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Voters to decide fate of senior center in Henry County

Are tax­pay­ers in Henry County ready to go out of pocket for a new senior cen­ter facil­ity? A 1.1 mil, five year levy would bring in just over 800 tho­suand dol­lars, that money to be used as part of what’s needed to con­vert the site of the CD Brill­hart Elemt­nary …

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Police help four people out of Angola house fire

Four peo­ple have two Angola police offi­cers to thank for get­ting them out of a house fire Sun­day morn­ing. It was reported just before 4am at 210 West Broad. It was at a duplex where some occu­pants in the side where the fire started were already out of the res­i­dence …

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Fire burn warning in Williams County

Folks in Williams County are being told to not burn any­thing out­side today due to an increased risk for those fires to get otu of con­trol. The National Weather Ser­vice says between warm tem­per­a­tures, low humid­ity and strong winds, all the ingre­di­ents are there for flames to spread quickly.

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Utility pole crash leads to charges

An OVI charge faces the man police say drove into a util­ity pole Sun­day evening that caused a power out­age. It hap­pened on Cleve­land Avenue near Ottawa Avenue. 22 year old Jose Alvarado of Napoleon was headed east when he lost con­trol of his car. The util­ity pole was snapped …

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Looking for levy to help fix roads and bridges

In Mark Town­ship, Defi­ance County, they need money to fix roads and bridges. Now a 2-mill, five-year levy will be decided on Nov. 3 by town­ship vot­ers. If passed that would gen­er­ate close to 70 tho­suand dol­larrs. For a per­son own­ing a prop­erty val­ued at 50 thou­sand dol­lars, it would …

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Flip of a coin earns man new title

15 mon­u­ments in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Park in Williams County will be replaced after a vote by the Board of Trustees recently. They’ll use 3 inch slabs of gran­ite to give the stones some longe­tiv­ity. Those slabs will have the names of every vet­eran from Willaims County, reports the Bryan …

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Veterans Memorial Park stones to be replaced

15 mon­u­ments in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Park in Williams County will be replaced after a vote by the Board of Trustees recently. They’ll use 3 inch slabs of gran­ite to give the stones some longe­tiv­ity. Those slabs will have the names of every vet­eran from Willaims County, reports the Bryan …

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Boy shot in incident police call accidental

A shoot­ing in Pan­dora Sat­ur­day night left a 17 year old boy dead. Put­nam County Sher­iffs Deputies went to 13915 Road 3 at just past 7pm and found the vic­tim. Police haven’t released the name of the vic­tim but early signs are the shoot­ing was acci­den­tal. No charges have been …

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County EMS says increased demand prompts need for more money

The increased demand for emer­gency ser­vices has Ful­ton County look­ing to vot­ers for more money. A Novem­ber 3 bal­lot questoin will ask for a 2-mill renewal, plus a 2-mill addi­tion. The new rev­enue would bring in 2.6 mil­lon dol­lars annu­ally. For the owner of a home worth 100 tho­suand dol­lars, …

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Inaugural Oktoberfest in Bryan

The first and hope­fully not the last Bryan Okto­ber­fest hap­pens tomorrow…a cel­e­bra­tion of all things Ger­man. It’s hap­pen­ing from 4pm to 1am behind Williams County Com­mu­nity The­ater at Beech and But­ler Streets. There will be lots of food, brats, saurekraut ger­man potato salad and a host of bev­er­ages to wash …

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