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Hamler Community Park receives some upgrades

The Hamler Community Park has received some upgrades just in time for one of the park’s biggest events, thanks to the work of several community volunteers and donations from local businesses. More than 50 volunteers with the Hamler Summerfest, Hamler Country Fest and Hamler Men’s Club raised money and donated …

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Indictments from WillCo Grand Jury

The Grand Jury handed down multiple indictments yesterday. Operating under the Influence Timothy A. Baltosser, 35, West Unity Theft William C. Killion, 41, Montpelier Brittany M. Bland, Bryan, Theft From An Elderly Person Edgar B. Elizondo, 26, Bryan Drugs Michaela A. Studer, 26, Montpelier Alex P. Haley, 19, Toledo Robert …

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Search intensifies for missing Metamora woman

A reward of $25,000 has been put up by a private donor for information about the disappearance of 20-year-old Sierah Joughin, whose bicycle was found in a cornfield on a Fulton County road this week. Officials want to talk to a jogger who may have seen her before she was …

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Henry County man charged with rape

A Henry County man is facing two felony charges. Benjamin Rohdy of Deshler has been charged with rape and abduction. He was arrested early Wednesday morning by the Deshler Police Department and taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Later Wednesday, Rohdy was arraigned in Napoleon Municipal Court. Bond …

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Trump is the nominee, Cleveland escapes violence feared at RNC

In Cleveland, The Republican National Convention ended with Donald Trump accepting the party’s nomination for President last night. As for the numbers, only two dozen protestors were arrested and the violence that was feared didn’t materialize, much to the relief of city officials, police and much of the public who …

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Ohio AG Dewine sues to block Aetna, Humana merger

Ohio and seven other states don’t want medical insurance companies Aetna and Humana to merge, and Attorney General Mike Dewine said in a news release yesterday that his office studied the merger carefully and determined a challenge was necessary to protect Ohioans. A lawsuit challenging the merger alleges if the …

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Feds, Ohio BCI join Sheriff’s department looking for missing woman

The FBI and the Ohio BCI are looking for a local woman who was reported missing on Tuesday evening. Fulton County Sheriff Roy Miller said yesterday that 20 year-old Sierah Joughin was reported missing by a family member after she failed to return home from a bike ride. She was …

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Kokomo man arrested after traffic stop for drugs and guns

A man was arrested in Napoleon early Tuesday morning on several charges and allegedly possessed a stolen firearm. 33-year-old Isaiah Barbary of Kokomo was stopped for speeding on Appian Avenue on Tuesday about 2:30 a.m. Police saw an alcoholic beverage in the vehicle, and searched the rest of the car, …

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Senator Brown makes stop in Defiance

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown made a stop in Defiance on Tuesday, meeting with bankers and lenders at Defiance College’s Serrick Center to discuss various topics, including making sure that small businesses can receive financing to help their businesses grow. Brown said he is in line to be chairman of the …

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