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Habi­tat for Human­ity is tak­ing appli­ca­tions for it’s next two homes to be built in Pauld­ing County. Open enroll­ment is on now until March 14th for any county res­i­dents inter­ested in apply­ing for a Habi­tat home. Habitat’s mis­sion is to build homes with fam­i­lies who are unable to secure a …

So far, the win­ners of the Power­ball jack­pot from three state have not come for­ward to claim the prizes. In Ohio, a win­ner in the Day­ton sub­urb of Cen­ter­ville won $1M and has not claimed the prize yet. Lot­tery offi­cials advise win­ners to get legal and finan­cial help before claim­ing …

Two peo­ple were sen­tenced in Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court for break­ing and enter­ing of the Pet­tisville School recy­cling cen­ter last sum­mer. 24-year-old Shane Machala and 28-year-old Jo Mohn were sen­tenced to jail time, com­mu­nity con­trol and a $250 dol­lar fine each.

Kelly Moore, a 38-year-old Wauseon res­i­dent, was sen­tenced to 18 days in jail at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio for a domes­tic vio­lence con­vic­tion. Moore pleaded guilty to the charge from July 31st last year. Moore will also be on two years com­mu­nity con­trol and may a $500 fine.

Sher­wood res­i­dents can meet the Mayor and the newly-elected coun­cil this Sat­ur­day. They’ll be at the Sher­wood Branch library at 10 a.m. to meet res­i­dents and dis­cuss what is going on in the vil­lage and address con­cerns. Donuts and cof­fee will be provided.

Defi­ance High School’s National Honor Soci­ety mem­bers are not tak­ing Mar­tin Luther King, Jr. Day off on Mon­day. Instead, stu­dents have cre­ated a long list of projects where indi­vid­u­als can vol­un­teer as a trib­ute to the fallen civil rights leader. The film “Selma” will be shown at the Defi­ance Library …

After Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion got three board mem­bers sworn in this week, they approved their par­tic­i­pa­tion in OhioCheckBook.com, which allows tax­pay­ers to search a web­site to see how tax money is being spent. The two board mem­bers re-elected last Novem­ber were Wes Moats and Chris Ober­lin. Garry Roden­berger …

The Swan­ton school dis­trict has begun dis­trib­ut­ing new lap­tops to high school stu­dents and fifth graders. About 500 were handed out Wednes­day. The plan is to have the mid­dle school stu­dents get theirs next school year. While 97 per­cent of the stu­dents say they have access to com­put­ers for school …

A crash on north­bound I-69 south of Angola injured a Fort Wayne woman Thurs­day morn­ing. The rollover crash hap­pened about 7:45 a.m. The vic­tim, Krista Stults, was found in her pickup truck, which was on the driver’s side. She was taken to Parkview Regional for treat­ment of injuries. No one …

A free train­ing pro­gram on gangs is planned for Feb­ru­ary 3rd in Angola at Trine University’s Fabi­ani The­ater. In the morn­ing ses­sion, speaker Bruce Malkin, Pres­i­dent of the Illi­nois Chap­ter of the Mid­west Gang Inves­ti­ga­tors Asso­ci­a­tion, will speak on how gangs impact communities. It’s hosted by the Indi­ana Chap­ter of …