A Spe­cial Meet­ing of the Board of Edu­ca­tion of the Bryan City School Dis­trict is being held today. Accord­ing to the announce­ment of the meet­ing, the pur­pose of today’s meet­ing was to hold a Board plan­ning retreat and any other busi­ness that may be pend­ing. We’ll try to have more …

The Pauld­ing County Fair began Mon­day and it runs through Sat­ur­day. Admis­sion is free. Today is senior day at the fair. All seniors age 60 and older are wel­come to com­pli­men­tary refresh­ments start­ing at 8 a.m.. A com­pli­men­tary lunch — sand­wich, salad, fruit, cookie and drink — will be pro­vided …

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 …

An Angola man learned Mon­day in Steuben County Court, that he will spend six years of a 12 year sen­tence in prison, after enter­ing a guilty plea to Deal­ing Metham­phet­a­mine. 30-year-old Steven Jack­son was arrested last Novem­ber in a meth bust. His guilty plea was part of a plea agree­ment, …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross has announced that the Blood­mo­bile will be in Bryan on Thurs­day from 11 to 5 at the Bryan Knights of Colum­bus on Buf­falo Road. As always, blood dona­tions of all types are needed. The Red Cross says dur­ing the sum­mer months, with folks trav­el­ing and on …

Isabelle “Izzie” “Belle” Grace Burch, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Detroit, Michigan, died on Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier, Ohio. She had worked at Lester’s Diner in Bryan. Isabelle was a member of the Grace Community Church of Bryan. She enjoyed …

Eleanor J. Horvath, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Horvath was employed by Swartzbaugh Manufacturing in Toledo, then went on to work at the Manhatten K-Mart in Toledo, where she …

Susan M. Friedel, 67 years, of Bryan, passed away at 2:15 a.m., Sunday, June 8, 2014 at Hillside Country Living where she had been a resident.  Susan was born March 18, 1947 in Henry County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Willis and Martha (Seedorf) Fetter.  She married David Larry Friedel on …

Robert Miller Neal, 84 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday evening, June 6, 2014 at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, Bryan, Ohio.  Bob was born January 26, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio, the son of the late Stanley Miller and Freida Ruth (Somerside) Neal.  He was a 1948 graduate of Montpelier High School.  Bob served our …

Donald J. Imm, 89, of Montpelier passed away early Friday morning at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan.  He was born on September 27, 1924 in Waterloo, Indiana to Albert J. and Lula M. (Bowers) Imm.  Don graduated from Edgerton High School in 1943.  On August 9, 1947 he married Isabel …