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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging dairy producers to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program that helps offset milk and feed price differences. This year’s DMC signup began Jan. 29 and the deadline to enroll is March 31, 2025. “We encourage producers to …

Terri Lynn (Hill) Coulon, age 68, of Hamilton, Indiana and formerly of rural Archbold, Ohio, passed away peacefully Monday morning, March 17, 2025 in her home with the comfort of her loving family surrounding her. Terri was born June 16, 1956 in Paulding, Ohio to Paul and the late Margie …

Frankie C. Robey, 88, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center Defiance, Ohio. She passed without pain, free from suffering, surrounded by the very love she filled our hearts with. Frankie was born June 23, 1936, in Monroe County, Michigan, daughter of the …

Evelyn Jeanette Hardy, age 98, a resident of Fountain Park in Bryan, Ohio, passed away on March 19, 2025. Evelyn was born in Northwest Township, Williams County on Feb. 5, 1927, the daughter of Harley and Ada (Dean) Butler. She married Carlton Hardy on Oct. 12, 1947, and he survives. …

Field reports from area wildlife officers were recently received from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Department of Wildlife. State Wildlife Officer Adam Stachler, assigned to Fulton County, received a Turn-In-a-Poacher report about an individual hunting white-tailed deer with a gun after the gun season had ended. Stachler contacted the …

Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine will host a book reading at Carol Graff Beavercreek Library to celebrate Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio mailing more than 20 million Imagination Library books to children in Ohio. At no cost to Ohio families, 20,680,284 Imagination Library books have been mailed to children …

A Paulding County man who sexually abused a minor was sentenced to 34 months in prison Tuesday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers announced. Daniel Froelich, 56, of Cecil, was sentenced in Paulding County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to two counts of unlawful …

Bryan council has given approval for the purchase of a custom pumper fire engine in the amount of $1,040,700. The purchase will be made through the state purchasing agreement, and delivery is expected to be in January.

The annual Maple Syrup Festival is this Saturday at the Williams County Fairgrounds in Montpelier. Events start at 8 a.m. and continue until noon. The festival allows attendees to see a working sugar shack in operation, have pancakes with pure maple syrup, and participate in educational and fun activities. Pancakes …

Aurora May Smead, 6 months old, of Montpelier, Ohio passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025. She was born on September 13, 2024 in Bryan to Scott E. and Shelby R. (Moran) Smead. Aurora was the happiest baby, so full of love thanks to her big heart. She was always …

Martin Jackson Kuhn, Sr., age 87, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2025 following an extended illness. Martin was born on August 15, 1937 in Augusta, Arkansas, the son of Melvin A. Kuhn and Eloise M. (Jackson) Kuhn. He was enlisted in the Arkansas Army National Guard from 1954 …

Harweda Kay Clark, 79 years of Hicksville, passed away Monday, March 17, 2025, in her home with those she loved at her side. Kay was born June 28, 1945, in Hueysville, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Warnie and Cora (Patton) Stephens. She was a 1963 graduate of Waterloo High …

Denise R. Harrington, 67, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully Monday, March 17, 2025, in her residence with her husband by her side.  After a multi-year battle with a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, Denise won the battle and was greeted into her Heavenly home.  Denise was born June 24, 1957, in …

Roy Chapman, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at his home, surrounded by his family, following a lengthy illness. Roy moved to Ohio in 1955. He worked at the Defiance Crescent News beginning as a linotype operator and retiring after 44 years as the …

Sheldon L. Levy, Jr., 63, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Vancrest of Hicksville. Sheldon was born May 10, 1961, in Hicksville, Ohio, son of the late, Sheldon L. and Lenora M. (Ripke) Levy, Sr. He was a 1979 graduate of Hicksville High School. Sheldon worked …