Com­mis­sion­ers from four local coun­ties — Defi­ance, Ful­ton, Henry and Pauld­ing — have decided to can­cel their coop­er­a­tive agree­ment with the Regional Port Author­ity of North­west Ohio. The local entity was cre­ated in 2008 by com­mis­sion­ers from all those coun­ties as a way to lever­age fund­ing for eco­nomic devel­op­ment projects. …

A freewill pan­cake and sausage break­fast will be held tomor­row morn­ing from 7–11 at the Farmer Amer­i­can Legion Hall to ben­e­fit the fam­ily of Alexan­der Tressler, the 10-year-old son of Shana Tressler of Defi­ance County, who was severely injured in a fire on Oct. 8th. The lit­tle boy received third-degree …

A grand jury this week, handed down an indicte­ment against a Delta man for allegedly caus­ing the death of a Wauseon man last month. Dale Sil­veous Jr. is charged with invol­un­tary manslaugh­ter, a first-degree felony; reck­less homi­cide, a third-degree felony; two counts of traf­fick­ing in heroin, both fifth-degree felonies; and …

WBNO-WQCT News has learned that Dia­mond Zim­mer­man is resign­ing from the posi­tion of Williams County Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Coor­di­na­tor. Zim­mer­man was arrested last month on an OVI charge. Accord­ing to a WEDCO press release we received yes­ter­day, Zimmerman’s res­ig­na­tion took effect imme­di­ately. Zim­mer­man will get a 30-day sev­er­ance pack­age as part …

Charlene B. Currence-Bojrab, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:38 A.M. on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mrs. Currence-Bojrab was formerly employed in banking as a teller and also worked as a cake decorator with a bakery. She was …

Chief Super Mar­ket has been sold. Chief was acquired by Fresh Encounter Inc. of Find­lay on Wednes­day. Fresh Encounter CEO and Pres­i­dent Michael Needler JR, released a state­ment say­ing that the Chief loca­tions will increase the retail foot­print of Fresh in Ohio and Indi­ana. He said that cus­tomers will not …

A Williams County grand jury met Wednes­day and returned indict­ments against six peo­ple. Among those indicted was the for­mer prin­ci­pal at Lin­coln Ele­men­tary in Bryan. Tamara… or “Tammy” Dar­row has been indicted on a felony theft charge. Dar­row is accused of steal­ing grant funds from the school. The indict­ment alleges …

It was close, but now that the pro­vi­sional bal­lots have been counted, the Pauld­ing County Carnegie Library levy offi­cially passed. After the gen­eral elec­tion, the district’s 1.5-mill levy — which was a renewal with a decrease — had passed by a vote of 2,895 to 2,875. How­ever, there were 63 …

Joan Boyers, age 82, of Wauseon, passed away in her home on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Dorothy J. Snyder, 96, of Montpelier passed away at home on Tuesday evening.  She was born on May 27, 1918 in Northwest Township, Ohio to Glen and Bessie (Grubs) Mocherman.  She graduated from Montpelier High School in 1935 and went on to graduate from Foote Memorial Hospital of Nursing in 1940.  Dorothy married …