Robert L. Bowman, age 89, of Sherwood, Ohio, died at 5:30 A.M. on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Dream Haven Assisted Living in Edgerton, where he was a resident. Mr. Bowman was a 1943 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the United States Navy during World War II. …

Joan Marie (Neuenschwander) Klopfenstein, age 77, passed away Wednesday March 25, 2015 at Genesis Nursing Care of Bryan. Prior to her retirement she had been a Piano Instructor for many years. Mrs. Neuenschwander was born on February 20, 1938 in Wauseon the daughter of the late Franklin “Hap” and the …

Norma J. Dixon, age 85, of Montpelier, Ohio, continued on her journey Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in her home, surrounded by her family. Norma was an assembler at Robinair SPX for 20 years prior to her retirement. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Montpelier. Born July …

A man dri­ving an old police cruiser was involved in a police chase, but he was on the wrong end of it in the end. 25 year old Brian Hul­bert, Sr. of Mark Cen­ter lost con­trol of his 1993 Ford Crown Vic­to­ria dur­ing a police pur­suit that started around 7:45 …

A drug bust Thurs­day after­noon in Mont­pe­lier ended up with four peo­ple behind bars. An anony­mous tip lead to a search war­rant, which lead to the arrests at the home on East Court Street. Meth, pot, and drug para­pher­na­lia all were dis­cov­ered in the raid. The inves­ti­ga­tion is widen­ing, and …

Bryan Police have cracked a case involv­ing a dam­aged vehi­cle that hap­pened last week­end. It was around 2:30 Sat­ur­day morn­ing, when a Chrysler hit a parked Chevy Blazer on South Williams Street. The dri­ver left the scene, but also left the dam­aged vehi­cle in the mid­dle of the street. It …

Fol­low­ing the res­ig­na­tion of Ayersville Local Board of Edu­ca­tion vice pres­i­dent Brad Mor­ri­son ear­lier this month, the board met in a spe­cial exec­u­tive ses­sion Wednes­day evening and named a new board mem­ber. Lanie Lam­bert will serve effec­tively imme­di­ately until Dec. 31. If Lam­bert wants to con­tinue serv­ing on the school …

In Defi­ance County, the board of elec­tions direc­tor will be resign­ing. Pam Schroeder, who took over as direc­tor in 2010 when Wayne Ols­son retired, has decided to step down, effec­tive on April 3. Schroeder has accepted a new job in the pri­vate sec­tor. Schroeder was appointed direc­tor in March 2010, …

Good Samar­i­tan School in Defi­ance is hold­ing it’s first Mom to Mom fundraiser next month. The event is being billed as the equiv­a­lent of a large indoor garage sale for par­ents, with children’s items avail­able for pur­chase. It will kick off on April 11th at 9am and run until 1pm …

A plan that details how Ohio will ensure that peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties receive inte­grated ser­vices has been sub­mit­ted to fed­eral author­i­ties accord­ing to Quadco. The state tran­si­tion plan was sent to the Cen­ters for Medicare and Med­ic­aid Ser­vices this month. Just as the state has been work­ing on this process, …