The Regional Can­cer Care Cen­ter of Angola is hold­ing free PSA prostate can­cer screen­ings on Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 5th from 8:00am until 12noon. This screen­ing will require a blood draw, but no fast­ing is required. Men between the ages of 40 and 75 are encour­aged to attend. Men under the age …

A plane crashed Mon­day after­noon in Williams County. Accord­ing to the Williams County Sheriff’s Office, Sam Santa Rita had just taken off in his sin­gle engine plane from his pri­vate airstrip near Edger­ton, when the air­craft crashed into the woods. The plane was totaled, but amaz­ingly, Santa Rita was able …

Seri­ous doubts are now aris­ing about the via­bil­ity of a com­mu­nity pool in Hol­gate. Offi­cials say the pool facil­ity needs work, it’s under-used, and quite pos­si­bly far enough beyond repair that it may sim­ply be shut down. The Henry County Health Depart­ment says the pool needs repairs in order to …

Tires from pas­sen­ger cars and pickup trucks, with­out rims, will be accepted at no charge at the Ful­ton County Trans­fer Sta­tion, on County Road 12 on Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. There is a limit of four tires per house­hold, and no com­mer­cial or busi­ness tires …

The North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege Board of Trustees has given notice that they will hold a spe­cial meet­ing on Wednes­day, at 12:00 noon in the McDougle Cen­ter (Room A101C). The board plans to go into exec­u­tive ses­sion to con­sider the dis­missal of pub­lic employ­ees. They have reported that action may …

Defi­ance Ele­men­tary stu­dents are receiv­ing an Ohio Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion grant. The ODE has noti­fied the Defi­ance City School Dis­trict, that it received a $600,000 21st Cen­tury Grant for before and after­school grade K-5 edu­ca­tional pro­grams. The funds will be used for staff, sup­plies, tech­nol­ogy and trans­porta­tion expenses, at the …

It’s been a busy cou­ple of days for Bryan Police. On Fri­day, 18 year old Michaela Myers of Bryan, was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct. She was released. Also on Fri­day, 24 year old Matthew Weber Jr of Bryan, was arrested for Dis­or­derly Con­duct After Warn­ing. He was taken to CCNO. …

Betty Jane Meyer, 90 years, of Defiance and formerly of Sherwood, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Brookview Healthcare Center, Defiance, where she had been a resident the past two years.  Betty was born June 18, 1924 in Jackson, Michigan, the daughter of Homer and Claudia (Hammon) Wilmer.  She was a …

Laurence Dale “Larry” Barlow, age 76, of Lyons, Ohio, passed away in his home on Thursday, August 21, 2014, after a long battle with cancer. Prior to his retirement he had been a dairy farmer for 25 years and had also worked as an electrician for Sauder Woodworking in Archbold. …

Alice Jeanette (Garver) Sims, age 86, of Ney, Ohio, went Home to her Heavenly Lord and Savior at 1:30 P.M. on Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Facility, where she was a resident. Mrs Sims was a graduate of Ney High School, class of 1946. She was a Secretary …