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A Stryker man is miss­ing, and police are ask­ing for your help to find him. Stryker Police are search­ing for 39 year old Thad Grapengeter, and they say if you know where he might be, you should call 911. Grapengeter was reported miss­ing by his fam­ily late Mon­day after­noon. Accord­ing …

Crews from four Defi­ance County depart­ments were called out to fight a fire at a mobile home on Tues­day evening. The call for help came in from the trailer on lot 33 along Ohio 15, just across from the Defi­ance County Air­port a lit­tle after 10:30 Tues­day night. When fire­fight­ers …

A pro­posed tax levy renewal, to be used for the pur­pose of gen­eral per­ma­nent improve­ments, passed 70 to 30% in the Edon School Dis­trict. The new levy will be effec­tive for 5 years.

Williams County vot­ers on Tues­day, showed their sup­port for read­ing, seniors and health. A five-year, 1-mill renewal levy for Williams County Pub­lic Library oper­a­tions passed with around 73 per­cent approval. The Williams County Depart­ment of Health request to renew a 1-mill, five-year levy was also approved. Ser­vices for senior cit­i­zens …

Though all results are unof­fi­cial until cer­ti­fied, here’s the lat­est from yesterday’s vot­ing in Williams County, accord­ing to results pro­vided by the Williams County Board of Elec­tions: Issue 2, the 1-mill, 5-year renewal levy to fund the Maple Grove Union Ceme­tery Dis­trict, passed. Issue 3, the 1-mill, 5-year renewal levy …

Bryan Police col­lared a wanted felon on Mon­day. Police arrested 40 year old Steven Shaull of Mont­pe­lier, charg­ing him on a felony war­rant from Williams County Court on a pro­ba­tion vio­la­tion. Shaull was turned over to the cus­tody of the Williams County Sheriff’s Department.

The Bryan City Board of Edu­ca­tion met in a spe­cial ses­sion Mon­day. The meet­ing was held at Bard Man­u­fac­tur­ing, where Bard gave the board a pre­sen­ta­tion about HVAC sys­tems, along with a tour of the plant. Although the school board has not yet com­mit­ted to an HVAC ser­vice provider or …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office asked for more help at the county com­mis­sion­ers meet­ing on Mon­day. Williams County Sher­iff Steve Towns appeared before the com­mis­sion­ers to request fund­ing to hire three new deputies. If the com­mis­sion­ers approve them, the new deputies would each earn $18.07 per hour. Accord­ing to Towns, …

It’s elec­tion day, and lots of state and local offices are up for grabs. You can cast your bal­lot in your precinct at your des­ig­nated polling place between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. If you do not know where your des­ig­nated precinct or polling place is located, …

Four County Career Cen­ter stu­dents and staff recently donated 137 units of blood dur­ing the Red Cross Blood Drive. Stu­dents and staff planned and coor­di­nated the drive and assisted with donor reg­is­tra­tion, test­ing and blood dona­tions. Sev­eral blood dri­ves are upcom­ing in Ful­ton County. The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold …