The board of direc­tors of Quadco met in a plan­ning ses­sion on Tues­day and dis­cussed the empha­sis being placed on com­mu­nity employ­ment and inte­gra­tion for indi­vid­u­als with dis­abil­i­ties across the coun­try and in the state of Ohio. The board learned that deci­sions by the Depart­ment of Jus­tice and Cen­ters for …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met Tues­day night and with two mem­bers not mak­ing the meet­ing, coun­cil let lie five ordi­nances, includ­ing one to estab­lish an endowed fund for the Andrew Tut­tle Museum. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, Defiance’s annex­a­tion efforts started to become more aggres­sive last year. Affected prop­erty own­ers out­side …

In Hol­gate, vil­lage lead­ers have approved some changes to the vil­lage tree ordi­nance. The vil­lage will no longer plant trees in the right-of-way of any plot­ted street. Res­i­dents who want to plant a tree in the right-of-way in front of their res­i­dence may do so, but first they need a …

Find­lay res­i­dents employed out­side the city won’t be receiv­ing a munic­i­pal income tax credit. On Tues­day, Find­lay City Coun­cil dis­cussed the tax credit idea with coun­cil mem­bers dis­miss­ing it as fis­cally risky and fun­da­men­tally unfair. Offer­ing a credit for Find­lay res­i­dents who work out­side of the city, and pay another …

In a recent update from Palmer Energy, the Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers were told that the first two floors in the Henry County Cour­t­house have been fit­ted with sen­sors to help con­trol heat­ing and air con­di­tion­ing, as part of an energy upgrade. The con­trols also help the main­te­nance depart­ment more eas­ily …

Donnabelle Coy, age 94, of Stryker, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold. Donnabelle was born in Bryan, Ohio on March 4, 1920, the daughter of Floyd and Ethel (Deck) Impton. On May 2, 1938 she married Harlan Coy, and he preceded her …

Cecelia E. Rittenhouse, 71 years, of Bryan, passed away suddenly, Monday, March 24, 2014 in the emergency room at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo.  Cecelia was born May 7, 1942 in Newark, Ohio, the daughter of the late Victor and Effie E. (Lewis) Cahill.  She was a 1959 graduate of Bryan …

Edger­ton Coun­cil met Tues­day and adopted an appro­pri­a­tions bud­get for this year, which includes vil­lage expen­di­tures of $5,878,717. The largest appro­pri­a­tions were $892,129 to the gen­eral fund; $226,515 for street main­te­nance; $293,150 for fire expenses; $325,655 to the water fund; and $2,873,246 to the elec­tric fund. The Bryan Times reports …

A new ambu­lance is on the way to the Williams County Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vice. Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers on Mon­day voted to approve spend­ing $155,612 for a 2014 Chevrolet/GMC G4500 diesel ambu­lance. The order for the new ambu­lance is being placed, and the expected deliv­ery date is on or around August …

Flames dam­aged a Bryan home on Sun­day to the tune of about $80,000. The call came in just after 5 Sun­day after­noon when some­one pass­ing by the house on County Road 15 noticed smoke com­ing from the attic. Fire­fight­ers report that strong winds on Sun­day made the fire dif­fi­cult to …