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After Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion got three board mem­bers sworn in this week, they approved their par­tic­i­pa­tion in OhioCheckBook.com, which allows tax­pay­ers to search a web­site to see how tax money is being spent. The two board mem­bers re-elected last Novem­ber were Wes Moats and Chris Ober­lin. Garry Roden­berger …

The Swan­ton school dis­trict has begun dis­trib­ut­ing new lap­tops to high school stu­dents and fifth graders. About 500 were handed out Wednes­day. The plan is to have the mid­dle school stu­dents get theirs next school year. While 97 per­cent of the stu­dents say they have access to com­put­ers for school …

A crash on north­bound I-69 south of Angola injured a Fort Wayne woman Thurs­day morn­ing. The rollover crash hap­pened about 7:45 a.m. The vic­tim, Krista Stults, was found in her pickup truck, which was on the driver’s side. She was taken to Parkview Regional for treat­ment of injuries. No one …

A free train­ing pro­gram on gangs is planned for Feb­ru­ary 3rd in Angola at Trine University’s Fabi­ani The­ater. In the morn­ing ses­sion, speaker Bruce Malkin, Pres­i­dent of the Illi­nois Chap­ter of the Mid­west Gang Inves­ti­ga­tors Asso­ci­a­tion, will speak on how gangs impact communities. It’s hosted by the Indi­ana Chap­ter of …

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office is look­ing for 27-year-old Jacob Stilt­ner. He’s wanted on drug charges and has a war­rant for his arrest. Any­one with infor­ma­tion on his where­abouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office.

A dis­play at the Tut­tle Museum in Defi­ance has won statewide recog­ni­tion. The Sim­plex Air­craft Cor­po­ra­tion exhibit shows the city’s role in avi­a­tion. It received a 2015 His­tory Out­reach Award for pro­mot­ing local his­tory by the Ohio Local His­tory Alliance in Colum­bus. The exhibit will be on dis­play through December.

Hicksville’s Board of Edu­ca­tion is con­sid­er­ing expand­ing school facil­i­ties, after the Super­in­ten­dent brought up the con­cern of hav­ing out­grown the cur­rent accom­mo­da­tions. Super­in­ten­dent Keith Coun­try­man told the board they need more room for a preschool pro­gram and fund­ing is avail­able. There’s a need for more high school rooms and units …

In Defi­ance, City Coun­cil says they are apply­ing for a state grant to help pay for a new path to the reser­voir. The appli­ca­tion is due by Feb­ru­ary 1 to the Ohio Depart­ment of Nat­ural Resources. If ODNR approves the appli­ca­tion, the recre­ational trail pro­gram grant would pro­vide 75 per­cent …

Ten peo­ple were arrested Tues­day after the Multi-Area Nar­cotics Task Force exe­cuted search war­rants stem­ming from drug inves­ti­ga­tions through Ful­ton County. Over 10 area agen­cies assisted in round­ing up the sus­pects, who all were indicted by the grand jury in Ful­ton County after the cases were pre­sented to Ful­ton County …

A Bryan man with a war­rant for fail­ing to appear in court for not fil­ing income taxes has been arrested. 27-year-old Joshua Miller was picked up on Tues­day. He posted bond and was released.