Two peo­ple have been named recip­i­ents of the 2014 Dis­tin­guished Alumni Award from North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege. Dr. Jana Bourn of Wauseon, and Travis Star­buck of Sher­wood have been pre­sented with the high­est honor given by the NSCC Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion. Bourn grad­u­ated from NSCC in 1997 with an asso­ciate of …

Pauld­ing County com­mis­sion­ers have announced the appoint­ment of Edward Bohn as the new direc­tor of the county emer­gency man­age­ment agency. Bohn was rec­om­mended by the Pauld­ing County EMA direc­tor search com­mit­tee, which was com­prised of seven peo­ple from sev­eral dif­fer­ent county agen­cies. Bohn replaces Randy Shaf­fer, who served as EMA …

Joan Randolph Kyre, 81, passed away February 20, 2014. A memorial service was held March 22 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Lubbock, TX. Inurnment will be at 11:00am, June 21 in the Chapel at Wauseon Union Cemetery. The inurnment service will be conducted by her cousin, the Rev. Mary …

Robert Carl Nester, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:30 P.M. on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his family. Mr. Nester was a farmer, a truck driver and proudly served in the US Navy during World War II. He was a member of Bryan VFW …

The Mov­ing Wall-Vietnam Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial will be at Defi­ance Col­lege from Thurs­day through Sun­day to mark the 50th anniver­sary of the Viet­nam War. Begin­ning Thurs­day morn­ing at 9, the Wall will have a motor­cy­cle escort, with more than 1,000 motor­cy­clists who plan to take part in the pro­ces­sion. That motor­cy­cle …

Stu­dents in the Wayne Trace School Dis­trict may soon be rou­tinely tested for drugs. The school board on Mon­day evening dis­cussed the mer­its of a drug test­ing pol­icy for junior high/high school student-athletes. Teach­ers, coaches, and admin­is­tra­tors pre­sented infor­ma­tion about how a drug test­ing pro­gram for the 2014–15 school year …

A fugi­tive escaped from the Lenawee County Court Lock-up Tues­day morn­ing, and author­i­ties say he could be in our area. 27-year-old Scott War­ren Hen­ning walked out of the cour­t­house in Adrian around 10:15 yes­ter­day morn­ing, when the lock on a cell mal­func­tioned. Hen­ning was serv­ing 93 days in jail for …

A raid at a Defi­ance home turned up sev­eral meth labs and resulted in the arrests of two peo­ple ear­lier this week. The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Depart­ment says that on Mon­day, the Multi Area Nar­cotics Task Force searched a home on Defi­ance Cross­ing and found sev­eral one-pot meth labs. 38 …

Gus E. Phillips, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 P.M. on Sunday, June 8, 2014, at his residence after a lengthy illness. Gus owned Phillips Motors in Bryan for 28 years. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan, the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 …

Paul J. Fry, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Fry was a 1948 graduate of Edon High School and was a veteran of the United States Marines. …