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Joanne Luderman, 67

Joanne Luderman, 67 years, of Sherwood, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Jo was born August 26, 1946 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late V. Dewey and Glendora (Aumick) Schlosser.  She married Ronald W. Luderman on June 29, 1968 at St. John …

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BRYAN PD REPORT

Bryan Police report the arrest of a man from Bryan for shoplift­ing. 18 year old Nicholas Layne was arrested and charged on Fri­day. On Sat­ur­day, Bryan Police picked up 24 year old Sarah Suarez of Arch­bold. Suarez was charged with OVI and fail­ing to drive in marked lanes. Also on …

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GOOD RAIL NEWS

Offi­cials with The Napoleon, Defi­ance & West­ern Rail­way announced on Fri­day, that the rail­road has received nearly $1.5 mil­lion from the Ohio Rail com­mis­sion to put in new ties that will allow the CSX line in Defi­ance to con­nect to the Nor­folk & South­ern line in Wood­burn, Indi­ana. The goal …

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RIB FEST IS COMING

If you like ribs, then lis­ten up closely… Ten rib ven­dors will be at Defiance’s annual Fall Rib Fest, set for this Sat­ur­day from 2–11 in down­town Defi­ance. There will be other food too, such as corn­dogs and fries, pies, apple dumplings, and ice cream. The enter­tain­ment lineup includes two …

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CRACKS CONCERN POWER PLANT OPERATORS

More cracks have been uncov­ered at a regional power plant build­ing. FirstEn­ergy Nuclear Oper­at­ing Cor­po­ra­tion, the oper­a­tor of the nuclear plant along the shores of Lake Erie near Toledo, says it has found more cracks in the con­crete build­ing hous­ing the reac­tor. Cracks were first detected in the shield build­ing …

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MAIL TRUCK CRASH

A tractor-trailer car­ry­ing mail crashed in Steuben County Sun­day after­noon. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office reports that it hap­pened on US High­way 20 under the I-80/90 bridge when the trac­tor trailer hit the Indi­ana Toll Road bridge sup­port. The rig was a total loss, but all the mail inside the …

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Edith Mae “Penny” Yoder, 79

Edith Mae “Penny” Yoder, age 79 of Edon, Ohio, went to be with her Lord at 8:32 P.M. on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Yoder was an avid collector of many things and enjoyed baking for friends and relatives and working in her …

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Mary Jo Jones, 58

Mary Jo Jones, age 58, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family at 7:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 19, 2013. She fought a long and hard battle with cancer, often times tackling it with great humor and using her illness as a chance …

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SEX OFFENDER HAS HIS DAY IN COURT

Daniel Bignell Jr. made his ini­tial appear­ance in Williams County Court Thurs­day morn­ing… sort of. Actu­ally, Bignell appeared in court via video from the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. The 40-year-old from Mont­pe­lier was arrested Tues­day by Williams County sheriff’s deputies on a grand jury secret indict­ment. Bignell stands accused …

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FIRE IN DEFIANCE DISPLACES RESIDENTS

Flames have forced a Defi­ance fam­ily from their home. The Defi­ance Fire Depart­ment was called out to 800 Jack­son Avenue and mutual aid was pro­vided by fire­fight­ers from Noble Town­ship and High­land Town­ship fire depart­ments. Also assist­ing was the Defi­ance County chap­ter of the Amer­ica Red Cross. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the …

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