Williams County’s com­mis­sion­ers begin their meet­ing tomor­row morn­ing at 8:30 on the fourth floor of the courthouse. The meet­ing includes an update from the Williams County Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion, as well as one from Fron­tier regard­ing EMS. Defi­ance County’s com­mis­sion­ers also meet tomor­row morn­ing at 8:30. This meet­ing includes dis­cus­sion …

Williams County’s audi­tor says real estate tax bills should arrive in the mail any day now. Deb Nester says prop­erty own­ers can use a pair of tax sav­ing pro­grams through her office. Peo­ple 65 and older can par­tic­i­pate in the Home­stead Exemp­tion Pro­gram. This pro­gram also wel­comes per­ma­nently dis­abled peo­ple, …

The phone ser­vice provider for Hill­side Coun­try Liv­ing has given a rea­son why the facil­ity has had phone issues over the last year. Notes in a Fron­tier Com­mu­ni­ca­tions repair ticket blames the prob­lems on “fly­ing squirrels.” Regional gen­eral man­ager Dick Hutchin­son claims squir­rels and mice often cause tech­ni­cal difficulties. Hill­side …

The high­way patrol has a new com­man­der at the Van Wert post. The patrol has pro­moted Sgt. Tim­o­thy Grigsby to lieu­tenant as part of his transfer. Grigsby has spent most of the last nine years at the post in Lima. He did spend a year at the Van Wert post …

Bryan Police yes­ter­day arrested a woman from another state on a bench warrant. Police described the ini­tial charge against 35-year-old Kim­berly Sharp of Cam­den, Mich. as pass­ing bad checks. They turned Sharp over the sheriff’s depart­ment, and then she went to the cor­rec­tions center.

Shirley C. Sisson, age 77, of Montpelier, Ohio, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, and a longtime resident of, Coloma, Michigan, died at 4:10 A.M. on Sunday, January 7, 2015, in her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Sisson was a graduate of Oceola, Arkansas, High School and was a homemaker, …

Frederick Otto Hoch, 83, of Bradenton, Florida, a longtime resident of Edgerton, Ohio passed away unexpectedly January 8, 2015 with his loving wife and daughter by his side. He was a Korean War veteran having served 8 years in the US Army. He was employed at 50 Division of Hayes-Albion …

We knew her as Willa, mom, grandma and great great grandma. Grandma truly was a great great inspiration to all the lives’ she touched. People immediately fell in love with her because of her joyous heart and positive spirit. Willa will now receive the love of her heavenly father, and …

George Isaac, Jr.  91, of Bryan, Ohio passed away January 11, 2015 surrounded by his family at Saint Clare Commons, Perrysburg.  He was born January 24, 1923 to George Azar and Mary Ade Isaac, immigrants from Syria.  He was the youngest of 9 children.  A 1940 graduate of Bryan High school, he attend Miami …

Floyd E. Williams, 79 years, of Montpelier, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Floyd was born on July 26, 1935 in Virginia City, Virginia, to the late Charlie and Nettie (Booher) Williams. He married Jane McCoy on September …