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New talk about a new build­ing are now start­ing anew, fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery that all the bids for Defi­ance County’s cour­t­house ren­o­va­tion project have come in too high. The bids were opened at county com­mis­sion­ers’ meet­ing Thurs­day, and accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, were all at least 10 per­cent higher …

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties is all for the Parks and Recre­ation Department’s street tree replace­ment efforts. BMU Direc­tor Brian Car­lin told the Bryan Times, that for a num­ber of years the util­i­ties office has funded the replace­ment of any trees which have been cut down due to power line con­cerns. Work­ers …

A con­tract dis­pute involv­ing the Edon School Board and the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion… Edon Super­in­ten­dent Ed Ewers issued In a a press release issued Wednes­day by the Edon Super­in­ten­dent, it was stated that the two sides have not yet reached an agree­ment on the teacher’s con­tract, despite the fact …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil, at their reg­u­lar meet­ing on Tues­day night, approved safety equip­ment pur­chases and a loader lease. Coun­cil also autho­rized the pur­chase of two Lucas 2 auto­mated chest com­pres­sion sys­tems, and the acqui­si­tion of new fire breath­ing appa­ra­tus. Actu­ally, the fire depart­ment requested only one of the units, but …

On Wednes­day, Bryan Police arrested 22 year old Melissa A. Jim­mer­son of Bryan on a bench war­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court for Fail­ing to Appear on an orig­i­nal charge of theft. Jim­mer­son will be more read­ily avail­able next time… she was locked up in CCNO. Also yes­ter­day, Bryan PD …

The annual Apple But­ter Mak­ing fes­ti­val at Sauder Vil­lage in Arch­bold is sched­uled for Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 24 through Sat­ur­day, Sept. 27, when guests will have plenty of oppor­tu­nity to enjoy apple-related activ­i­ties through­out the His­toric Vil­lage. On the final day of the event, Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 27, pie bak­ers will have …

In Angola, more than 250 cars are expected to take part in today’s Cruise To The Mon­u­ment. The event will run from 5:00pm until 8:00pm. Last year was the first year, and more than 180 cars took part. Down­town Angola will be closed to vehi­cle traf­fic from West Street to …

Bryan Police report the arrest Tues­day of 18 year old James R. Black of Farmer Mark Road, Bryan. Black was charged with Theft. He was processed and then released. He’ll be in court soon to face that charge. Also on Tues­day after­noon, Bryan Police nabbed 30 year old Kristina M. …

In Wauseon, local offi­cials are try­ing to come to terms over an ordi­nance con­cern­ing dan­ger­ous dogs. All pit bulls were, until 2012, con­sid­ered vicious under Ohio Law. How­ever, the gov­er­nor signed a law that year that dropped pit bulls from that list. Some local laws though, still con­sider pit bulls …

If Steven Noff­singer is found guilty, he won’t be fac­ing the death penalty. That option was taken off the table Mon­day dur­ing a pre­trial hear­ing for the 58 year old Defi­ance res­i­dent who is accused of mur­der­ing his then 29 year old ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer back in 1981. Also dur­ing …