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With drones being the big gift this Christ­mas sea­son, the Fre­mont School Board is look­ing ahead and passed a pol­icy to con­trol the use of drones and model air­craft. It states that any school employee or stu­dent who wants to oper­ate an unmanned air­craft vehi­cle must get writ­ten per­mis­sion from …

From Steuben Supe­rior Court on Mon­day, 21-year-old Tyranny Frye of Pleas­ant Lake was sen­tenced to prison for mak­ing meth. He was arrested last April at a hotel north of Angola after a clerk reported a chem­i­cal odor and police checked it out. Frye will serve 3 1/2 years in prison, …

Now to North­west State, where over 140 grad­u­ates received their degrees on Mon­day evening at the Voinovich Audi­to­rium. This is the first time a fall com­mence­ment has been held for the com­mu­nity col­lege, accord­ing to Dr. Cindy Krueger, VP of aca­d­e­mics and stu­dent services.

The race for mayor in Defi­ance was an expen­sive one for the win­ner, Repub­li­can Mike McCann. He spent just over $25,000 to unseat incum­bent Bob Arm­strong and fend off Inde­pen­dent Brian Brown in the recent Novem­ber elec­tion. This is the sec­ond time McCann ran to be mayor. The first time, …

They’re appar­ently good with num­bers in the Wauseon school dis­trict. After decid­ing to refi­nance the school’s debt, the dis­trict will save about $45,000 a year on inter­est. David Tiggett of Fifth Third Secu­ri­ties told school lead­ers on Mon­day that sav­ings is nearly triple the indus­try stan­dard. It’s an 8.4 per­cent …

A Pauld­ing County man is charged with rape of a child under the age of 13. He is 25-year-old Matthew Weber. He was indicted on one count of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, and two counts of rape. The charges involve a six-year-old child, accord­ing to the release. At his pre­lim­i­nary hear­ing, …

Arthur L. Hug, age 72, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:18 P.M. on Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient. A lifelong resident of Edgerton and a veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Hug was a 1960 graduate of …

A man was sen­tenced to prison on Mon­day after being charged with grand theft. Shon Cantu was given a 58 month prison term with credit for 75 days served in jail while his case was pending. Cantu was sen­tenced in Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas court for three counts of grand theft …

A Pauld­ing man was charged with under­age con­sump­tion of alco­hol and dis­or­derly con­duct over the week­end. Defi­ance Police arrested Seth Aldrich. The 20-year-old was picked up after an inci­dent in the 500 block of Hop­kins St. Defi­ance police arrested a 25-year-old Thur­man St. man for domes­tic vio­lence. Justin Jack­man was …

If you’re a blood donor, there’s a mini blood drive sched­uled for tomor­row at the EOC in Napoleon. Dona­tions are made by appoint­ment only from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For res­i­dents who want to sched­ule a donor appoint­ment, con­tact Janet at 419–967-0976. Again that’s tomor­row between 9 a.m. and …