Cedar Point opens for the sea­son this Sat­ur­day with a new roller coaster, the park’s first floor­less roller coaster, uti­liz­ing the track of the for­mer Man­tis roller coaster, tow­er­ing 14 sto­ries above the mid­way. The new coaster will flip rid­ers upside down at up to 60 miles per hour, while …

A smoke alarm that went off Sun­day night is being cred­ited with quite pos­si­bly sav­ing the lives of Sandy and Jim Hol­ley of Defi­ance. The Holley’s say neigh­bors were pound­ing on their front door to let them know that the house was on fire just after 11 Sun­day night. The …

Gen­eral Motors Defi­ance Cast­ing Oper­a­tions is hold­ing an open house, and if you go, you will get a chance to view new GM vehi­cles in addi­tion to the fac­tory where they are built. A vehi­cle show­case and open house will be held from 3–6 p.m. May 14 at the plant …

The Williams County Fam­ily YMCA has launched it’s annual sup­port cam­paign, with a goal this year of rais­ing $70,000. The money will be used to sup­port pro­grams for preschool­ers, school-age chil­dren and seniors, and help fund the Peo­ple Help­ing Peo­ple Schol­ar­ship pro­gram, which pro­vides mem­ber­ship assis­tance to low-income fam­i­lies. Y offi­cials say …

The State Fire Mar­shal is now inves­ti­gat­ing two fires that were inten­tion­ally set. Inves­ti­ga­tors have ruled an aban­doned house fire and a barn fire recently, both on Ful­ton County Road 12 in Wauseon, were cases of arson. The fire at the house was reported around 3am on Mon­day. The barn …

In the local elec­tions held yes­ter­day, two pro­pos­als for tax­a­tion in Defi­ance County — one for fire and res­cue ser­vices, the other for a new school — both won sup­port. And a renewal levy for Patrick Henry Local Schools also squeaked by. Mean­while though, vot­ers in Williams County’s Spring­field Town­ship …

Robert D. Hicks, Jr., age 66, of Stryker, passed away early Tuesday morning, May 5, 2015 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Prior to his retirement, he had been a banker with the former Tiffin Valley Bank and the former First National Bank, in Archbold. Robert was born in …

Helene Louise Plouck, 86 years, of Bryan, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in her residence with her family by her side. Helene was born September 19, 1928, in Montpelier, Ohio, the daughter of the late Vincenzo and Mary (Coschignano) Falco. She was a 1946 graduate of Montpelier High …

Laramie “Larry” Harness, Sr., 77 years, of Hamilton, Indiana, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015, in his residence. Larry was born on January 27, 1938 in Winchester, Indiana to the late Gaylord Josiah and Suzanna Alice (Meeks) Harness. He was a veteran serving in the United States Army.  He served during …

Andrew D. Hershberger, age 32, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Andrew worked in the maintenance department at Titan Tire in Bryan. Andrew also owned Diamond H Kennels where he raised American Bullies. He had a …