Well my issue seems to have gone away. As of now I haven't had any issues, and I didn't change a thing. Makes me believe it is on steams end. I'll post another reply if that changes.
That worked thank you. Strange thing though. It still tried to download 'Ä' when I tried to launch a game after doing what you said to do. The game then timed out and I relaunched another server and it worked. I guess as long as it doesn't come back…