North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege nurs­ing stu­dents are host­ing a free Health Fair on Thurs­day from 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. The event will fea­ture free blood pres­sure screen­ings and derma scan­ner screen­ings to help iden­tify skin can­cer risks. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Repro­duc­tive Health Clinic will be in atten­dance as well. The Health …

Accord­ing to a release from the Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office, a Defi­ance County Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices employee was killed in an acci­dent dur­ing a trash drop-off Sat­ur­day morn­ing. 87-year-old Max Hook of Hicksville was attempt­ing to back a vehi­cle up to a dump­ster at the refuse pickup cen­ter on Gin­grich Road, …

A man who has spent decades as a law enforce­ment offi­cer in Defi­ance County is call­ing it quits. The Cres­cent News reports that Gene Laney, who turns 70 years old today, says he’s retire­ing. Laney was once Hicksville’s police chief. In recent years, he has worked as a Defi­ance County …

Daniel Jay Keller, age 73, of Edon, Ohio, died at12:40 A.M. on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Community Health and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he had been a patient. Mr. Keller worked in maintenance for the Ohio Department of Transportation for 20 years. He also worked at the former …

We recently told you about the planned acqui­si­tion of Sen­so­ry­Ef­fects in Defi­ance by New York based Balchem Corp. Now, the Cres­cent News is report­ing that there will be lit­tle if any changes for those work­ing there, and that’s good news. Sen­so­ry­Ef­fects says the com­pany is “oper­at­ing as is, with no …

Williams County Sher­iff Steven Towns has put out the warn­ing about another scam that is mak­ing the rounds in our area. The sher­iff says the new scam involves a man call­ing from 917–460-9954 stat­ing he’s from Pub­lish­ers Clear­ing­house. The caller informs peo­ple that they have won the sweep­stakes’ cash grand …

Area job seek­ers have an oppor­tu­nity to net­work with more than 60 employ­ers at a community-wide job fair com­ing up next Tues­day from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The event will be held in the atrium at North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege, and is free and open to the pub­lic. Indus­tries that will …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Mercy Defi­ance Clinic, 1400 E. Sec­ond St., Defi­ance, on Tues­day, April 8, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. To sched­ule an appoint­ment call toll-free 800–733-2767, or go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter spon­sor code def­clin. The blood drive will be held in the …

A Napoleon man, arraigned in Henry County Court on five counts of gross sex­ual impo­si­tion, has been released on a per­sonal recog­ni­zance bond. 67 year old Larry Byr­ley of Napoleon entered a plea of not guilty to the third degree felony charges. He’ll be back in court at a later …

Evelyn W. Zehring, 96 years, of Defiance, and formerly of St. Petersburg, Florida, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Glenn Park of Defiance.  Evelyn was born September 2, 1917 in Elkhart, Indiana, the daughter of the late George and Winifred (Nelson) Allen.  She was a graduate of Wauseon High School.  She then …