Olieta Bell Bouldrey, 94 years, of Fairbury, Illinois, and a former resident of Defiance, Ohio, passed away at 3:31 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury, Illinois.  She was born November 10, 1919 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late Otto and Louise Fientje Bumpus.  Olieta was …

Bryan Police say 31 year old Aaron Pow­ell of Defi­ance, was charged with remov­ing trash. He was served and released. Bryan Police also report eh arrest of 28 year old Anthony J. Oliver of Bryan, who was charged with vio­lat­ing a tem­po­rary pro­tec­tion order. He was served and released too. …

West Unity Vil­lage Coun­cil met recently and learned that Kamco Indus­tries is plan­ning an expan­sion. The Bryan Times reports that a cur­rent ware­house on Lin­den Street in West Unity will dou­ble in size. As soon as weather per­mits, con­trac­tors will start con­struc­tion on the expan­sion which will then be used …

Today and Wednes­day a team of com­mu­nity vol­un­teers and school staff mem­bers in Bryan is work­ing on the devel­op­ment of sug­ges­tions to help guide the Bryan school board in the project details of the new school con­struc­tion. Bryan City Schools Super­in­ten­dent Diana Sav­age told the Bryan Times that approx­i­mately 50 …

Henry County has some big plans for a num­ber of roads and bridges this year. Henry County plans to resur­face four miles of roads and to chip and seal more than 36 miles of county high­ways, along with six bridge and cul­vert projects that are planned to be under­taken. The …

Dozens of law enforce­ment offi­cers from through­out north­west Ohio recently com­pleted advanced emer­gency vehi­cle oper­a­tions train­ing at a road-race course near Colum­bus. Six Han­cock County sheriff’s deputies, three from Pauld­ing County, three from Defi­ance, and two from Find­lay were among those who com­pleted the six-hour course offered by the Ohio …

Ronald Sam Schmucker, 85, of Pioneer passed away Sunday March 30, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 17, 1929, in Fayette, Ohio, the son of the late Emerson and Lauree (Miller) Schmucker. Ron served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Korean War and …

Patricia A. Dellinger, age 66, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:17 A.M. on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Dellinger was a graduate of North Central High School in Pioneer, Ohio, had worked as …

Robert Larry “Bob” Ames, Jr., age 36 of Dundee, Michigan and formerly of Delta passed away unexpectedly Thursday March 27, 2014 in his home. Mr. Ames had previously worked for The Andersons in Toledo and M&K Metals of Delta. Mr. Ames was born in Wauseon on September 30, 1977 the …

John Melvin Rathke, 73 of Montpelier died Thursday at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan.  He was born on June 2, 1940 in Toledo to Melvin A. and Felicia (Mateyeunus) Rathke.  John is survived by his wife Janet (Larnhart) Rathke.  No services will be held.