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Three local ladies will com­pete Sat­ur­day night for the Miss North­west­ern Ohio Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram. This year, Hay­ley Hes­selschwardt from Hicksville, Emily Leg­enza from Wauseon and Tayla Davis from Edger­ton are among eight con­tes­tants. The win­ner receives a $1,000 schol­ar­ship. The first run­ner up wins a $250 dol­lar schol­ar­ship and the …

The Defi­ance Post of the State High­way Patrol has a new post com­man­der. Sgt. Robert Ashen­fel­ter was pro­moted to Lieu­tenant yes­ter­day, and will trans­fer from the Find­lay Dis­trict Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion office. He’s been a trooper since 1998. He’s worked in Toledo, Bowl­ing Green, and Swanton.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Pro­fes­sor Jo Ann Burkhardt of Defi­ance Col­lege. She’s been rec­og­nized with the first-ever Harold A. McMas­ter Life is Action Award. The pro­fes­sor of edu­ca­tion was hon­ored for her involve­ment with the McMas­ter School for Advanc­ing Human­ity since 2003. Over the last 13 years, Burkardt has guided nearly 120 …

Sev­eral drug arrests this week. 33 year-old Tim­o­thy Stoy was arrested for felony aggra­vated pos­ses­sion of drugs. He’s from Mont­pe­lier. 35 year-old Tyler Richards of Alvord­ton is fac­ing charges of aggra­vated drug pos­ses­sion and hav­ing weapons under dis­abil­ity. Both are felonies. A man from out of state was arrested for …

Project Share is hav­ing signups for their Christ­mas present pro­gram for par­ents and guardians who need a lit­tle help from Santa. Signup is Novem­ber 20th from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at First Church of God, 561 Carter Rd., south of Defi­ance. The orga­niz­ers say there’s no need to come …

Police in Mont­pe­lier are look­ing for a man who robbed Ring’s Phar­macy on Tues­day, Novem­ber 3rd. The man is between 5–8 and 5–10 with a stocky build. The rob­ber was wear­ing a green hoodie and striped ski mask. Wit­nesses say the man fled in a small car. He went west, …

Defi­ance Col­lege has been des­ig­nated a 2016 Mil­i­tary Friendly School. The title is awarded to the top col­leges, uni­ver­si­ties, com­mu­nity col­leges, and trade schools in the coun­try that are doing the most to embrace mil­i­tary stu­dents and to ded­i­cate resources to ensure their suc­cess both in the class­room and after …

Weather should be mild Sat­ur­day for the 5th Annual Rail Yard Run and Walk. It’ll be at the Williams County Fair­grounds in Mont­pe­lier. Reg­is­tra­tion begins at 8 a.m. the day of the race. A 5K run and walk start at 9 am. For chil­dren, a 1-mile fun run begins at …

We have a high wind warn­ing in effect. We could see gusty winds up to 60 miles an hour, so it’s a good idea to take care of your out­door fur­ni­ture. The National Weather Ser­vice warns that high pro­file vehi­cles will expe­ri­ence haz­ardous con­di­tions. They’re also warn­ing of likely tree …

A Maumee woman was sen­tenced to 4 years of com­mu­nity con­trol in the Ful­ton County Com­mon Pleas Court. 24 year-old Amber Phillips of Maumee received the sen­tence after plead­ing guilty to tam­per­ing with records. Phillips also was ordered to pay just under $15,000 in restitution.