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Area Civil War soldier to be honored

A local vet­eran is being remem­bered for his ser­vice to the Union Army. Defi­ance native Albert Wil­helm King will be hon­ored with a makrer at Rive­side Cemetary in Defi­ance dur­ing a cer­e­mony Sun­day after­noon. At the cer­e­mony, a Civil War head­stone will be placed next to Kings final rest­ing place …

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Combatting crime with cameras at Defiance parks

As they try to curb van­dal­ism, mem­bers of Defi­ance City Coun­cil have approved the instal­la­tion of video sur­veil­lance equip­ment in city parks. The equip­ment will be inst­lalled at Kings­bury, Latty’s Grove and River­side Parks. The secu­rity firmADT will do the instal­la­tion. The cost of those instal­la­tions will cost just under …

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Commerical building permits up in Bryan in 2015

More com­pa­nies are look­ing to build and expand in Bryan. The city zon­ing office says there have been a dozen com­mer­cial build­ing per­mits received and approved so far this year. There were just nine in all of last year. The biggest to date, says the Bryan Times, is the ren­o­va­tion …

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Area dairy gets new owners

New own­ers for Arps Dairy in Defi­ance. That facil­ity is fed by 16 area dairy farms. The Bryan Times quotes new own­ers as say­ing the oper­a­tions there will largely stay the same. They do have plans to roll out a pre­mium milk line next month from its 220 North Clin­ton …

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New pool in Wauseon? Who’s buying?

Wauseon vot­ers who want a new com­mu­nity pool will be putting their money where their mouths are in the Novem­ber elec­tion. A bal­lot ques­tion will deter­mine whether vot­ers are will­ing to fund a five year 2.6 mill tax levy to finance con­suc­tion of the com­mu­nity pool. For a per­son who …

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Pioneer seeks more room for safety equipment, services

There’s a pro­posal on the table to expand the safety build­ing in the Vil­lage of Pio­neer. The Bryan Times reports right now the idea is being con­sid­ered to see if some­thing like that could be done with­out rais­ing taxes. What they want to do is add three addtional bays, totalling …

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Charges filed in deadly wreck

A hear­ing was held this week for an Orland man who police say is charged in con­nec­tion with a fatal traf­fic acci­dent on August 22nd near Hud­son. 24-year-old Noe Munoz-Rubio is fac­ing a felony charge of O.W.I. Caus­ing Death and also Dri­ving While Sus­pended and Speed­ing. State Police in Indi­ana …

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Doc credited with saving man’s life in Steuben County

A man who col­lapsed while square danc­ing has an Urgent Care physi­cian to thank for likely sav­ing his life. The inci­dent hap­pened on Sep­tem­ber 25th at the YMCA of Steuben County. Dr Wilmer Iler was there with his wife, as they were each week for dance class. Another man who …

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Pumpkins equal prosperity for local man

An area man is a richer man because of one of the pump­kins he grew. Jim Bok of Cecil took his biggest and best to the Ohio Val­ley Giant Pump­kin Grow­ers Weigh Off in Can­field over the week­end. His 19 hun­dred and nine pound behe­moth was good enough to earn …

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Christmas cheer sought in Henry County

In Henry County, the Christ­mas Cheer board of trustees needs your help to help low income res­i­dents around the county. They’re look­ing for non-perishables incldu­ing soups, veg­etable, jusice, peanut but­ter dry goods and more plus hygiene items like soap, paper tow­els, sham­poo and more. Also, they’ll mon­e­tary dona­tions wihc can …

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