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A New Year’s Eve party will also serve as a fundraiser to fight can­cer. The New Year’s Eve Bash will be held in Defi­ance at the Local 211 UAW Hall on Bal­ti­more Avenue. The party will have a huge spread of appe­tiz­ers, adult bev­er­ages and live music. Tick­ets are $45 …

A McClure man is in a Toledo hos­pi­tal in crit­i­cal con­di­tion after a one car crash over the week­end. Ran­dall Ottinger was dri­ving about 3:30 a.m. Sat­ur­day and failed to nego­ti­ate a curve. He drove off the road, over­cor­rected, skid­ded, then hit a guardrail and flipped over it. His car …

The Stryker Vil­lage Coun­cil is look­ing at gap in K-9 cov­er­age, after their meet­ing Mon­day night. The Police Chief said their cur­rent offi­cer, Rea­gan, is ready to retire, and her replace­ment isn’t quite ready. They are look­ing for a new trainer who can get the dog ready.

The num­bers are in for deer-gun hunt­ing sea­son so far this year. Hunters checked 73,399 white-tailed deer for the seven days of hunt­ing. Williams County had 1,253 deer checked. The final tally is higher than last years har­vest by about 8 thou­sand. There are two more days for gun hunters, …

Fire­fight­ers rushed to Mont­pe­lier Pub­lic Library yes­ter­day after smoke was reported over the roof. Fire Chief Dail Fritsch said they checked it out, and it was just steam.

Check your wal­let for Radio Shack gift cards. Now that the elec­tron­ics retailer filed bank­ruptcy, Ohio sued for cus­tomer refunds. Now, you have a year to get your money. Go to this easy web address: oldradioshackgiftcards.com and fill out the form.

A Wood County woman is behind bars, accused of killing her infant son. Eliz­a­beth Johns was jailed with­out bond Thurs­day after she was indicted on mur­der and other charges. Pros­e­cu­tors say Johns beat nine-month-old Chrys­t­ian Johns last year in their home, caus­ing deadly head and brain injuries.

Today is Decem­ber 7th, the 74th anniver­sary of the Japan­ese attack on Pearl Har­bor, which launched the U.S. into World War II. Gov­er­nor John Kasich has ordered all flags to fly at half-staff till sun­down tonight in honor of those we lost.

A fundraiser will be held Sat­ur­day for a brave young woman who has been fight­ing a can­cer­ous brain tumor for 12 years, and any­one who wants to con­tribute items for an auc­tion can help. 23-year-old Chelsie Lam­bert, who lives south of Defi­ance in Con­ti­nen­tal, has suf­fered a stroke and her …

No bids were received for two prop­er­ties up for sale by the Napoleon Area City School Dis­trict last week, and now the school says they will remain for sale. Now, any busi­ness or indi­vid­ual may make an offer to the board of edu­ca­tion to buy the two prop­er­ties being made …