In Steuben County, a lot of local char­i­ties will soon reap some finan­cial ben­e­fits. The estate of Burl and Mary Jane Hall has des­ig­nated over $676,000 to char­i­ta­ble enti­ties in their wills, includ­ing the Steuben County Com­mu­nity Foun­da­tion, Trine Uni­ver­sity, the First Con­gre­ga­tional Church of Angola, the Steuben County Humane …

The Rich­land Place/PATH Cen­ter in Defi­ance plans to dis­trib­ute USDA food com­modi­ties today from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies that meet income eli­gi­bil­ity resid­ing in Defi­ance, Tinora or Ayersville school dis­tricts are wel­come to stop by and get some items. The dis­tri­b­u­tion list includes canned apple­sauce, canned pota­toes, …

Victor C. Ramus, 90 years, of Sherwood, passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Victor was born November 17, 1923 in Jewell, Ohio, the son of the late Edward C. and Helen (Steinberger) Ramus.  He was a 1941 graduate of Jewell High School.  An Army veteran …

Victor R. Collie, 97, of Montpelier passed away Monday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. He was born on January 21, 1917 in Bridgewater Township to Emerson and Bertha A. (Johnston) Collie. Victor served his country in the Army Medical Corp. during World War II. On July 13, …

A Put­nam County man is dead, and author­i­ties now say he drowned. The Put­nam County coro­ner con­firmed on Mon­day, that the cause of 59 year old Don­ald Burgei’s death was drown­ing. Burgei, of Ottoville, was swim­ming at a pond at this home on Put­nam County Road P in Mon­terey Town­ship, …

The Rich­land Place/PATH Cen­ter in Defi­ance plans to dis­trib­ute USDA food com­modi­ties tomor­row [WEDNESDAY] from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies that meet income eli­gi­bil­ity resid­ing in Defi­ance, Tinora or Ayersville school dis­tricts are wel­come to stop by and get some items. The dis­tri­b­u­tion list includes canned apple­sauce, canned …

They have rules in Arch­bold, and appar­ently, you bet­ter now break them. Arch­bold police tick­eted a dis­abled man for dri­ving his mobil­ity scooter on a side­walk. Now, that man, 53 year old Mark Miller, says he plans to fight it. Miller, who with­out his scooter is stuck at home, says …

April L. Blank, 45, a lifelong resident of Montpelier passed away Friday evening at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier.  She was born on April 25, 1969 in Bryan to Raymond and Lois (Stantz) Clark.  April married Charles E. Blank and he survives. April was a homemaker.  She was an avid …

Pauline R. Sampson, age 85, of Osseo, Michigan and formerly of the Archbold area, passed away Friday afternoon, June 27, 2014 at the Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility. She had worked at Peter Stamping in Fayette and then worked at Waldron Industries in Waldron, MI. Pauline was born in Wauseon …

Eula Jean McGuire, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Montpelier. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God in Bryan. Eula Jean was born on August 27, 1933, in Pikeville, Kentucky, the …