Hills­dale Inter­me­di­ate School Dis­trict has a new board mem­ber fol­low­ing the res­ig­na­tion of the board’s pres­i­dent last month. Valerie White, a Hills­dale res­i­dent and assis­tant pros­e­cut­ing attor­ney for Branch County, was selected from four can­di­dates who fielded ques­tions from the school board. White high­lighted her back­ground in law as a …

Hills­dale city lead­ers are look­ing at chang­ing the code that deals with open burn­ing restric­tions. A pro­posed amend­ment would ban all open­ing burn­ing in the city between mid­night and 4am except for cook­ing grills, mean­ing no camp­fires, open fire pits, or bon­fires. Out­door fires of any kind, includ­ing grills and …

Indi­ana State Trooper Peter Bradley of Noble County was awarded the department’s Sil­ver Star for res­cu­ing a dis­tressed pad­dle boater last August. Two adults and two chil­dren were in the boat on Knapp Lake a few miles north­west of Fort Wayne when it started to founder. One of the adults …

An Angola man is return­ing to prison after vio­lat­ing his pro­ba­tion from a 2010 drug case. 28-year-old Jeromy R. Baker will spend seven years behind bars for a com­bi­na­tion of charges on drug man­u­fac­tur­ing and resist­ing arrest along with the parole vio­la­tion. Three chil­dren found in Baker’s house dur­ing a …

Lyman Alfred Powers, age 91 of Wauseon, Ohio passed away April 18, 2015 surrounded by his loving family in the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Born in 1924, Lyman is survived by his devoted wife Martha (Holman) Powers; loving children Kathleen (Fred) Burkhart of East Grand Rapids, Michigan; Mark (Janet) …

Dorothy C. Kimpel, age 93, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:52 A.M. on Saturday, April 18, 2015, in her home, surrounded by her family after an extended illness. A 1939 graduate of Edgerton High School, Mrs. Kimpel was a homemaker and devoted farm wife. She was a member of St. …

Roseleen Dennison, 79 years, of West Unity, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Genesis HealthCare – Bryan Center with her family at her side.  Rosie was born August 10, 1935 in Cub Run, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Harry and Lula (Thompson) Miles.  She married Floyd Thomas Dennison on February …

Rowena L. Moore, 93, of rural Bryan and formerly of Pioneer passed away early Saturday morning at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan.  She was born on February 22, 1922 near Kunkle, Ohio to Elgie E. and Alma Dorothy (Bly) Moore.  Rowena graduated from Kunkle High School in 1942. Rowena was a …

Rosel C Gomez January 10, 1944 – April 18, 2015 Rosel C Gomez (Brown) of Archbold, Ohio was received into her Heavenly home on April 18, 2015 at the Whitehouse Country Manor in Whitehouse, Ohio due to complications of dementia. Rosel was born on January 10, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio …

Barbara Ann (Frame) Gomez, age 67, of rural Wauseon,Ohio died Thursday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was the widow of Mariano “Butch” Gomez who preceded her in death on December 25, 2014. Survivors include her mother, Margaret Frame, Sister, Donna Baumes, Brothers, Lawrence Frame, Jr. and Timothy …