A local high school has come away as a win­ner in a statewide con­test. Wauseon High School has been selected as a win­ner in the Ohio Depart­ment of Transportation’s Dis­trict 2 Paint the Plow con­test. Six­teen high schools from Williams, Ful­ton, Henry, Lucas, San­dusky, Seneca, and Wood coun­ties par­tic­i­pated in …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met Tues­day night and dis­cussed a num­ber of ordi­nances, includ­ing one call­ing for con­struc­tion of a rain gar­den at Defi­ance Pub­lic Library. The ordi­nance con­cern­ing the rain gar­den project passed fol­low­ing a third and final read­ing. Now, a con­tract with B.E. Man­gas Con­struc­tion of Defi­ance has been …

LaVon Eldon Smith, 82 years, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at his home with his family at his side.  Eldon was born May 22, 1932 in West Unity, Ohio, the son of the late Carl E. and Marie (Baltosser) Smith.  He was a 1950 graduate of Bryan High School.  Eldon …

Fred A. Kuhn, 64 years, of Pleasant Lake, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014 at  the Center for Hospice in Elkhart, Indiana.  Fred was born January 27, 1950 in Gary, Indiana, the son of the late Charles Raymond and Wilma Viola (Waters) Kuhn.  He was a 1968 graduate of Hamilton High School.  He married …

Keith L. Biler, 80 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Fountain Park, where he had been a resident.  Keith was born December 26, 1933 in Holgate, Ohio, the son of the late Melvin and Hallie (Weber) Biler.  Keith was a 1951 graduate of Holgate High School.  He graduated from …

Gene Carlin, passed away peacefully, in his home after a short battle with cancer, on Monday, October 27 in Stryker, OH at the age of 78. A Williams County resident his whole life, Gene was born on January 27, 1936 in Stryker, OH to Russel and Gladys (Elser) Carlin. He graduated …

Police are inves­ti­gat­ing after a bomb threat Tues­day after­noon caused the evac­u­a­tion of Hol­gate Local Schools. Accord­ing to Kelly Mey­ers, Hol­gate Schools Super­in­ten­dent, the threat was dis­cov­ered just after 1 yes­ter­day after­noon iin the form of a note left in a boy’s bath­room, say­ing that the school would be blown …

A big power out­age on Mon­day affected about 7,000 First Energy cus­tomers in Williams and Ful­ton coun­ties, and now we know what caused it. Accord­ing to the util­ity, the out­age was caused by a fail­ure at the Stryker sub­sta­tion. Repairs have been made, and all affected cus­tomers are now with …

The future is look­ing a bit brighter for Quadco… Improv­ing finan­cial con­di­tions are con­tin­u­ing accord­ing to Quadco lead­ers. At the reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing of the Quadco Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit Boards on Tues­day, board mem­bers were shown fig­ures that show a growth in their finances, just as they had in the …

Randy J. Weber, age 56, of rural Wauseon passed away unexpectedly in his home on Sunday October 26, 2014. Among his survivors are his mother, Sandy Weber, brothers; Tom and Charlie and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.