As of last night, it is now official… Bryan Municipal Utilities cable rates are increasing. The Bryan Board of Public Affairs, during their regular monthly meeting which was held yesterday, unanimously voted to raise monthly basic cable costs from $18.75 to $21.65. According to the Bryan Times, along with the …

Walter “Wally” Vital Praet, 91, formerly of Wauseon, Ohio, passed away at Fairlawn Haven, Archbold, Ohio, on Monday, March 2, 2015. Wally was born on February 6, 1924, to the late Elias and Bertha Praet. Wally was born in Detroit, Michigan, while on a family visit from Belgium. He lived …

Clarence Shearer, 95 years, of Bryan, passed away early Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  Clarence was born March 31, 1919 in Virden, Illinois, the son of the late Jacob and Stella (Roesch) Shearer.  In 1929 they moved near Pioneer.  He graduated from Pioneer High School in …

Bryan Police have been keep­ing busy. On Mon­day, Bryan PD arrested 31 year old Dustin Vanauken of Grand St., Stryker for a Pro­ba­tion Vio­la­tion. He was taken to CCNO. Also on Mon­day, 45 year old Jamie Henry of East Bryan Street in Bryan was arrested for tele­phone com­mu­ni­ca­tions har­rass­ment. She …

The Henry-Wood Sports­mans Alliance is plan­ning a fundrais­ing ban­quet for this Sat­ur­day from 5–11 p.m. at the Armory Arts & Events Cen­ter, on East Clin­ton St., Napoleon. There will be a live auc­tion, gun and money raf­fles, door prizes and cash bar. A din­ner fea­tur­ing prime rib, chicken, choice of …

The Williams County Sher­iffs Depart­ment reports an arrest. They say they nabbed 34 year old Christo­pher But­ler of Mont­pe­lier on 3 charges of fail­ure to appear and 1 charge of a pro­ba­tion vio­la­tion. No other details were given by the sheriff’s depart­ment, other than to say that But­ler was taken …

The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a haz­ardous weather out­look for a good part of our area, includ­ing Williams, Defi­ance, Henry, Put­nam, Ful­ton, Van Wert, and Allen Coun­ties. Although the weather fore­cast­ers say any accu­mu­la­tions will likely be light, the now is expected to spread across the area with 1 …

Ida G. Speiser, 87 years, of Sherwood, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Ida was born July 15, 1927 in Williams Center, Ohio the daughter of the late William Albert and Clara Ethel (Crawford) Lovejoy.  She was a 1945 graduate of Bryan High School.  She married …

Carmon B. Knepper, 82, a lifelong resident of Montpelier passed away Friday evening at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  He was born on August 31, 1932 in Montpelier to Harry L. and Asalsia C. (Brown) Knepper.  Carmon graduated Montpelier High School, and during his school years worked on the railroad.  He then …

Mary Belle Whitcomb of Wauseon passed away Friday February 27, 2015 at the age of 88. Mary was born on October 6, 1926 in Columbus Grove, Ohio to the late Henry (nickname Hugh) Onweller and Myrtle (Falor) Onweller. The family then moved back to Fulton County when she was two years …