Josephine M. Robinett, age 98, of Bryan and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:50 P.M. on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Hillside Country Living where she was a resident. She was a homemaker and enjoyed fishing. Born August 8, 1915 in Avilla, Indiana, she was the daughter of Leon …

Betty A. Esterline, 88, formerly of West Unity passed away Saturday night at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold.  She was born on January 16, 1926 in Kunkle to Alva J. and Vera M. (Warner) Oxender.  Betty graduated from Kunkle High School.  She married Leland R. “Bud” Esterline and he preceded her in …

The state Pub­lic Util­i­ties Com­mis­sion has approved three local highway-rail grade cross­ing projects in our area. The Michi­gan South­ern Rail­road will upgrade the cir­cuitry at grade cross­ings at Fifth and David­son streets in the city of Defi­ance, and at U.S. 127 in Cecil and Main Street at Ohio 49 in …

Edward Bohn begins work today as direc­tor of the Pauld­ing County Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency. Bohn replaces Randy Shaf­fer, who was fired by County com­mis­sion­ers in April after serv­ing as EMA direc­tor for more than 18 years.

Marilyn Lero, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:10 A.M. on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where she had been a patient. She was a manager at Aro Credit Union. Marilyn was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, the Methodist …

Frank S. Hettesheimer, 92 years, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Glenn Park Assisted Living, Defiance. The son of the late Harvey L. and Mabel (Bancroft) Hettesheimer, he was born October 25, 1921 in Toledo.  Frank was a WWII Navy veteran, spending a major portion of his service time on …

The Relay for Life of Henry County will take place tonight and tomor­row at the Henry County Fair­grounds in Napoleon. Open­ing cer­e­monies are sched­uled for 6 p.m. Orga­niz­ers have set a goal of rais­ing $216,000. Last year, the relay raised just over $208,000.

Thou­sands of movies, TV shows, music albums and audio books, are now avail­able for mobile and online access to Williams County Pub­lic Library card­hold­ers through a new part­ner­ship with hoopla dig­i­tal. Williams County Pub­lic Library is the 43rd library sys­tem in Ohio to part­ner with hoopla digital.

Robert E. Gaff, age 84, passed away May 22, 2014 in Cottonwood, Arizona. He was born in Stryker, Ohio August 12, 1929 to Inez (Sherman) & Theodore Gaff. He married Alberta Gaff in 1973 and she preceded him in death in 2006. He is survived by son, Robert (Denise), and …

The Mov­ing Wall-Vietnam Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial will be at Defi­ance Col­lege begin­ning today through Sun­day to mark the 50th anniver­sary of the Viet­nam War. Today, a motor­cy­cle escort, with more than 1,000 motor­cy­clists will take a few moments to stop by the Defi­ance County War Memo­r­ial at the cour­t­house, where the …