It’s a new year and a fresh start for the United Way of Pauld­ing County. The orga­ni­za­tion kicked off its 2014–15 cam­paign this week with a break­fast on Wednes­day, when it was announced that this year’s goal is $75,000. Last year’s goal of $60,000 was beat as $68,000 in total …

Lots of activ­i­ties are planned for the Labor Day Week­end at Sauder Vil­lage. Many will come to stay at the Inn or Camp­ground, play in the pool, visit unique shops, enjoy great food, and make spe­cial mem­o­ries while vis­it­ing the His­toric Vil­lage. Rec­og­nized as Ohio’s largest living-history vil­lage, the award-winning …

It’s never a good idea to drink and drive. This week­end, it’s an even worse idea. Ohio State High­way Patrol has announced there will be an OVI check­point in Williams County Sat­ur­day night.The OVI checkpoint,funded by fed­eral grants,is planned to deter and inter­cept impaired drivers.The loca­tion of the check­point will …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office is con­duct­ing a high vis­i­bil­ity traf­fic blitz in con­junc­tion with the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national cam­paign. The blitz runs through Sept. 1. The sheriff’s office is work­ing this blitz at var­i­ous times and loca­tions in Ful­ton County, where they say deputies will …

Accord­ing to an arti­cle in the Bryan Times, an uptick in con­cealed carry per­mits has been noted in Williams County. Sher­iff Steve Towns says there was a sig­nif­i­cant increase in appli­ca­tions after the last pres­i­den­tial elec­tion. Ohio’s con­cealed carry laws are slightly more restric­tive than some sur­round­ing states, but even …

The Annual parade in Stryker is set for tomor­row as part of Stryker Home­com­ing. One of the parade high­lights will be the Broth­ers in Blue Motor­cy­cle and Car Poker Run. Just as soon as they get through the parade they take off on the poker run. The Styker Area Her­itage …

John J. Gilbert, 90 years, of Bryan, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at his home with his family at his side.  John was born February 9, 1924 in Bryan, Ohio the son of the late John and Edith (Calvin) Gilbert.  John was an Army Veteran of WWII.  He married Vivian M. Pendleton …

Hazel Gearhart, 92, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 P.M. on Monday, August 18, 2014, in the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. She had resided in The Village at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, and had been a lifelong resident of Edon. She was a …

Russell P. Roth, age 83, of Wauseon, died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, August 18, 2014 at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio. Prior to his retirement he had worked at LaChoy Food Products in Archbold for 20 years. Russell was born in Archbold on January 14, 1931, …

It now looks like more jobs are on the way to Steuben County. Rock­well Amer­i­can announced on Tues­day, the com­pany is invest­ing more than $325,000 over the next four years to expand its Angola sales and dis­tri­b­u­tion facil­ity. Up to 16 new jobs will be cre­ated in the process. Rock­well …