It seems this arc­tic blast is affect­ing every­thing… Now, it is affect­ing a steak din­ner. That’s right, there will be no steak sup­per this month at the McClure United Methodist Church. The church has told us that they have can­celled the monthly baked steak sup­per, that was sched­uled for Fri­day, …

Ques­tions are swirling around the future, or lack of a future, of the Williams County DARE pro­gram due to fund­ing issues. The pro­gram is oper­ated through the Williams County Sheriff’s Office, which now reports a short­age of future fund­ing from the Williams County com­mis­sion­ers office. The Cres­cent News reports that …

Bryan Police report the arrest on Mon­day of a Bryan man. Police say they pulled over 35 year old Corey Perez of East Perry Street in Bryan and then charged him with OVI, vio­la­tion of the open con­tainer law, and fail­ure to con­trol his vehi­cle. Perez is free for now… …

Dorothy Meier, age 90, of Wauseon passed away late Saturday January 3, 2015 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Care Center in Defiance. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Sarah M. Beltz, 60 years, of Sherwood, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio. Sarah was born on September 19, 1954 in Bryan Ohio, the daughter of the late Harvey and Katie (Figley) Hanna. She was a 1972 graduate of Bryan high …

Calvin “Rex” Stambaugh, 90, of Montpelier passed away early Saturday morning at his home.  He was born on September 12, 1924 in Kunkle, Ohio to Waldo L. and Lefa G. (Kunkle) Stambaugh.  Rex graduated from Kunkle High School in 1942.  Rex proudly served his country in the United States Army as a field …

Cyndie L. Aliemenious, age 39, of Wauseon passed away Friday January 2, 2015 in her home surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 29, 1975 the daughter of Larry and Midori (Matsuyama) Aliemenious. She was a member of SGI International. She enjoyed music, …

Theodore V. “Vernon” Reynolds, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Fremont, Indiana, died at 7:20 P.M. on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he was a resident, after an extended illness. Mr. Reynolds was a graduate of Elyria High School and served in the United …

Williams County fire­fight­ers were called out to a house fire in Mont­pe­lier Fri­day morn­ing. It hap­pened at the Rory Mer­cer home on East Main Street around 7:30 Fri­day morn­ing. Inves­ti­ga­tors say it appears that the fire started on the sec­ond floor of the home, and all those liv­ing there were …

At about mid­night on Fri­day, the Bryan Fire Depart­ment was called to a res­i­den­tial fire at a duplex at 304 Cen­ter St. in Bryan. One occu­pant with seri­ous injuries was taken to St. Vin­cent Med­ical Cen­ter while six oth­ers made it out safely. Assist­ing the Bryan Fire Depart­ment in the …