Martha A. Powers, age 93, passed away at St. Anne’s Hospital in Toledo, Ohio on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Martha was a member of the First Christian Church in Wauseon. Prior to her retirement, Martha worked as a registered nurse. Martha was born on May 1, 1926 to the late George …

Mary J. Wheeler, age 85, of Ney, Ohio, passed into eternity on Friday, April 24, 2020, at her home following a sudden illness. She attended First Baptist Church in Bryan, OH. Mary was a supervisor at Dinner Bell Foods in Defiance for 25 years. Mary was an avid golfer and …

A Bryan woman shoots her dog, leaves it to suffer overnight, and then shoots it to death the next day. That’s what Williams County prosecutors say. Shirley Lanum was seen doing all this by someone…they called the cops. Lanum now faces a fifth-degree felony charge, concerning companion animals. If convicted, …

A Wauseon woman dies after she is hit by a vehicle while crossing North Shoop Avenue. Doris Waite, 85, was taken to Fulton County Health Center. She succumbed later. The identity of the vehicle’s driver is being withheld. Alcohol is not believed to be a contributing factor in the accident. …

Covid-19 and CCNO. Due to the ongoing health crisis, the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio is no longer accepting new inmates, except for violent offenders who pose a safety risk to the public. Officials at the facility say there are 19 test-confirmed inmate cases of COVID-19, with quarantining and isolation …

The Indiana State Department of Health reports 634 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 15,012. The death toll now stands at 813 people from coronavirus. To date, 81,708 tests have been reported. Of those tested, 21 cases have been reported in Steuben County, 15 in DeKalb and …

Loretta M. Enterline, age 92, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 8:24 A.M. on Friday, April 24, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness.  Mrs. Enterline was a 1945 graduate of Edgerton High School and a devoted farm wife, mother, and grandmother.  …

Edgerton is the latest to balance the privacy of COVID-19 patients with passing along information to parties who may need it. The Village Council passes a memorandum of understanding with the Williams County Health Department, Emergency Management Agency, the Williams County Commissioners and Bryan police and fire. The move allows …

North Central Local Schools will implement a pass-fail grading system for the remainder of the 2020 school year…coronavirus. Also, requirements placed on students to maintain a GPA level of 1.75 to participate in sports will be changed as it relates to the fourth quarter of the school year. Students will …

In Edon…crews from Northwest Township and Montpelier are called to a house fire at a Highway 20 location, between 49 South and Columbia. Officials tell reporters five people were in the home at the time of the blaze…all got out, okay. Florence Township and Fremont Fire were called for mutual …