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The old­est build­ing in Pio­neer, the Joy Hotel, has been saved from the wreck­ing ball. Michael Wor­thing­ton has bought the build­ing with dona­tions from res­i­dents in Williams County. Now Wor­thing­ton will shore up the build­ing built in 1855 and try to ren­o­vate so it can be used as a viable …

Still no word on what caused a fire in a wooden shed on County Road I. The blaze on Tues­day hap­pened just after mid­night and the 10 by 30 out­build­ing was engulfed. The cause of the fire remains unde­ter­mined but does not appear to be sus­pi­cious, he said. A dam­age …

Fol­low­ing Thanks­giv­ing, the next big day of obser­va­tion is… #Giv­ingTues­day. It’s a global day of giv­ing that encour­ages gen­eros­ity and philanthropy. Non-profit Sauder Vil­lage is encour­ag­ing peo­ple to par­tic­i­pate, and they have oppor­tu­ni­ties on their web­site to do that.

It’s bud­get time for many orga­ni­za­tions, and the Fort Defi­ance Humane Soci­ety is ask­ing county com­mis­sion­ers to pro­vide another $10k for 2016 to deal with a feral cat problem. Com­mis­sion­ers say they’ll con­sider the request.

A for­mer Gen­eral Motors team leader has taken up a free bicy­cle pro­gram, after his brother-in-law started the pro­gram. Larry Sparks repairs bikes and gives them away to needy fam­i­lies. Sparks gets many requests every day. He said he has about 100 bikes on hand now, and said he’s received …

Three peo­ple were arrested on drug charges after they were pulled over in a traf­fic stop for fail­ing to sig­nal a turn. The arrests hap­pened on North Cherry Street about 2 a.m. Sun­day. The OSP trooper said one pas­sen­ger had drug para­pher­na­lia, which led to a search. Drugs were found …

An arrest has been made for the bomb threat at Bryan Mid­dle School last Thurs­day that forced the school to be evacuated. The 12-year-old female stu­dent turned her­self in. Bryan Police Chief Michael Willis said the Williams County Juve­nile Pro­ba­tion Depart­ment will get the report. The pros­e­cu­tor will ulti­mately decide …

A Fre­mont man was sen­tenced to six years of a ten year prison term for deal­ing metham­phet­a­mine in Steuben Cir­cuit Court. 24-year-old Niko­lus Nevois pled guilty on Sep­tem­ber 28th to a pair of Class B felony charges. Nevois was arrested last March fol­low­ing an IMAGE Drug Task Force investigation.

The Indi­ana State Fire Marshal’s Office says an explo­sion that took place at a home on the south side of Ash­ley on Mon­day night that killed one per­son and injured two oth­ers was caused by an LP gas leak with an out­side igni­tion source. Ash­ley Police said on their Face­book …

The Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion met this week to hear how a new pro­posed sports com­plex could save the dis­trict a mil­lion dol­lars and be a boost to busi­ness. Accord­ing to Brad Mor­ri­son of Maumee Bay Turf Cen­ter, the field can be used year round and last 10 years …