Flames Mon­day morn­ing, caused con­sid­er­able dam­age to a home on U.S. 127 north of Bryan. It hap­pened around 2am Mon­day, and when fire­fight­ers first arrived, they found smoke com­ing from the eaves. The fire report­edly began near the wood­burner when the exhaust stack touched one of the rafters in the …

Williams County Sheriff’s Depart­ment made an arrest on Monday…34 year old Eric Grubb of Mont­pe­lier was arrested on a bench war­rant for abscond­ing from super­vi­sion. No addi­tional details were released by the sheriff’s depart­ment with regard to Grubb’s arrest.

The Defi­ance County Health Depart­ment will hold its Know Your Health Num­bers health screen­ing on Thurs­day from 9–10:30 a.m. at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville. Included in the health screen­ing will be blood pres­sure, pulse, res­pi­ra­tions, cho­les­terol, hemo­glo­bin and blood sugar. For more infor­ma­tion, call the health depart­ment at …

Sauder Vil­lage is look­ing for some cre­ative peo­ple to help make hand­crafted items for the new Her­itage Shop at Sauder Vil­lage. A work­day has been planned for today, pro­vid­ing peo­ple an oppor­tu­nity to help make items for the shop and have fel­low­ship with oth­ers who like to be cre­ative! A …

Madeline M. Hall, age 92, passed away in her home on Sunday evening, March 8, 2015. Arrangements ar pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Stryker.

McKenna Rae Kreischer, 22, of Canton, Michigan and formerly of Montpelier passed away Tuesday, March 3rd at Huron Valley Sinai Hospital in Commerce Township, Michigan as the result of an automobile accident.  She was born on July 16, 1992 in Bryan to Patrick J. and Kerry J. (Jones) Kreischer.  McKenna graduated from …

Fern L. Merillat. 94 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 at Hillside Country Living, Bryan with her family at her side.  Fern was born December 31, 1920 in Woodburn, Indiana, the daughter of the late Raymond and Esther (Zimmerman) Gerig.  She married LaVern Merillat on August 3, 1940 …

Betty M. Law, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Friday morning, March 6, 2015,at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Betty was a homemaker and had worked several years as a crossing guard for Lincoln Elementary School in Bryan. She was a an avid animal lover and supported …

An OVI arrest over the week­end in Bryan. Bryan Police say they col­lared 22 year old Logan Pape of Celina, Ohio early Sun­day morn­ing, around 3am. Pape was released by police who didn’t pro­vide any fur­ther infor­ma­tion. Bryan police also say they arrested 42 year old Don­ald Laney of Bryan …

A Defi­ance fam­ily lost their home and all their pos­ses­sions in a fire Fri­day morn­ing, and now they need every­thing to re-start their lives. Flames destroyed the home that Saman­tha Adkins shared at 401 Rulf St., with her two chil­dren and fiance, Nathan Brown. The first calls came in Fri­day …