Bryan Police say Mon­day morn­ing around 8:30, they picked up 27 year old Alan J. Deetz of Bryan, on a “order of arrest” from the Ohio Adult Parole Author­ity on a pro­ba­tion vio­la­tion for fail­ing to notify author­i­ties of a change of address. He was taken to CCNO.

We may have “sprung ahead” this past week­end, and spring, accord­ing to the cal­en­dar is only a lit­tle more than a week away, but old man win­ter isn’t quite ready to release his icy grip yet. The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Win­ter Storm Watch for Williams, Defi­ance, Henry, …

A park in Napoleon may soon be going to the dogs. The Cres­cent News reports that the Napoleon parks and recre­ation board has approved a rec­om­men­da­tion for the plan­ning and con­struc­tion of a dog park. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Girls Scouts of West­ern Ohio and Napoleon have pro­posed that a dog …

Thirty-five horses are now con­firmed dead fol­low­ing a barn fire in Branch County, Michi­gan last week­end. The fire started Sat­ur­day around mid-day at a barn owned by Nathan Baker of Angola. The horses that died in the fire were report­edly owned by an Amish fam­ily. Fire­fight­ers say it appears that …

Virginia I. (Heisler) Brown, 91 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at The Inns & Villas at Fountain Park where she had been a resident.  Virginia was born May 15, 1922 at home in Farmer, Ohio the daughter of the late Steward Frederick and Clara (Beerbower) Heisler.  She was …

Leona M. Wadsworth, 85 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Genesis HealthCare – Bryan Center, Bryan.  Leona was born January 20, 1929 in Niles, Michigan, the daughter of the late Otis and Minnie (Marks) Conrad.  She was a 1947 graduate of Niles High School, Niles, Michigan.  Leona married Thomas …

Earl F. Lovetinsky, 86 years, of Fort Wayne, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, Fort Wayne.  Earl was born June 6, 1927 in Champaign, Illinois, the son of the late Fred Patrick and Bertha Charlotte (Knott) Lovetinsky.  Earl was a Press Operator for Bard Manufacturing in …

Waneta E. Nowak, 93 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 in her home with her family at her side.  Waneta was born February 21, 1921 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Emery S. and Eunice V. (Billig) Brown.  She married Paul J. Nowak on December 2, …

William “Bill” Loveless 68, of Pioneer and formerly of Montpelier passed away Saturday afternoon in the Intensive Care Unit at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan.  He was born May 22, 1945 in Hillsdale County, Michigan to William C. and Lila Mae (Evans) Loveless. Bill retired in 2008 after 30 …

Bryan Police, early Sun­day morn­ing, arrested 51 year old Shelly Hayes of Bryan, for OVI and Dis­or­derly Con­duct after Warn­ing. Hayes was taken to CCNO. It hap­pened around 4:30 yes­ter­day morn­ing. Also on Sun­day, just before 8pm, police report that 18 year old Alexan­drea Nunn of Bryan, was arrested on …