With the some­what warmer tem­per­a­tures over the past week­end, ice dams on area rivers were a big con­cern to many river com­mu­ni­ties in the area. The good news today is that ice is break­ing up and going out on many rivers as of Mon­day after­noon. Some ice remained in some …

A com­pany that deals with aban­doned fac­tory sites has expressed inter­est in acquir­ing the for­mer SK Hand Tools prop­erty at Defi­ance. Accord­ing to the Cres­cent News, now Defi­ance County Com­mis­sion­ers need to fig­ure out how the more than $100,000 in unpaid prop­erty taxes due on that prop­erty will be han­dled, …

Catherine “Cathy” M. Bish, 60 of Pioneer, formerly of Canton, Ohio passed away on Monday, February 24th at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  Cathy was born on September 24, 1953 in Canton to Zygmunt and Rozalia (Klummer) Weglarz.  She graduated from Timken High School in Canton in 1973.  On August 21, 1976 …

Barbara J. Whittington, 78 years, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 in her residence with her son at her side.  Barbara was born June 14, 1935 in Grimms Landing, West Virginia, the daughter of the late James and Goldie (Mays) Herdman.  She was a 1953 graduate of Buffalo High …

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 …