Franklin “Frank” L. Jennings, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at his home. Mr. Jennings worked at Spangler Candy Company for 47 years, retiring in 2013. He also worked many years part-time at the Sohio gas station in Bryan. Franklin L. Jennings was born …

Hannah R. Cullis, 93 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Hillside Country Living, Bryan.  Mrs. Cullis was born September 20, 1921 in Sterling County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Jay C and Maude Adelle (Hampton) Roller. When she was two years old, the family moved to …

The MacDonald-Ruff Ice Arena opened up this week­end and is report­edly open today as well. The Bryan Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment offers ice skate rentals and cross coun­try ski rentals there. Ice skates rent for $1 per day and cross coun­try skis and snow­shoes rent for $3 per day. A …

WEDCO has a new leader. Late last week, dur­ing a meet­ing of the Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers, Matt Davis was named the new exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Williams County Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion. Davis was the unan­i­mous selec­tion over seven other can­di­dates, all whe were exten­sively inter­viewed by the WEDCO search com­mit­tee. …

It may be the mid­dle of win­ter, but spring is com­ing. And that means, that sum­mer won’t be far behind, and that of course, means that the Williams County Fair is once again on the sched­ule. The line-up for the 2015 Williams County Fair has now been offi­cially released and …

A Defi­ance man died in a crash near Ann Arbor, Mich., Fri­day morn­ing. Police say 45 year old Michael Ankney was either walk­ing with a bike or rid­ing a bicy­cle along the road, when he was hit by an as of yet uniden­ti­fied dri­ver. Ankney was taken by ambu­lance to …

National Pie Day rolls around a week from tomor­row, and Sauder Vil­lage wants you to enjoy that day. Among other things, the Dough­box Bak­ery offers free sam­ples of pie all day next Friday. Employ­ees at the Dough­box Bak­ery make nearly 19,000 pies annually.

The USDA’s first round of grants for soil and water con­ser­va­tion includes more money to help Lake Erie. Approx­i­mately $19 mil­lion goes towards cut­ting down on agri­cul­ture runoff that con­tributes to the lake’s algae. Offi­cials hope to reduce the phos­pho­rus com­ing from fer­til­izer and wash­ing into the rivers that flow …

Fed­eral offi­cials say 186,000 Ohioans have signed up for health cov­er­age dur­ing this enroll­ment period for the President’s health­care law. Peo­ple look­ing for cov­er­age to begin Feb. 1 must sign up today. Open enroll­ment for the fed­eral mar­ket­place ends Feb. 15. Health and Human Ser­vices says 85 per­cent of Ohioans …

Holgate’s coun­cil has accepted a bid to demol­ish the vil­lage pool. It has cho­sen Punches Exca­vat­ing for the job, and mayor Wally Sny­der says the com­pany can take its time to do it. Sny­der also says the vil­lage plans on sell­ing some of the prop­erty from the pool on the …