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COUNTIES REACH DEAL ON INMATE HOUSING

A $250,000 pris­oner hous­ing agree­ment between Pauld­ing and Put­nam coun­ties has been signed with both coun­ties ben­e­fit­ting. Under the mem­o­ran­dum of under­stand­ing between the two coun­ties, Pauld­ing County will pay Put­nam County $250,000 annu­ally through Dec. 31, 2015, to house pris­on­ers as long as Pauld­ing County’s jail doesn’t reopen. Pauld­ing …

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Rosalie Haye, 69

Rosalie F. Haye, age 69, of Stryker, passed away Friday morning, November 22, 2013 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. She, along with her husband, farmed together for many years. After his retirement she continued to work with her son as secretary of the family business. Mrs. Haye was born on …

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True “Paul” Ridgway, 81

True “Paul” Ridgway, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away, surrounded by his family on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at Community Health Professionals Impatient Hospice near Defiance. Paul was an electrician and partner in Ridgway Brothers Electric. He was a member of the IBEW Local 13. Paul was a US …

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OLD TYME GATHERING

The sev­enth annual Olde Tyme Gath­er­ing returns to Mont­pe­lier tomor­row. The main event is the parade which will be held at 6 p.m. A crafts and gift show will be at the school audi­te­ria from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Author Bobbi Schlosser will be sign­ing her book, “Pil­grim,” at …

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OOPS! TIME FOR A RECOUNT

Oops.. false alarm. A mis­take in count­ing some early votes in Defi­ance County has over­turned the out­come of Defi­ance City Hall’s 0.3-percent income tax request. On Elec­tion Day the count was 1,430 votes for the tax and 1,445 against. How­ever, the final cer­ti­fied tally made Wednes­day by the county’s board …

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CLOVERDALE RECOVERING SLOWLY

Some elec­tric­ity has been restored and most roads have been reopened fol­low­ing that tor­nado that dev­as­tated much of the vil­lage of Cloverdale and sur­round­ing areas. Put­nam County offi­cials say elec­tric­ity has been restored to the vil­lage of Cloverdale, although many res­i­dences are still with­out elec­tric­ity due to the extent of …

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ANOTHER SUIT FILED AGAINST HENRY COMMISSIONERS

A Napoleon busi­ness­man has now filed a sec­ond law­suit in Defi­ance County Court against Henry County com­mis­sion­ers and oth­ers. Dou­glas Pelmear and his com­pany, HP2G, LLC, in Napoleon, is seek­ing judg­ment against Henry County’s three com­mis­sion­ers and oth­ers. The suit is sim­i­lar to one filed ear­lier this month in com­mon …

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COURTHOUSE UPDATE

On again, off again, now it’s on again. The pos­si­ble ren­o­va­tion of Defi­ance County’s cour­t­house that is. A seven-member com­mit­tee look­ing into the courthouse’s future decided to revisit the project dur­ing a meet­ing Wednes­day after­noon in the county com­mis­sion­ers’ office. The meet­ing this week comes more than a month after …

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David Killgallon, 41

David C. Killgallon, age 41, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at his home. A 1991 graduate of Bryan High School, he then graduated from Hillsdale College in 1995. During his professional career, David was a marketing manager with regional newspapers and magazines in North Carolina, …

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Lela Johnson, 91

Lela Mae Vaccaro Johnson, 91 years, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in her residence.  Lela was born March 12, 1922 in Harrison County, Missouri, the daughter of the late Joseph C. and Effie Lea (Stewart) Stanton.  She was a graduate of Blythesdale High School.  She married Joseph A. Vaccaro and …

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