Todd A. Leu, age 46, of Wauseon, passed away unexpectedly in his home on October 21, 2014. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Kevin P. Schwaderer, age 63, of rural Edon, Ohio, passed away at 1:38 A.M. on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, in his home with family at his side, after his valiant fight with cancer. Mr. Schwaderer had been employed with Bryan Truck Lines as an IT manager prior to his retirement. …

Carrie D. Sheets, 94 years, of Toledo, Ohio, went to be with her heavenly father on Monday, October 20, 2014. Carrie was a loving mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She was a fabulous seamstress and especially enjoyed making clothes for her grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends. Carrie was born April …

Shirley A. Batt, age 59, of Montpelier passed away Tuesday October 21, 2014 at Community Hospitals of Williams County in Bryan. She owned and operated Batt Accounting in Toledo. Ms. Batt was born in Montpelier on November 15, 1954 the daughter of Bernard and Annabelle (Replogle) Batt. Surviving besides her …

Kevin R. Walz, age 54, of Edon, Ohio, died at 8:28 P.M. on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Walz was a 1978 graduate of Edon High School and was a longtime machinist, employed by Mohawk Tools until …

The Cor­rec­tions Com­mis­sion of North­west Ohio met yes­ter­day and heard about pro­posed changes in how beds are allo­cated at the regional jail. Toledo is now charg­ing crim­i­nals under the Ohio Revised Code rather than city ordi­nance and that will have an as-yet not under­stood impact on their need for beds …

A pair of stickup artists are sought in Antwerp fol­low­ing yesterday’s Gen­Fed Credit Union holdup. Two men in hood­ies and hand­ker­chiefs cov­er­ing their faces got away with cash after point­ing a gun. Sur­veil­lance footage viewed by the Pauld­ing County Sher­iff shows a stolen Buick Park Avenue as the get­away car. …

The Bryan School Board just reviewed the local district’s state report card and it fared well. The board met 25 ot 26 required indi­ca­tors for an A rat­ing. It scored a B on its per­for­mance rat­ing. And for grad­u­at­ing 95.8 per cent of stu­dents in four years it also scores …

Some pro­fes­sional ghost­busters will present evi­dence this com­ing Wednes­day at the Bryan Library that the library is haunted. The Ohio Researchers of Band Spir­its, which are three para­nor­mal experts who have appeared on Ani­mal Planet’s The Haunted, Biog­ra­phy Channel’s My Ghost Sto­ries, and the His­tory Channel’s Haunted His­tory, will share …

North­west Ohio towns have released when the lit­tle ghosts and gob­lins and zom­bies will be vis­it­ing door to door. Most will be hav­ing tri­cik or treat­ing on Sat­ur­day Novem­ber first. That would include Bryan, Alvord­ton, Edger­ton, Pulaski and West Unity. And the times are between 5 to 7 or 6 …