It’s going to cost more to get rid of your garbage. The Four-County Solid Waste Dis­trict Board is adding a $2 per ton con­tract fee to com­ply with require­ments of its state-mandated 15-year plan. The dis­trict includes Williams, Defi­ance, Ful­ton, and Pauld­ing coun­ties. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, the $2 …

Memo­r­ial Day week­end his­tor­i­cally marks the start of the sum­mer vaca­tion sea­son. A time-honored, fam­ily get-away in the Mid­west — Sauder Vil­lage is ready to wel­come guests of all ages to the his­toric vil­lage, restau­rant, camp­ground and inn for a mem­o­rable hol­i­day week­end! Through­out the hol­i­day week­end there will be …

Bryan Munic­i­pal Util­i­ties cable and Inter­net cus­tomers are enjoy­ing faster Inter­net and bet­ter video stream­ing thanks to sev­eral upgrades imple­mented by the com­mu­ni­ca­tions depart­ment. In the last 12 months, the depart­ment has installed more than $200,000 worth of new equip­ment and a new Eth­er­net con­nec­tion to improve ser­vice to BMU …

Retha Malone Miller Letner, 96, of Montpelier passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  She was born on August 19, 1917 in Clio, Michigan to William Wilbur and Margaret Elizabeth (Edwards) Malone.  She married Orville Miller on October 29, 1933 and to this union five children …

A memo­r­ial rock that had been in front of Pauld­ing Mid­dle School in honor of for­mer teacher Don Schnepp has been removed. Last month, the Pauld­ing Exempted Vil­lage Board of Edu­ca­tion was asked to remove the rock after a for­mer stu­dent told the board that he was raped as an …

A Steuben County man is now charged with a mur­der that took place almost 13 years ago. 4 9-year-old Mark Fritz of But­ler was arrested fol­low­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion into the death of 70-year-old Samuel Hunter who was mur­dered and robbed in his home back in June of 2001. A pre-trial …

Free boat-safety equip­ment inspec­tions are now being offered through next Fri­day, May 23 by the Ohio Depart­ment of Nat­ural Resources in Lucas, Henry, and Wood coun­ties. In Lucas County, inspec­tors will be at Meinke Marina from 5 to 7 p.m. Fri­day and at Cullen Park Boat Ramp from 1 to …

Pamela Sue Shaw, 54 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo.  Pam was born October 7, 1959 in Monroe, Michigan, the daughter of the late Robert Daniel and Ruth Ann (Eighmey) Burchett.  She was a 1977 graduate of Ida High School.  Pam married …

Dr. John R. Ross, known as “Jack” or “Doc” to his many friends died in his home on May 16, 2014. Jack was born on January 31, 1928 in Wauseon, Ohio. His parents were Florence Plettner Ross and Dr. Charles Ross. He was a graduate of The Ohio State University …

The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a flood watch for a good part of our area. On Wednes­day, the weather ser­vice said Defi­ance, Henry, Ful­ton, Pauld­ing and Put­nam coun­ties were all under a flood watch. Accord­ing to the weather ser­vice, rain­fall up until about noon today will cause some area …