Among the peo­ple who flew on the same plane as Ebola patient Amber Vin­son from Dal­las to Cleve­land are two peo­ple from the San­dusky area. The Erie County Health Depart­ment says it is extremely unlike they were exposed to the virus because they were not seated near Vin­son. But the …

Pamela D. Kast, 65 years, of Bryan, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, with her family at her side.  Pam was born November 5, 1948 in Coldwater, Michigan, the daughter of the late Herbert William and Beatrice (Paison) Eckman.  Pam was a devoted …

In Wauseon, four-term Coun­cil­man Kathy Huner was appointed Thurs­day to serve as city mayor. Huner will fill the unex­pired term of Mayor Doug Shaw, who announced Oct. 6 that he will retire effec­tive Nov. 3. Huner is chair of the city’s safety and code com­mit­tee, and is a mem­ber of …

A health offi­cial says at least eight peo­ple in Ohio are now quar­an­tined and being mon­i­tored because they had con­tact with a Texas nurse who was diag­nosed with Ebola after vis­it­ing the area. The health com­mis­sioner in Sum­mit county says the group includes six peo­ple in that county and two …

Lin­coln Ele­men­tary Prin­ci­pal, Tammy Dar­row, has sub­mit­ted her res­ig­na­tion. Dar­row has been on admin­is­tra­tive leave since August. In her let­ter of res­ig­na­tion, which was dated Octo­ber 9th, Dar­row cites what she refers to as “per­sonal rea­sons” for her deci­sion to quit. Accord­ing to the agenda for Monday’s Bryan City School …

A strike may be loom­ing in Edon, after nego­ti­a­tions broke down between the the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion and the school board in their con­tract talks. If no agree­ment is reached in the nego­ti­a­tions sched­uled over the next ten days, the Edon North­west Teach­ers Asso­ci­a­tion has said it will “move …

A fire Wednes­day morn­ing in Edger­ton that dam­aged a home on Ohio 49 could have been much worse. It was a passerby who saw flames, and stopped to honk his car horn to wake up the peo­ple inside. Accord­ing to the Edger­ton Fire Depart­ment, crews responded at 5:23 a.m., to …

A woman from Bat­tle Creek, Michi­gan has been arrested fol­low­ing a police pur­suit which started in Michi­gan and ended in Steuben County. 24-year-old Martha-Rhea Ash­ley Lusk is now charged with a Level 6 felony of Resist­ing Law Enforce­ment, plus a Class A mis­de­meanor for theft after she was stopped by …

If you have your insur­ance through Unit­ed­Health­care, and receive care through the Parkview health sys­tem net­work, lis­ten up. You may have to change your doc­tor, your insur­ance, or pay out-of-network rates after April 15, 2015. Parkview Health has announced that it is ter­mi­nat­ing its con­tract with Unit­ed­Health­care. Parkview oper­ates the …

Neil Lambert Holthues, age 88, of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, in his home. Neil grew up on a farm in Montana. He was raised farming there and later moved to Ohio. He entered the Marine Corps, fighting in World War II from 1944-1946, and returned to …