tip. He’s in the Corrections Center of Northwest ohio …
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