Hester C. Burkhardt, age 89, of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:17 P.M. on Monday, July 7, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mrs. Burkhardt was a 1942 graduate of Montpelier High School and worked alongside her husband in the Burkhardt Grocery for many …

William P. Hoops, age 83, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in his home. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Betty J. Tenarvitz, age 90, of Wauseon, passed away Tuesday morning, July 8, 2014 at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Betty was born in Bloomington, Illinois on January 17, 1924, the daughter of Elmer and Florence (Ong) Seeman. In 1946 she married John Riggs, and he preceded her in death in …

The Bryan City Schools reg­u­lar Board of Edu­ca­tion meet­ing sched­uled for Mon­day, July 14th will begin at 6:00 pm and will be held in the New Era audi­to­rium. The meet­ing will be fol­lowed by a spe­cial board of edu­ca­tion meet­ing where site plans for the new school cam­pus will be …

Enjoy a day filled with inspi­ra­tion and cre­ativ­ity dur­ing the annual Explore the Crafts event at Sauder Vil­lage. On Sat­ur­day, you can try your hand at pot­tery, draw­ing, embroi­dery, weav­ing, broom mak­ing, tin­smithing, print­ing and more while explor­ing the crafts at Ohio’s largest living-history des­ti­na­tion! Some of the other hands-on …

The Steuben County Coun­cil on Tues­day, approved a request to increase the salary of the E911 Direc­tor by $4,000 to $50,197. The approval came just one day after County Com­mis­sion­ers selected a can­di­date for the vacant posi­tion. That per­son has not been pub­licly named yet how­ever, pend­ing the accep­tance of …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil on Mon­day night, dis­cussed the prob­lem of delin­quent water bills. The Cres­cent News reports that fol­low­ing more than 90 min­utes of delib­er­a­tion, the three-member util­i­ties com­mit­tee agreed to con­sider the issue fur­ther at council’s reg­u­lar ses­sion set for July 22. Con­cerns are float­ing around about how the …

Lois E. Kintner, 93 years, of Napoleon, and formerly of Bryan, passed away at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Northcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Napoleon, where she had been a resident.  Lois was born November 22, 1920 in  Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles Edwin and Flossie Marie …

Phillip Danny Yeager, 40 years, of Hamilton, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, July 7, 2014 in his residence.  Danny was born February 7, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Phillip Norman and Cecilia Ann (Brady) Yeager.  Danny was a machine operator for Kelly Fabrication in Louisville, prior to becoming disabled.  He enjoyed being …

The Steuben County Sher­iffs Depart­ment has arrested a man for allegedly not reg­is­ter­ing as a sex offender. The Sher­iffs Depart­ment, after an inves­ti­ga­tion, located and arrested 28-year-old Danny Rhudy, who they say was the sub­ject of a lengthy inves­ti­ga­tion regard­ing his alleged vio­la­tion of Indiana’s Sex and Vio­lent Offender Reg­istry. …