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Deer-gun hunting season begins

Ohio’s deer-gun hunt­ing sea­son begins today and ends Sun­day. Weather this week is look­ing at day­time highs in the 40s and the only day we may get rain is Tuesday.

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2016 Budget ready for consideration in Defiance

In news that affects your wal­let, the 2016 bud­get is ready in Defi­ance. Spend­ing this year is bud­geted at 1.7 per­cent higher than this year. Some of the changes include two new full-time employ­ees to work in engi­neer­ing and three per­ma­nent part-time posi­tions in the parks, ceme­tery, and build­ing and …

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Elderly Defiance woman dies in semi crash

A 75-year-old Defi­ance woman died in a 2-vehicle crash on Wednes­day night on U.S. 24 near Napoleon. Karol Beil­harz was dri­ving just before 7 p.m. on Henry County Road 17D and try­ing to cross the 24 when she pulled in front of a semi. The vio­lent crash ended with both …

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Jobless numbers getting better

We’re look­ing at the job­less num­bers released this week. For Ohio, the unem­ploy­ment rate stood at 4.2 per­cent for Octo­ber, that’s down from September. Job­less num­bers fell in more than half of the state’s 88 counties. Williams County’s unem­ploy­ment rate dropped 3.6 per­cent in Octo­ber, to its low­est point in …

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Williams Co. fair “changing things up”

Some changes are com­ing to the Williams County Fair next year. New Fair Board pres­i­dent Dave Page says the board voted to change things up, and move all the rides and games to the front of the fair­grounds, between the East Main St. entrance and the grand­stands. Page explained the …

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Christmas Parade begins lineup at 6 p.m.

Santa’s on his way, and the Christ­mas Parade will get things started again this year. The lineup is in the Parkview Physi­cians Group park­ing lot on W. High Street begin­ning 6 p.m. tonight. After the parade, a pho­tog­ra­pher will be in Santa’s house next to the cour­t­house, tak­ing pho­tos with …

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Oldest building in Pioneer saved

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 …

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Outbuilding fire cause still unclear

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 …

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Giving Tuesday is next week

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.

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Feral cat problem needs money to fix

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.

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