For the past week north­ern Ohio has been con­sumed with Ebola anx­i­ety after Texas nurse and Akron native Amber Vin­son was diag­nosed with the deadly virus after fly­ing home with an ele­vated tem­per­a­ture and then feel­ing ill after she arrived at her parent’s home in Tall­madge. Now, it appears Amber …

Defiance’s loss is Napoleon’s gain, as Defi­ance Stamp­ing, which has called Defi­ance home since 1928, is mov­ing to fac­tory and office space in Napoleon. The com­pany took out a long term lease on the build­ing located off US 24 and will ask Napoleon for a small incen­tive deal to help …

Bryan’s direc­tor of the Hill­side County Liv­ing facil­ity on County Road 16 in Bryan is gone, sub­mit­ting his res­ig­na­tion after the Ohio Depart­ment of Health dis­cov­ered his administrator’s license had expired. Jef­frey Wan­ge­ness is out, and for­mer admin­is­tra­tor Mar­cia Hauer is back in. The health depart­ment came to Hill­side to …

The United Way board green lighted a new ini­tia­tive called the We Care Cab­i­net. United Way is part­ner­ing with area food pantries to add toi­letry and per­sonal care items to food pack­ages, rea­son­ing that these are things that some­times peo­ple might skip eat­ing to acquire. The United Way spent 25 …

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 …