The Ful­ton County Cour­t­house is get­ting a new coat of paint. Brian Broth­ers painters of Piqua landed the 58 thou­sand dol­lar job. They are paint­ing all the vents and the tower of the county cour­t­house in Wauseon. Last time the cour­t­house was painted was 20 years ago. Next project after …

There was some momen­tary anx­i­ety, but the dam­age turned out to be min­i­mal after fire­fight­ers were called Sun­day to a Defi­ance Col­lege dor­mi­tory on Web­ster Street where smoke was com­ing out of a room. The build­ing was evac­u­ated by the time fire­men arrived, and some­one inside who lived in the …

Record prices were paid this year at the Ful­ton County Fair at the junior fair live­stock sale. This is where buy­ers typ­i­cal pay well over mar­ket value as a dona­tion to the pro­gram and an incen­tive for the kids to con­tinue with rais­ing live­stock. Com­bined total sales for live­stock were …

Defi­ance County Com­mis­sion­ers will open bids tomor­row from con­trac­tors who want to ren­o­vate the Defi­ance cour­t­house. If the con­tract is awarded quickly, all the coun­try offices which inhabit the cour­t­house now, the Clerk of courts, the Pro­bate and juve­nile court and the com­mon pleas court, will move to tem­po­rary offices …

Sherry Lea Mason, age 45, of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:10 A.M. on Sunday, September 7, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Health and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio. Sherry was a graduate of Branch County Christian School and was currently employed by Steffy Wood Products in Angola, Indiana. She was …

Irma S. Egler, age 57, of Bryan, died unexpectedly on Sunday, September 7, 2014, in her home. Irma was born in San Antonio, Texas on November 16, 1956, the daughter of Emilio and Aurora (Lopez) Leyva. Surviving is her daughter, Stephanie (Myron) White of Sylvania, Ohio, siblings; Amy (Todd) Rice …

The Williams County Fair con­tin­ues today. They call it Two Wheeled Tues­day and motor­cy­cles get in for 5 dol­lars. From noon to 3 is the Kids fish­ing Derby and har­ness rac­ing starts at the grand­stand at 6pm.

One per­son was charged with dri­ving with­out a license in a car acci­dent at the Foun­tain Park Inn and Vil­las assisted liv­ing senior com­mu­nity Sat­ur­day. Bryan police say 85 year-old Clarence Brown­ing Jr., who lives at Foun­tain Park, was dri­ving his vehi­cle into the park­ing lot when he lost con­trol …

Williams County offi­cials are con­tem­plat­ing the impact of the pos­si­ble defec­tion of Toledo and Lucas County from the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. The CCNO put out the alarm that Lucas county and Toledo are think­ing about pulling out and build­ing their own jail that could house more than a …

The inves­ti­ga­tion con­tin­ues into the Sun­day crash that killed a Defi­ance woman and injured 6 oth­ers. The Ohio High­way Patrol says a Chevy Impala dri­ven by 22 year-old Micayla Fitzsim­mons of Defi­ance was head­ing east on Stein­maier Road when it crashed a stop sign and was T-boned by a north­bound …