Hicksville News

Last week Defiance Municipal Court Judge John Rohrs III said that his court has generated more than $5 million for City Hall over a 50-year period.

Carrie Marie Rietschlin and Michael Joseph Kemerer were married April 19, 2009 at Sacred Heart Parish in Shelby, Ohio.

It's the end of an era. While staff, faculty and students last month concluded the school year in the new Hicksville Exempted Village Schools building on the east end of town, the venerable buildings, which were vacated in January and in which generations of children were taught, have outlived their usefulness.

Hicksville's seventh annual community garage sales to benefit Relay for Life will be held Friday and Saturday, June 12-13, throughout town and the surrounding area.

To honor and remember those who have died in our nation's service, there will be three separate Memorial Day services including two parades on Monday by Defiance veterans groups, while dozens of area communities also hold services.

Firefighters from six Ohio and Indiana departments responded to the Hicksville Grain Co.

Officials in Hicksville, Ohio tell us a grain elevator at the Hicksville Grain Company on High Street was smoldering because of weeds in the silo.

General Motors dealerships in Auburn, Angola and Hicksville, Ohio, will continue their relationships with GM, managers confirmed Friday.

Voters in only 11 Defiance County precincts will have tax issues to decide in Tuesday's election, and some will have to take note of polling changes.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 1:04 P.M. Complainant reported someone filmed a video under false pretense and put it on the internet in Kreischer Darrow.

Six people -- including five teen-agers -- were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon at Ohio 18 and Farmer-Mark Road.

Starting Saturday night in Freeland, during the Saginaw on Stage event, and ending 30 days later in Hicksville, Ohio, the seven-member band will play 24 towns in 14 states.

A couple in Hicksville, Ohio welcomed a newborn son to their family on Monday. However, the birth did not go exactly as planned.

Significant precinct voting and polling changes were discussed by Defiance County commissioners during their Monday meeting.

With as cold as it was this winter, everyone could use another quilt. A quilt fair will be held at the Huber Opera House and Civic Center in Hicksville on Saturday and Sunday.

With Defiance County's unemployment rate rising to 14 percent, local officials are seeking a state designation that might help them receive financial help for industrial development.

The mother of an infant who died when she crashed her vehicle last spring was sentenced in Defiance Municipal Court on Monday afternoon.

The Defiance County Library system will celebrate Teen Tech Week, March 8-14. The theme is "Press Play @ Your Library." Teen Tech Week will be observed at the Defiance Public Library, Johnson Memorial Library ...

United Way of Defiance County held its annual meeting Thursday at Kettenring Country Club.

A variety of area entities are lining up for a share of the $700 billion economic stimulus package recently passed by Congress.