William S. Van Dyke, 86 years, of Fayette, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014 at Heartland of Wauseon, Wauseon, Ohio.  Bill was born July 1, 1927 in Delta, Ohio, the son of the late Klintworth and Mae (Peters) Van Dyke.  He married Betty Lou Ankney on September 14, 1944 in Adrian, Michigan, …

Rex J. Smith, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:50 P.M. on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Smith was a 1945 graduate of Farmer High School and served in the United States Air Force during the …

B. Lucille Osmun, age 91, of rural Edon, Ohio, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014, at 9:15 P.M. shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier. She was a graduate of Mark Center High School, a mother and homemaker and devoted farm wife. She also enjoyed …

Fern R. Mikesell, age 81 of Swanton and formerly of Wauseon passed from this life early Monday January 20, 2014 at Swanton Valley Care and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Mikesell was a lifelong Homemaker and had also worked as a housekeeper at the former Detwiler Manor in Wauseon prior to her retirement. …

If you’re look­ing for a career change and you are fascinated by the weather, you just might want to talk to the folks at the National Weather Ser­vice. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the agency is look­ing for some­body who would like to take over weather obser­va­tion duties for the …

Pauld­ing County Hos­pi­tal has received a clean finan­cial bill of health by audi­tor of the state Dave Yost’s office. In fact, Pauld­ing County Hospital’s excel­lent record keep­ing has earned it the Audi­tor of State Award. The Audi­tor of State Award is pre­sented to local gov­ern­ments and school dis­tricts upon the …

The gov­er­nor has issued a statewide energy emer­gency dec­la­ra­tion in order to expe­dite ship­ments of propane and help ease tight propane gas sup­plies which have been brought on by the extreme cold weather. Now, the gov­er­nor is also ask­ing the fed­eral gov­ern­ment to take sim­i­lar steps so that propane gas …

The Henry County Depart­ment of Health reports that 162 cases of influenza have been reported to the depart­ment, along with sev­eral hos­pi­tal­iza­tions and one flu death so far this year in Henry County. The depart­ment goes on to state that, while it seems high and any death related to the …

The Napoleon Fire Depart­ment will be hold­ing a pan­cake break­fast on Feb. 9 from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. at the depart­ment. Items to be served will include pan­cakes, scram­bled eggs, sausage links and pat­ties, toast and bev­er­ages. The break­fast will be for a free-will dona­tion with pro­ceeds going to improve the …

The owner of a local animal shelter is headed to trial on charges that she abused the animals entrusted to her care. Vickie Cornell, owner of Skinny Little Buddy’s Animal Shelter of Edon is facing 20 counts of cruelty to animals after more than 50 animals were rescued from her …