The old say­ing goes some­thing like this… “it’s in the water.” In Mont­pe­lier, that seems to be the truth. Once again, Montpelier’s water has been deemed award win­ning. It placed fourth at this year’s Berke­ley Springs Inter­na­tional Water Tast­ing event in Berke­ley Springs, West Vir­ginia. It’s not the first time …

William “Bill” W. Kohl, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:50 P.M. on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Bill was a welder and worked at Challenge-Cook for 30 years then Robinair until his retirement. He was a member of the House of …

Claude G. Ensman, 91 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne after a brief illness.  Claude was born December 31, 1923 in Bryan, the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Barker) Ensman.  He married June Delores Sanders on May 14, 1950 in …

Donald Joseph Perrin, 78 years, of Defiance, passed away Monday, February 23, 2015 at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo.  Donald was born April 21, 1936 in Cloverdale, Ohio the son of the late Arthur Louis and Helen Margaret (Erhart) Perrin.  He was a 1955 graduate of Sherwood Delaware High School.  Donald …

Arlene “Tootie” Nafziger, age 87, of Archbold passed away early Tuesday February 24, 2015 at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio. Prior to her retirement she had worked for Deluxe Cleaners in Archbold for many years. Mrs. Nafziger was born in Stryker, Ohio on February 13, 1928 the daughter of …

Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter board mem­bers spent most of their reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing on Tues­day con­duct­ing their annual plan­ning ses­sion. They largely focused on how to cre­ate com­mu­nity inte­grated oppor­tu­ni­ties for the peo­ple being served at QRC over the next four years. New Cen­ters for Medicare and Med­ic­aid Ser­vices waiver require­ments …

At Monday’s Defi­ance City Board of Edu­ca­tion meet­ing, dis­cus­sion cen­tered around the con­struc­tion project that is planned, along with an emi­nent domain res­o­lu­tion which was approved. The dis­trict plans to soon sub­mit doc­u­ments to the Ohio Facil­i­ties Con­struc­tion Com­mis­sion for the schematic design phase at the grade 6–12 site. A …

The Mon­day night shoot­ing of a Ful­ton County man remains under inves­ti­ga­tion today. The vic­tim, Con Wyse, was shot in the left leg in Arch­bold along South Defi­ance Street. Wyse was first taken to the Ful­ton County Health Cen­ter in Wauseon, then trans­ferred to Mercy St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter, Toledo. …

David S. Lorntz, age 51, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2015, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan. David worked at Bryan Plastics and had previously worked at Town & Country and Paragon in Bryan and also NAPA Auto Parts in Montpelier, Ohio. He was a graduate …

Geraldine M. McKarns, age 90, of Sylvania, Ohio, and formerly of Temperance, Michigan, died at 12:30 A.M. on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at Sunset Village, where she was a resident. Geraldine was a 1942 graduate of Edgerton High School. She retired as a secretary for Toledo Hospital and also worked …