Gerald V. Smith, age 81, of Delta, passed away Tuesday morning, December 3, 2013 at Swanton Valley Center. Gerald was born in Wauseon on may 27, 1932, the son of Ralph and Fannie (Soles) Smith. In the past, Gerald attended the Shiloh Christian Union Church. Surviving is one sister, Janies …

North­west State Com­mu­nity Col­lege recently inducted the first mem­bers into the Alpha Delta Chap­ter of the Alpha Delta Nu Nurs­ing Honor Soci­ety. Eleven stu­dents joined the new national honor soci­ety for asso­ciate degree reg­is­tered nurses. Among the stu­dents inducted were, from Williams County.. Kelly Woodring of Bryan; from Defi­ance County, …

The Ful­ton County Sheriff’s Office reports that one per­son was killed in a hunt­ing acci­dent Roy­al­ton Town­ship Tues­day after­noon. The vic­tim is report­edly a 21-year-old from Ore­gon, Ohio. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the vic­tim, who they have not yet pub­licly iden­ti­fied, was pro­nounced dead at the scene of an appar­ent a gun­shot …

Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers accepted one res­ig­na­tion and made two appoint­ments Mon­day. Depart­ment of Job and Fam­ily Ser­vices Social Ser­vices Super­vi­sor Geri Sev­ers sub­mit­ted a let­ter of res­ig­na­tion for retire­ment, effec­tive Dec. 31. The board accepted it “with regrets,”. The Bryan Times reports this morn­ing that Com­mis­sion­ers also appointed Ned Allen …

The Bryan Board of Pub­lic Affairs approved sev­eral staff changes at its meet­ing Tues­day. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the board agreed to reclas­sify Lisa Rohlof from account clerk II to account clerk III and to award a merit raise to Mandy Frank, account clerk II; both work in the …

An early morn­ing drug bust last week­end in McClure led to an arrest and seizure. The Henry County Sheriff’s office reports that they exe­cuted a search war­rant at 430 Main Street in McClure at 2:32am Sun­day. One woman is in cus­tody, but the sheriff’s office says more peo­ple are being …

Emanuel L. “Jr.” Gomer, Jr., age 88, of Wauseon, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Fulton Suites in Wauseon. Prior to his retirement in 1988 he had worked for the Wauseon Street Department for 33 years. He was born in Wauseon on October 25, 1925, the son of Emanuel …

Sue Ann Buenger, age 68, of rural West Unity, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013 at Heartland of Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had been a clerk and cashier at Wal-Mart in Napoleon. Sue was born in Toledo on April 14, 1945. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, and going to …

Pro­vi­sional num­bers released Mon­day by the Ohio State High­way Patrol show there were 13 peo­ple killed on Ohio’s road­ways this Thanks­giv­ing Hol­i­day which is two below the four-year aver­age. Dur­ing the report­ing period, which began Wednes­day, Novem­ber 27, at 12:00 a.m., and ran through Sun­day, Decem­ber 1, at 11:59 p.m., …

A man accused of rap­ing three young girls between 1999 to 2010 will stand trial in Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court. 40 year old Daniel Bignell Jr of Mont­pe­lier faces 14 felony counts of sex­ual abuse. Accord­ing to The Bryan Times, the alleged crimes involve three girls. Each knew Bignell …