It’s that time again! The annual WBNO-WQCT Williams County Bliz­zard auc­tion will be held this Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 31st, start­ing at 8 a.m. This year, the ben­e­fi­ciary will be Con­quer Child­hood Can­cer Now, based in Defi­ance. More than 400 unique items will be avail­able includ­ing, but not lim­ited to: a 21-foot …

A bomb threat Tues­day, at Antwerp Local Schools, resulted in all stu­dents and per­son­nel being safety evac­u­ated from the facil­ity. The entire build­ing was searched by bomb squad offi­cers, but noth­ing was found. The all-clear was given just after 3:30 yes­ter­day after­noon. The inves­ti­ga­tion into that bomb theat yes­ter­day at …

Eight north­west Ohio hos­pi­tals have formed a part­ner­ship to pool resources and save money. Wood County Hos­pi­tal in Bowl­ing Green, Belle­vue Hos­pi­tal, Blan­chard Val­ley Health Sys­tem in Find­lay, Com­mu­nity Hos­pi­tals and Well­ness Cen­ters of Bryan, Ful­ton County Health Cen­ter in Wauseon, Henry County Hos­pi­tal in Napoleon, Magruder Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal in …

Mark your cal­en­dar… a change is noted in one area meet­ing. It has been announced by the Wayne Trace Local Board of Edu­ca­tion, that their reg­u­lar ses­sion meet­ing will be held on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. This is a change from its reg­u­lar meet­ing time which is the third …

Dortha Ann Stoner, 84 years, of West Unity, passed away Monday January 26, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, with her family by her side.  Dortha was born June 15, 1930 in Knox County, Ohio, to the late Leland and Ruth (Robbins) Pinkerton. She was a 1948 graduate …

Geraldine “Gerry” Sininger, 88 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at home in Westerville, Ohio, with her family at her side.  Geraldine was born November 16, 1926 in Coldwater, Ohio, the daughter of the late Dan and Odelia (Tangemann) Schoch.  Geraldine married Raymond Sininger on July 1, 1950, and …

Esther K. Wilson, age 76, of Wauseon, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 at Heartland of Wauseon. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Three peo­ple have been arrested at a Bryan home on drug related charges. It was at 220 West High Street that a search war­rant turned up drug mak­ing mate­ri­als. Bayle Hill, Brook Rice and Danial Austin were all arrested. Austin was also charged with imped­ing the inves­ti­ga­tion after he allegedly …

A crash has claimed the life of a Lib­erty Cen­ter woman. It hap­pened Sun­day. 21 year old Cather­ine Lau­tar was a pas­sen­ger in a vehi­cle dri­ven by 22 year old John Davis of Delta. Davis’ vehi­cle was trav­el­ing on US-20A in Mon­clova Town­ship when it slid into an oncom­ing snow …

A drug arrest Mon­day in Bryan… 51 year old Bruce Greathouse of East Perry Street in Bryan, was arrested for Pos­ses­sion of Mar­i­juana yes­ter­day after­noon just after 6. He was released after pro­cess­ing. Bryan Police also report an acci­dent hap­pened in the Wal­mart park­ing lot, but other than say­ing that …