The slip­pery north­side hill in Defi­ance cre­ated prob­lems for dri­vers and was behind sev­eral crashes Tues­day. In fact, four crashes occurred at North Clin­ton and High streets between 6:30 and 8 a.m. alone onTues­day morn­ing. There was no report of any­one being seri­ously hurt in those crashes yes­ter­day morn­ing, but …

In Wauseon, plans to build a new pool are mov­ing for­ward. A res­o­lu­tion aimed at plac­ing the new pool at a city park, received unan­i­mous sup­port from coun­cil dur­ing their Mon­day night meet­ing, and now will be headed toward a sec­ond read­ing. How a pool project would be funded how­ever, …

Heads up if you are head­ing out today… The National Weather Ser­vice in north­ern Indi­ana has issued a Win­ter Weather Advi­sory for Williams, Defi­ance, Henry, Pauld­ing, Put­nam, Ful­ton, Van Wert and Allen coun­ties. The advi­sory is from noon-7 p.m. today, and warns of haz­ardous weather and dri­ving con­di­tions, with snow …

Mildred I. Durbin, age 90, of Archbold, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.

Marvin B. Gowins, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at 4:30 P.M. Mr. Gowins was a graduate of Bryan High School and worked independently as a truck driver for forty years. He was a member of the Moose, AM Vets, and the Eagles. Marvin was …

Last week’s raids by law enforce­ment on two tobacco shops in Williams County and a truck stop in Napoleon, has now ended up with a long list of seri­ous charges against an area man. 62 year old Michael Adams of Napoleon, the owner of all the busi­nesses that were hit, …

The Williams Met­ro­pol­i­tan Hous­ing Author­ity wait­ing list will be open at the Williams County com­mu­nity offices at 1425 E. High St., Bryan on Feb. 23 from 1–3 p.m.; on Feb. 25 from 9–11 a.m.; and on Feb. 27 from 1–3 p.m. Appli­cants must bring a piece of mail ver­i­fy­ing cur­rent …

On Mon­day, 24 year old Ste­fan R. Bates of Bryan, was arrested and taken into cus­tody by Bryan Police, on a charge of Pos­ses­sion of Heroin and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Abuse Instru­ments. Bates, it was then learned, had a felony war­rant out for his arrest through Williams County Court, and …

In Williams County, every avail­able dri­ver and truck was put into ser­vice to fight what turned out to be a record snow­fall this past week­end. County offi­cials reported, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, that all 17 avail­able county snow­plow trucks, includ­ing one that is nor­mally kept aside as a spare, …

Wanda G. Mullins, 76, of Montpelier, formerly of Defiance passed away Friday afternoon at her daughter’s home in Montpelier.  She was born on April 12, 1938 in Hazard, Kentucky to John D. And Madlyn (Fields) Elliot. Wanda retired in 2002 after 32 years at Higbie I.T.T. in Archbold as a machine …