Good news for any­one want­ing to expand their busi­ness in Mont­pe­lier… Water tap fees will be waived for at least one busi­ness in the vil­lage. At Monday’s meet­ing, Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage Coun­cil voted unan­i­mously to waive tap fees for Moore Indus­tries on Hen­dricks Drive, which is expand­ing at the site. A …

Ralph Leighton Wirick, 97 years, of Defiance, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at The Laurels of Defiance. Leighton was born on September 16, 1917 in Fayette, Ohio to the late Glen Washington and Freda Marie (Knox) Wirick. He was a veteran serving in the Army as a Staff Sergeant. …

Norman Dean Brown, 75 years, of Ney, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, following a brief illness.  Norm was born August 18, 1939 to Paul M. and Helen Miller Brown in Bicknell, Indiana, along with a twin sister, Norma Jean.  He was a 1957 graduate …

Barbara A. Warncke, age 81, of Wauseon passed away Friday April 24, 2015 at St. Luke Hospital in Maumee. Prior to her retirement she had worked for the former Sterling Milk Company in Wauseon as well as being a homemaker, devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Barbara was born on November …

Robert “Bob” G. Teats, 92, of Montpelier passed away Friday morning at his home surrounded by his family.  He was born on February 17, 1923 in Santa Fe, New Mexico to William Roby and Viola Catherine (Musser) Teats.  Bob graduated from Montpelier High School in 1942.  On August 20, 1949 he married Ida …

Alco­hol and drugs are behind a Sun­day arrest by Bryan Police. Early yes­ter­day morn­ing, around 1:45am, 34 year old Malinda Gowins of Lex­ing­ton, Ken­tucky, was arrested for OVI and Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana. Bond was posted and she was released.

An aggra­vated mur­der trial gets under­way today in Pauld­ing. It involves a cold case, going all the way back to 1981. 59 year old Steven Noff­singer of Defi­ance, is charged with the mur­der of his ex-wife, Alma Noff­singer back in 1981. If con­victed, Noff­singer could get 20 years to life …

A shoot­ing in Wauseon on Sat­ur­day morn­ing leaves one man dead. Police have one sus­pect in cus­tody, and they are on the hunt for a sec­ond per­son. 27 year old Joshua McJil­ton of Ocean­side, Cal­i­for­nia but orig­i­nally was from Wauseon, was shot in a park­ing lot on Depot Street. McJil­ton …

A woman was arrested after she allegedly broke into two Mont­pe­lier homes on Fri­day. In the first inci­dent, the home­owner told police he came home to find a woman, who he said appeared to be under the influ­ence of drugs or alco­hol, inside his home. He said he tried to …

Timothy M. Fitzenrider, age 61, of Napoleon and formerly of Bryan passed away Wednesday April 22, 2015 at the Filling Home of Mercy in Napoleon. He had worked at the Quadco Rehabilitation Center in Stryker for many years. Tim was born on February 27, 1954 in Wauseon, Ohio the son …