Robert Joseph “Bob” Grundish, age 73, of Warsaw, Indiana, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, passing away peacefully in his home after an extended illness. Bob was a 1959 graduate of Edgerton High School, where he was a starting member of the 1959 Ohio …

Lois Marie Biddle, age 86, of Wauseon passed away Monday October 6, 2014 at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had worked for Perfection Finishers and the former McCord Corporation both of Wauseon. Mrs. Biddle was born in Henry County on October 7, 1927 the daughter of …

In Defi­ance County, vot­ers in four town­ships will see requests on their bal­lots for new taxes. Two will be for fire/EMS ser­vice and two oth­ers will look for money for road and bridge main­te­nance. Defi­ance and Mil­ford town­ships need the money for fire/EMS ser­vice con­tracts with other polit­i­cal sub­di­vi­sions while …

The long­time Mayor of Wauseon, Doug Shaw, says he plans to retire in Novem­ber. Shaw made the announce­ment that he was step­ping down dur­ing a Mon­day evening meet­ing of the Wauseon City Coun­cil. Shaw’s cur­rent term of office began Jan. 1, 2012, and, had he stayed till the end of …

If you have ever dreamed of own­ing your own busi­ness or turn­ing an idea into a prod­uct, the upcom­ing Entre­pre­neur­ship Forum at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege may be the launch­ing pad you are look­ing for. Atten­dees will have five min­utes to present their ideas to a panel of entre­pre­neur­ship experts …

The Williams County Board Of Elec­tions has asked us to tell you that absen­tee bal­lots are now avail­able at the Board of Elec­tions Office, for the Novem­ber 4th Gen­eral Elec­tion. Reg­is­tered vot­ers who want to vote by absen­tee bal­lot by mail, must make their appli­ca­tion prior to the dead­line of …

Heather Lynn Maynard, age 41, of Holland, Ohio, passed away, Sunday, October 5, 2014. Heather was a Police Officer for the Sylvania Township Police Department and was formerly a member of the Stryker, Ohio Police Department. She was a Sylvania Township Special Response Team member- the first female officer in …

Bryan city offi­cials made a large invest­ment toward cre­at­ing jobs in Williams County Mon­day night. At a spe­cial joint meet­ing, the Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs and City Coun­cil approved pur­chas­ing approx­i­mately 80 acres to develop a sec­ond indus­trial park in the city of Bryan. The prop­erty for the new …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Depart­ment will be con­duct­ing a high vis­i­bil­ity traf­fic blitz that will begin this Fri­day and end Oct. 26. The sheriff’s office will be work­ing this blitz in cor­re­spon­dence with the Wauseon, Arch­bold and Delta high school home­com­ing foot­ball games and dances, with deputies on the look­out …

The Williams County Agri­cul­tural Soci­ety has announced that the Fair Board is hold­ing its annual elec­tions from 1–7 p.m. this Sat­ur­day at the fair­grounds in Mont­pe­lier. Fair Board elec­tions nor­mally are held the Mon­day of the fair. This year how­ever, the elec­tions were delayed due to an admin­is­tra­tive mix-up accord­ing …