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It may be the mid­dle of win­ter, but spring is com­ing. And that means, that sum­mer won’t be far behind, and that of course, means that the Williams County Fair is once again on the sched­ule. The line-up for the 2015 Williams County Fair has now been offi­cially released and …

A Defi­ance man died in a crash near Ann Arbor, Mich., Fri­day morn­ing. Police say 45 year old Michael Ankney was either walk­ing with a bike or rid­ing a bicy­cle along the road, when he was hit by an as of yet uniden­ti­fied dri­ver. Ankney was taken by ambu­lance to …

National Pie Day rolls around a week from tomor­row, and Sauder Vil­lage wants you to enjoy that day. Among other things, the Dough­box Bak­ery offers free sam­ples of pie all day next Friday. Employ­ees at the Dough­box Bak­ery make nearly 19,000 pies annually.

The USDA’s first round of grants for soil and water con­ser­va­tion includes more money to help Lake Erie. Approx­i­mately $19 mil­lion goes towards cut­ting down on agri­cul­ture runoff that con­tributes to the lake’s algae. Offi­cials hope to reduce the phos­pho­rus com­ing from fer­til­izer and wash­ing into the rivers that flow …

Fed­eral offi­cials say 186,000 Ohioans have signed up for health cov­er­age dur­ing this enroll­ment period for the President’s health­care law. Peo­ple look­ing for cov­er­age to begin Feb. 1 must sign up today. Open enroll­ment for the fed­eral mar­ket­place ends Feb. 15. Health and Human Ser­vices says 85 per­cent of Ohioans …

Holgate’s coun­cil has accepted a bid to demol­ish the vil­lage pool. It has cho­sen Punches Exca­vat­ing for the job, and mayor Wally Sny­der says the com­pany can take its time to do it. Sny­der also says the vil­lage plans on sell­ing some of the prop­erty from the pool on the …

Snow removal has come up again at a Defi­ance city coun­cil meeting. Coun­cil­man Steve Waxler says he has received phone calls after the lat­est snow­storm ask­ing why the city plowed Pon­tiac Park and River­side Ceme­tery, but not res­i­den­tial streets. Admin­is­tra­tor Jeff Leonard says he would inves­ti­gate this, but he says …

Start­ing next month, the Ohio Ben­e­fit Bank offers free tax fil­ing ses­sions at the Bryan Library. These ses­sions run most Thurs­days from Feb. 5 to Apr. 9. They run from 10 to 5. If your indi­vid­ual income sits below $65,000, then you could qual­ify for free tax filing.

The Bryan Area Foun­da­tion holds an open house next Thurs­day at its new office. The event runs from 4 to 6 at the new loca­tion on South Wal­nut Street.

The Millcreek-West Unity School Board has cho­sen Sarah Carothers as pres­i­dent for another year. The board has named Brian Wieland vice pres­i­dent and leg­isla­tive liaison.