Minerva Aguilar, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:30 P.M. on Monday, August 11, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan where she was a resident. Mrs. Aguilar was formerly employed by Bryan Canning Company, retiring with seventeen years of service. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan. …

John J. Florkowski, 64 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, August 11, 2014 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  John was born December 1, 1949 in Toledo, the son of the late Chester and Leona (Rybka) Florkowski.  John was a 1967 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Toledo.  A Marine Corps …

The first ever “Hogs for Dogs” poker run to ben­e­fit the ani­mals at the Fort Defi­ance Humane Soci­ety is this Sat­ur­day at Napoleon Harley-Davidson. The run is open to all makes and mod­els of bikes, with reg­is­tra­tion set to start at 10 a.m., and the first bike out at 11 …

Some major enter­tain­ment is lined up for the Defi­ance County Fair in Hicksville. An open­ing day per­for­mance by leg­endary rock band Foghat will kick things off this year. You might remem­ber their hit… “Slow Ride“ Admis­sion to the 137th Defi­ance County Fair is $5 for adults and $3 for chil­dren …

Are you a cus­tomer of Farm­ers and Mer­chants State Bank? If so, you should be on the alert for a poten­tial scam, in which bank cus­tomers have been get­ting auto­mated phone calls, in which they are told that their debit or credit card accounts have been locked. The cus­tomer is …

A man from Bryan, among a group of four arrested on metham­phet­a­mine charges in drug last April near Hamil­ton was sen­tenced to 25 years behind bars Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. 34-year-old Joseph Cotrell, in a plea agree­ment, admit­ted to a felony charge of aid­ing in the man­u­fac­ture of meth. …

The War­rior Honor Motor­cy­cle Run is Sat­ur­day at the Yan­kee Motor­cy­cle Club in Defi­ance. It ben­e­fits the Wounded War­rior Project. Reg­is­tra­tion at the club is at 9 and the first bike will be out at 10:30.

Terrence D. “Terry” Sheets, age 24, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:39 P.M. on Friday, August 8, 2014, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Bryan. Terry was a 2009 graduate of Edgerton High School and also of the CBI Division of Four County Career Center. While …

George V. King, age 86, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:40 A.M. on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at his home after an extended illness. Mr. King attended DeKalb (Illinois) High School and immediately entered the United States Army, serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II in the …

Alfred C. “Al” Mercer, age 63, of Camden, Michigan, left his earthly body to go lie with his Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ, at 9:30 A.M. on Wednesday, August 7, 2014, in his home surrounded by his family. Al began working at Edgerton Metal Products in 1968, becoming a …