As we enter the win­ter sea­son, the Bryan Water Depart­ment is encour­ag­ing every­one to take the fol­low­ing pre­cau­tions to help pro­tect their water lines from freez­ing: Pro­tect exposed pipes from cold air drafts by clos­ing and seal­ing win­dows and any exposed open­ings in base­ments or crawl­spaces. Pro­vide proper insu­la­tion for …

Christ­mas is right around the cor­ner, and it’s the time of year that folks nat­u­rally come together to help oth­ers who are less for­tu­nate. This year, a com­mu­nity ser­vice project of the Defi­ance County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties and Good Samar­i­tan School, involves a sec­ond­hand Christ­mas store for the free …

It’s offi­cial… the Fourth of July fire­works cel­e­bra­tion in Bryan next year, will once again be held at Recre­ation Park, after hav­ing been moved from the pre­vi­ous loca­tion near Bryan Mid­dle School. Last sum­mer, the dis­play was launched from Recre­ation Park, and it was a suc­cess accord­ing to the Byan …

The exec­u­tive com­mit­tee of the North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees will meet on Wednes­day, tomor­row, at 12 Noon in the McDougle Cen­ter. The meet­ing is planned for dis­cus­sion and review of agenda items in prepa­ra­tion for the reg­u­lar board of trustees meet­ing, which is sched­uled for Fri­day, Decem­ber …

Orlena Bingham, age 94, of Wauseon, passed away early Monday morning, November 17, 2014 at Fulton Manor in wauseon. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Linda L. Rowe, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:56 P.M. on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan where she had been a patient. She retired from Spangler Candy Company in 2008 after 34 years of service. She had worked at Tomco for over 10 …

Lois Lautzenheiser Smith, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:05 P.M. on Friday, November 14, 2014, at Fountain Park Assisted Living in Bryan. She was an Executive Secretary at Personal Services Life Insurance Company in Columbus for many years. Lois was a member of the First Community Church in …

We’re get­ting win­ter weather, and yet, the fall har­vest sea­son is still under­way. Many area farm­ers are way behind this year, after the late start they got last spring. On top of that, there was a lot of rain last month, and the soil became sat­u­rated, which pre­vented farm­ers from …

A man from Mont­pe­lier died in a crash Fri­day evening. The Ohio High­way Patrol say 87 year old Lavon Joice was east­bound on US-20 just west of County Road 15 Fri­day night around 8:30 when he lost con­trol of his vehi­cle, and crossed over into the west­bound lane, slam­ming into …

Zella Mae Goodyke, 87 years of Bryan, and formerly of Tucson, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Hillside Country Living, rural Bryan.  Zella was born June 9, 1927 in Monroe, Michigan, the daughter of the late Charles and Carma (Cox) Mattison.  She was a 1945 graduate of Bryan High School.  Zella …