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Phyllis L. Luke, 80

Phyllis L. Luke, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died peacefully at 10:10 A.M. on Friday, February 19, 2016, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan. Mrs. Luke was a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan, where she was also a member of the Shamrock Circle. She …

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Happy National Engineering Week

National Engineering Week is here and there are events planned in the area to explain and encourage people to get into engineering. Tonight at 7 p.m., the president of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers and dean of Ohio University’s College of Engineering will speak on the importance of engineering …

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AG’s office sues Williams County home improvement contractor

A Williams County home improvement company is being sued by the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Ever Clean LLC and its owner, Thadius Wind, are accused of taking money for work it failed to perform as promised. The AG’s office says Ever Clean performed incomplete gutter installation and shoddy work. Eight …

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Continental fire injures two

Continental firefighters were out in the middle of the night Saturday in Continental at a barn fire in Putnam County. Two people were treated for injuries from the scene on Putnam County Road 23. It took a couple of hours to get the flames under control and out. Mutual aid …

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Landfill director leaving

Defiance’s County Engineer is taking over duties at the county landfill. The Environmental Services Director, Tim Houck, is retiring next month. The Engineer, Warren Schlatter, will be compensated and the two entities are working out an agreement.

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Bryan HS says goodbye to gym

Its hard to say goodbye, but that’s what they did Friday at Bryan High School, as the basketball team played their last regular season game in the 60-year-old athletic complex. Next season, the team will be playing in a new gym. The high school honored past and present athletes in …

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Edgerton teacher will not face charges over relationship

In Edgerton, a teacher who was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a Montpelier High School student during the 2014-2015 school year is not going to be prosecuted. According to the district attorney, the teacher was 22, and the student in question was 17 and 18 years old at …

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Suspect at large in Fischer murder

The man charged with murder of 21-year-old Hannah Fischer is still at large. Police are looking for Frank Tracy, a 47-year-old man who shared an apartment with Fischer and who was charged two days after her death. His vehicle was found three days after her death in Defiance county, but …

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Courthouse renovation begins

Here’s an update on the Defiance County Courthouse renovation. The general contractor E. Lee Construction has started with the scaffolding around the clock tower. They are preparing the exterior for the repairs that are budgeted to cost $1.46 million. The project should last through most of the year, about nine …

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Bryan fire ends in total loss

A fire in Bryan on Thursday morning destroyed a home on County Road 17. The house was heavily involved when crews arrived and firefighters from Edgerton, Ney, Montpelier, Stryker, and Brady Township assisted. A total of 56 firefighters were involved. The home, the garage and all of the contents were …

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