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In Con­ti­nen­tal, there are two empty coun­cil seats, and the Vil­lage Coun­cil will meet tonight to dis­cuss can­di­dates. One coun­cil seat is for a full term, the other is for the remain­der of the term that expires in 2017. The meet­ing is in the vil­lages town hall and begins at …

Defi­ance County Com­mis­sioner Otto Nicely has been selected as trea­surer of the 2016 County Com­mis­sion­ers Asso­ci­a­tion of Ohio. Nicely has served on the board for the past 15 years. He was elected by the annual win­ter con­fer­ence in Colum­bus. He is vice-chairman of the association’s Health and Human Ser­vices committee.

Two oth­ers were arrested for OVI over Christ­mas Eve. 37-year-old Michael Culp of Wauseon was charged with OVI, dri­ving under sus­pen­sion and hav­ing an open con­tainer dur­ing a traf­fic stop about 2 a.m. at Clin­ton and River Dr. Defi­ance Police say other charges are pending. A lit­tle later Thurs­day morn­ing, …

Police arrested Tracy Lowe, a 39-year-old Pauld­ing man, for DUI and other charges on Thurs­day. Lowe was involved in a pur­suit that began at Clin­ton and Fourth streets, and was arrested a short time later. He’s in the CCNO, charged with dri­ving under the influ­ence, fail­ure to com­ply, assault on …

A Cor­win St. man was arrested on mul­ti­ple charges late last week. 28-year-old Gabriel Gutier­rez is charged with escape, resist­ing arrest, mar­i­juana pos­ses­sion and parpher­na­lia, a parole vio­la­tion and was wanted on an active war­rant out of Defi­ance Munic­i­pal Court.

Defi­ance mayor-elect Mike McCann will be sworn in on Jan­u­ary first to begin his first four-year term. McCann beat the incum­bent Bob Arm­strong and held off chal­lenger Brian Brown in Novem­ber. McCann has served as pres­i­dent of city coun­cil for the past two years, and is hop­ing to open up …

The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a flash flood watch is in effect through tonight, cov­er­ing a six-county area. Another two to four inches of rain is expected, and there could be more. Watch for pond­ing on road­ways, which can cause a dri­ver to lose con­trol. Plus, flash flood­ing is …

Ful­ton County has received a grant for the third year from the County Employee Ben­e­fits Con­sor­tium of Ohio to use next year. The $10,000 well­ness grant will help pay for their “Well­be­ing in 2016″ themed-program. That will fea­ture a Lunch-and-Learn series, orga­nized walks, and the Fuel Your Day ini­tia­tive, which …

On Christ­mas Eve, Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas court was open. 32-year-old Kadena Brooks was sen­tenced to four years of com­mu­nity con­trol after leav­ing her hand­i­capped 13-year-old daugh­ter unat­tended for an extended period of time last February. Nearly all the other cases involved drugs. Two women con­victed on heroin pos­ses­sion charges were …

Stu­dents in Con­ti­nen­tal Local Schools col­lected foods to restock two food pantries in Put­nam County. The dona­tions help the Con­ti­nen­tal United Methodist Church, and the Dupont Church of the Brethren feed fam­i­lies once a month on the fourth Tues­day. Those indi­vid­u­als sign up for the pro­gram. Accord­ing to Methodist Church …