Dale L. Houston, 63 years, of Angola, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014 in his residence.  Dale was born June 6, 1950 in Hartford City, Indiana, the son of the late Bee and Melba June (Jones) Houston.  He was a 1968 graduate of Montpelier High School, Montpelier, Indiana.  He then attended Ball State …

Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency offi­cials are watch­ing ice jams on area rivers that they say could endan­ger peo­ple liv­ing along the river­banks. Offi­cials report a mile-long ice jam just west of Grand Rapids in Henry County. They say it has already caused minor flood­ing along the river banks in parts of …

Bryan Police say on Sun­day, they arrested 18 year old Emily Kerr of Bryan on charges of Child Endan­ger­ment. Accord­ing to police, they then released her. On Sun­day, 22 year old Emmalee Brown of Bryan was arrested for Obstruct­ing Offi­cial Busi­ness. She too was just released. On Mon­day, Bryan Police …

The Bryan “PURPLE” team defeated North Cen­tral 17–10 in the Cham­pi­onship round of the 18th Annual Williams County Junior High Quiz Bowl. The two teams met ear­lier in the com­ple­tion, in Round 6. At that time, Bryan defeated North Cen­tral by a score of 12–5, send­ing Eagles into the Losers’ …

It’s been a rough win­ter on some area char­i­ties. In par­tic­u­lar, the Amer­i­can Red Cross has had to can­cel a num­ber of blood dri­ves in the area due to the bad weather. Now, here’s your chance to help them make up some ground. The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Henry County …

On Mon­day, the mayor of Find­lay, Lydia Miha­lik, gave her annual state of the city address. Mayor Miha­lik yes­ter­day, touted the progress of the last year and the bright future of 2014. She said the city is near­ing the final leg of the marathon to flood mit­i­ga­tion. The mayor said …

James David Dickerhoof, age 52, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:44 P.M. on Saturday, February 22, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. As a special needs child, Jim touched the hearts of all he met. He attended Sunnyside School and most recently enjoyed …

Ruth M. Perkins, 88, of Stryker, died Saturday at Genesis Health Care, Bryan, after a long illness. She was born near Stryker on May 8th, 1925, to Donald and Hazel (Reynolds) Perkins. She was a member of the Stryker United Methodist Church, was Past Matron of the Evansport Chapter, Order …

Betty Lou Lovejoy, age 89, of Wauseon, passed away Thursday February 20, 2014 at Fairlawn Haven in Archbold. She was a life long Homemaker. Mrs. Lovejoy was bon on January 7, 1925 in Napoleon, Ohio the daughter of the late Max and the late Ella (Mohr) Waite. On January 19, …

Ava “Mae” Maysel Wilson, 83 of Fredericktown, Ohio, formerly of Montpelier, went home to be with the Lord on Friday February 21st at the Country Court Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  She was born on March 8, 1930 in Frame, West Virginia to Morgan A. and Blanche C. (Anderson) Thompson.  She …