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Congratulations going out to Stryker Local Schools student Audra Rupp. She has been named a Scholastic Art national medalist. Her drawing was one of 320,000 works of art to be submitted in the competition, and only 2,400 of them won the national medal. She also wins the Scholastic Gold Key …

Another weather spotter training session will be held tonight to help residents learn how to spot and report severe weather. The free session is open to the public tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Defiance County Public Safety Office in Brunersburg. The Crescent-News reports there’s no prior registration …

The United Way’s latest fundraising campaign nearly hit the goal of $286,000. With the final tally in, the Defiance County-based group announced they missed the goal by only $8,000 dollars, and beat last year’s final amount. Companies and organizations are the backbone of the effort, with Defiance City Schools, Defiance …

A new restaurant and retail site north of Defiance got the approval Monday. The proposal presented at the planning commission meeting is from property owners Brad Mangus of Clinton Street Crossings LLC and Ken Hicks Jr. of Diverse Development. The site is near property Hicks and Mangus currently own on …

Unemployment numbers are out for last month and the state’s rate is unchanged at 4.9 percent. Williams County’s rate is lower than the four-county area, at 5.2 percent. Defiance is 5.8, Fulton is 5.8 and Henry County is 7.1 last month.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is opening up a new hotline for victims of sexual assault that will be operated 24-hours a day for free. The hotline is expected to open in April, and an informational meeting about the services will be held on April 7th at the prosecutor’s office …

The Multi Area Narcotics Task Force arrested a man earlier this week for possession of methamphetamine after he was found with a mobile meth lab. The 30-year-old suspect is Jeremiah Fauver of Hicksville. He was arrested after someone called with a tip. He’s in the Corrections Center of Northwest ohio …

Here’s one for your calendar. A job fair is planned at Northwest State Community College featuring 70 employers. According to the career services coordinator at NSCC Mike Jacobs, companies need full timers, part timers, seasonal workers and even interns. For those attending the job fair, take multiple copies of a …

A new water tower has been approved for Hicksville. The location hasn’t been determined. The Village Council approved the plan on Monday. The village has two water towers but is only using one of them for water. The other is used as a backup, and holds communication, emergency services and …

The heroin crisis in Ohio continues to ruin lives, and now new numbers are showing an alarming problem growing with fentanyl, another powerful opiate that is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, deaths here in the Buckeye …