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A Fre­mont man stabbed on Sat­ur­day is recov­er­ing from the domes­tic assault, and Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says 53-year-old Tim­o­thy Swa­ger was allegedly attacked by his wife, Deb­o­rah. The fight occurred in the 6900 block of North Ray Road. The man was taken to a Fort Wayne hos­pi­tal where he …

Count­ing the home­less in north­west Ohio is hap­pen­ing on Jan­u­ary 26th. Two local orga­ni­za­tions are tak­ing part in the annual point-in-time count. The count is hap­pen­ing across the Buck­eye state to mon­i­tor the num­bers, sup­port efforts to meet their needs and raise aware­ness of home­less­ness. The groups are look­ing for …

Pauld­ing Put­nam Elec­tric is work­ing to raise $70,000 to pay for area vet­er­ans to get a free trip to DC on an upcom­ing Honor Flight. They were cre­ated to honor vet­er­ans for their ser­vice and sac­ri­fices for the nation by fly­ing them to Wash­ing­ton, D.C., to see and reflect at …

The fifth annual chili cook-off at Glenn Park is this Sat­ur­day. Those want­ing to enter the free com­pe­ti­tion need only bring pre­pared chili in a crock­pot to the club­house by 2:45 p.m. Sat­ur­day. It’s south of Defi­ance off Route 66, from 3 — 5 p.m. Celebrity judges will decide the …

For those who want to par­tic­i­pate in this year’s Relay for Life, Williams County is holid­ing the 2016 kick­off open house this Thurs­day. The event will have infor­ma­tion for indi­vid­u­als and groups, plus refresh­ments, door prizes and enter­tain­ment. The Relay for Life Kick­off begins at 5 p.m. this Thurs­day at …

This year’s Take Me to the Rivers Jazz Fes­ti­val is going to be held in down­town Defi­ance again this year on June 18th. After hav­ing to move the event from Kings­bury Park due to flood­ing, orga­niz­ers noticed the loca­tion is more acces­si­ble and drew more par­tic­i­pants who need that. The …

A Pauld­ing man was indicted for a Decem­ber OVI arrest. 39-year-old Tracy Lowe is charged with a Decem­ber inci­dent where police say he fled from them at a “high rate of speed,” dri­ving under the influ­ence and assaulted an offi­cer when he was arrested.

A Cecil man has been indicted by a Defi­ance County grand jury in the death of a Per­rys­burg man in an ATV crash. The vic­tim, 38-year-old Thomas Pis­ar­cik, died after being ejected off an ATV dri­ven by Larry Atch­ley. The 62-year-old Cecil man has allegedly under the influ­ence at the …

For stu­dents who want to go to col­lege and take out stu­dent loans, the Ohio Attor­ney Gen­er­als Office has a new tool to help. The AG’s new Stu­dent Loan Cen­ter pro­vides resources and tools to help stu­dents and par­ents make smart bor­row­ing deci­sions, accord­ing to AG Mike Dewine. The infor­ma­tion …

Three area health care providers have been rec­og­nized at the Healthy Ohio Healthy Work­site Awards. Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tals and Well­ness Cen­ters, Henry County Hos­pi­tal and Ful­ton County Health Cen­ter are among 68 Ohio employ­ers being hon­ored for hav­ing a com­mit­ment to employee well­ness. All three won a Gold Award, the high­est …