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The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a high wind warn­ing today. That means with gusts up to 60 miles an hour pos­si­ble, trees and power lines will be threat­ened, and the chance of power out­ages increases. It’s a good idea to tie down or lock up any­thing that could blow …

Mont­pe­lier res­i­dents got a thrill last night, when Today Show Weath­er­man Al Roker came to town. He’s been mak­ing his way around the coun­try to set the record for the fastest time ever for report­ing the weather from all 50 states. He told res­i­dents he chose Mont­pe­lier because it’s the …

Bryan Police con­tinue to look for a car that was involved in a hit-skip crash on Sun­day on Lynn St. Accord­ing the police Face­book page, the car is a dark col­ored Ford Tau­rus, per­haps a 2002 model year. The glass is miss­ing from the pas­sen­ger side mir­ror, and there may …

If you’re look­ing for a job, Sauder Man­u­fac­tur­ing is host­ing a job fair this Sat­ur­day. It’s from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sauder’s loca­tions in Arch­bold and Stryker. Sauder is look­ing to fill up to 30 new posi­tions in office and man­u­fac­tur­ing at both sites. Sauder is cel­e­brat­ing its …

The Edger­ton FFA is hold­ing a can­cer fundraiser. It’s a trap-shoot con­test called Aim­ing for a Cure. It’s this Sat­ur­day at the Williams County Con­ser­va­tion Club in Mont­pe­lier. The cost is $25 per per­son and shells will be donated for shoot­ers 18 and under by the Williams County Tar­get Busters.

The North­west­ern Ohio Rails-to-Trails Asso­ci­a­tion is look­ing for vol­un­teers to help work on widen­ing and re-decking the bridge over Beaver Creek. The sched­uled work day is this Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 14th from 8 am to Noon. Vol­un­teers should meet at 8 a.m. on County Road 17, south of U.S. 20A. If …

A reminder that fed­eral offices are closed today, in obser­vance of Vet­er­ans Day. Williams County Libraries are also closed in Bryan, Edger­ton, Edon, Pio­neer, Stryker and West Unity. One library will remain open, the Mont­pe­lier Pub­lic Library.

In honor of Vet­er­ans Day today, a trav­el­ing memo­r­ial is on dis­play at the Edger­ton high school gym today and through the rest of the week. The exhibit called “The Eyes of Free­dom: Lima Com­pany Memo­r­ial” hon­ors Lima’s 3rd Bat­tal­ion, 25th Marine Corps Reg­i­ment which suf­fered the high­est casu­alty rate …

Forty years ago today, The Edmund Fitzger­ald, the largest freighter on the Great Lakes, sank in hur­ri­cane force winds leav­ing Supe­rior, Wis­con­sin for Detroit. All 29 crew mem­bers died, and no one knows exactly why she went down. Six crew mem­bers were from Ohio.-0– A Williams County Wildlife Offi­cer has …

A story that shocked the Buck­eye state… the 21 month old tod­dler whose decom­posed body was found in her crib. Now a new trial date has been set for the baby’s father, who’s just been declared com­pe­tent to stand trial. 34 year old Eric War­fel had pleaded not guilty by …