A phone out­age that affected much of north­ern Indi­ana includ­ing Steuben County on Mon­day morn­ing is now being blamed on human error. Accord­ing to Fron­tier Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, a mis­take while pro­gram­ming some cir­cuits dur­ing rou­tine main­te­nance was behind the out­age which affected 9–1-1 lines, leav­ing fire­fight­ers through­out Steuben County stand­ing by …

Iva L. Burkholder, age 93, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday evening, May 17, 2014 at Heartland of Wauseon. She was born in Wauseon on June 25, 1920, the daughter of Ernest and Alta (Davis) Stevens. On May 7, 1946 she married Clarence “Bud” Burkholder, and he preceded her in death …

Patricia A. Rashley, age 76, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday morning, May 17, 2014 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. She was born in Delta, Ohio on September 16, 1937, the daughter of Faye and Nancy (Williams) Wolcott. On December 14, 1956 she married Clifford Rashley, and he preceded …

Wilma M. Bernath, 82 years, of West Unity, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 at Hillside Country Living, where she had been a resident the past two years.  Wilma was born November 28, 1931 in Ney, Ohio, the daughter of the late Fred and Alta Mae (Brubaker) Durham.  She was a 1949 …

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 …