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Defiance’s County Engineer is taking over duties at the county landfill. The Environmental Services Director, Tim Houck, is retiring next month. The Engineer, Warren Schlatter, will be compensated and the two entities are working out an agreement.

Its hard to say goodbye, but that’s what they did Friday at Bryan High School, as the basketball team played their last regular season game in the 60-year-old athletic complex. Next season, the team will be playing in a new gym. The high school honored past and present athletes in …

In Edgerton, a teacher who was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a Montpelier High School student during the 2014-2015 school year is not going to be prosecuted. According to the district attorney, the teacher was 22, and the student in question was 17 and 18 years old at …

The man charged with murder of 21-year-old Hannah Fischer is still at large. Police are looking for Frank Tracy, a 47-year-old man who shared an apartment with Fischer and who was charged two days after her death. His vehicle was found three days after her death in Defiance county, but …

Here’s an update on the Defiance County Courthouse renovation. The general contractor E. Lee Construction has started with the scaffolding around the clock tower. They are preparing the exterior for the repairs that are budgeted to cost $1.46 million. The project should last through most of the year, about nine …

A fire in Bryan on Thursday morning destroyed a home on County Road 17. The house was heavily involved when crews arrived and firefighters from Edgerton, Ney, Montpelier, Stryker, and Brady Township assisted. A total of 56 firefighters were involved. The home, the garage and all of the contents were …

The Williams County Sheriff’s office is looking for Shawn Ferguson. He is a 38-year-old man wanted for failure to pay child support. He’s also wanted for passing bad checks. Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Shawn Ferguson should contact Williams County Sheriff’s office.

The Ohio State Fire Marshal and Wauseon fire department honored a local family for taking safety measures that helped them escape a house fire last November. The O’Neil family accepted the Smoke Detector on Guard award. Their smoke detector alerted the father to a fire near their Christmas tree. He …

Napoleon area school district superintendent Dr. Stephen Fogo appealed the State’s test results issued in January from the Ohio Department of Education. He explained to the Board of Education’s monthly meeting this week that some of the numbers were completely wrong, most noticeably the college preparedness data. While the state …

The Napoleon area Board of Education have given new three-year contracts to their superintendent and treasurer this week. Dr. Steven Fogo and Michael Bostelman were recognized for their hard work for the school district.