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 …

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 …