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The National Alliance on Men­tal Ill­ness next month holds a free edu­ca­tional sem­i­nar for fam­ily and friends of those with men­tal illness. The class has the title “Fam­ily to Family.” It begins Feb. 5 at 6 o’clock at Sher­wood State Bank in Defiance. The 12-week course meets for two and …

The state­house speaker has named Tony Burkley vice chair of the House Agri­cul­ture & Rural Devel­op­ment Committee. Burkley says he feels hon­ored, and that he looks for­ward to find­ing ways to help agri­cul­ture remains the state’s top industry. He has started his sec­ond term in the House.

Three fires in Defi­ance County kept fire­fight­ers busy on Friday. One of these fires sig­nif­i­cantly dam­aged a home on Rosedale Road in Edger­ton, but fire depart­ments appar­ently put it out quickly. That fire sup­pos­edly started with the cou­ple liv­ing there not at home. A sec­ond fire destroyed a pole barn …

The Bryan Com­mu­nity Cen­ter holds a series of classes on dia­betes management. Reg­is­tered dietit­ian and dia­betes edu­ca­tor Michelle Price focuses on help­ing peo­ple man­age their dia­betes through 10 classes on Tues­day evenings and Wednes­day mornings. The first one takes place this Wednes­day at 11 o’clock with a fit­ting title: “Diabetes/Pre-Diabetes …

Over a mil­lion dol­lars in fed­eral fund­ing has gone to 79 schools across the state, as well as other providers par­tic­i­pat­ing in the National School Lunch Program. The state’s edu­ca­tion depart­ment says the com­pet­i­tive grants have gone to eli­gi­ble schools to help buy food ser­vice equip­ment. This includes ovens, dish­wash­ers, …

Cold and freez­ing rain did not pre­vent 200 peo­ple from attend­ing John Kasich’s for­mal mid­night swearing-in ceremony. How­ever, weather may put a damper on the big­ger pro­duc­tion the gov­er­nor has for his inau­gu­ra­tion cel­e­bra­tion today. Last night, Kasich told those in atten­dance that he hand­picked every one of them because …

Williams County res­i­dents have until the end of the month to reg­is­ter their dogs and have their dog tags made. Those who wait after that must deal with dou­ble fees for hav­ing unli­censed dogs.

Williams County’s com­mis­sion­ers meet today on the fourth floor of the courthouse. The com­mis­sion intends to reor­ga­nize today. It also receives office updates from the clerk, as well as mail and bills. The auditor’s office holds two meet­ings today. One of them involves the revi­sion board, and the other per­tains …

Bryan Police report four arrests at Wal­mart over a five-hour span on Saturday. Police have charged 20-year-old Slade Cupp of Mark Cen­ter and 21-year-old Damien Brem­mer with theft. They have released them both. Police have also arrested 42-year-old Don­ald Laney of Bryan with aggra­vated men­ac­ing, and 21-year-old Dustin Jones of …

Bryan Police report the arrest on Thurs­day of 47 year old Charles Eck, Jr of East High Street in Bryan. Police appre­hended Eck and placed him under arrest on three bench war­rants out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court, all for fail­ing to file city income tax. When Eck could not post …