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In Henry County, the com­mis­sion­ers are talk­ing about enter­prise zone agree­ments and Tax Incen­tive Review Coun­cil rec­om­men­da­tions. Last week, the com­mis­sion­ers met and dis­cussed the future of enter­prise zone agree­ments. They also reviewed and approved a writ­ten Henry County Com­mu­nity Improve­ment Cor­po­ra­tion agree­ment to work col­lab­o­ra­tively on behalf of Henry …

SAuder Vil­lage is open­ing for the 2015 sea­son on Tues­day, April 28. New this year guests will be able to enjoy sweet treats at Stella Leona Choco­lates & Cof­fees at Sauder Vil­lage. Another high­light of the 2015 sea­son is the open­ing of the Grime Home­stead. Slated to open mid-June, the …

Ohio Attor­ney Gen­eral Mike DeWine is warn­ing Ohioans to beware of threat­en­ing calls, in which the caller says they are from the IRS as the April 15 tax fil­ing dead­line approaches. In the past week along, the Ohio Attor­ney General’s Office has received more than 100 reports of IRS-related scams …

The first read­ing of an ordi­nance to increase the income tax in Stryker by .3% was knocked down by a vote of four to two. If approved through three read­ings, the issue would have been on the Novem­ber bal­lot to increase the cur­rent 1.5 per­cent vil­lage income tax by 0.3 …

A Defi­ance County jury on Fri­day, decided that the widow of a for­mer Gen­eral Motors employee who died of lung can­cer is enti­tled to work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion ben­e­fits. It took a jury about four and a half hours to reach their deci­sion, in which they ruled that Fayrene Den­nis of Arkansas, …

A man from Defi­ance man is dead, fol­low­ing a Fri­day after­noon crash in Allen County that left seven other peo­ple injured. 79 year old William Edgar Defi­ance was killed in the crash that hap­pened just after 2 Fri­day after­noon at U.S. 30 and Thayer Road when his north­bound Ford F-150 …

The North­west State Board of Trustees on Fri­day after­noon, unan­i­mously voted to rat­ify the rec­om­men­da­tions pro­vided by a third party fact-finding orga­ni­za­tion and end an ongo­ing labor dis­pute. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Edu­ca­tion Asso­ci­a­tion voted to rat­ify the new con­tract for the school’s edu­ca­tors. …

One arrest by Williams County Sher­iffs Deputis over the weekend.…46 year old Ronald Brust of Bryan was arrested on a Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court war­rant for felony theft.He is cur­rently being held at Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of NW Ohio

Ground has been bro­ken, and now work is under­way, for the new Nature Fresh Farm facil­ity on Ohio 109 at Delta. The project rep­re­sents a $200 mil­lion invest­ment in the area, and is expected to be well under­way by the end of the year. Com­pany offi­cials say within 7 years, …

Pauld­ing County junior fair chicken meat pen orders will be avail­able for pick up from 3–4:30 p.m. April 14 at the Pauld­ing County OSU Exten­sion Office. Pay­ment for the chicken is due when they are picked up. For more infor­ma­tion, call 419–399-8225. And Feeder calf weigh-in and tag­ging for junior …