Defi­ance County com­mis­sion­ers got some updates at their meet­ing on Mon­day on road and land­fill mat­ters. Com­mis­sion­ers were told that Weber Road has reopened after being closed for a bridge replace­ment. County crews con­structed geosyn­thetic rein­forced soil abut­ments with recy­cled steel beams and con­crete deck. The steel beams were orig­i­nally …

At a spe­cial meet­ing Mon­day, the Antwerp Vil­lage Coun­cil approved twin liquor per­mits for the River Street Mar­ket in that com­mu­nity. The owner of the for­mer IGA in the vil­lage told coun­cil that the mar­ket had yet to make a profit. So… in order to cor­rect that sit­u­a­tion, he is …

The Patrick Henry Local Board of Edu­ca­tion accepted the res­ig­na­tion of high school foot­ball coach Bill Insel­mann dur­ing its reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing Mon­day. Insel­mann has served as the var­sity foot­ball coach at Patrick Henry for 23 years. The board also accepted the res­ig­na­tion of bus mechanic Mark Wil­helm who is …

A two-vehicle col­li­sion Mon­day evening sent one dri­ver to the hos­pi­tal. The Henry County Sheriff’s office says the acci­dent hap­pened just after 6pm at the inter­sec­tion of U.S. 24 and County road P, west of Napoleon. 25 year old Lynette Baden­hop of Napoleon report­edly made a left turn and ran …

Penny Kay Canicom, age 53, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 18, 2013 at her residence. Penny was a graduate of Delta High School and had worked several jobs in the area. Penny was born February 19, 1960, in Port Clinton, Ohio, the daughter of James F. and Gloria …

Patricia A. Pool, age 70 of Bryan, Ohio passed away with her family at her side at 8:07 P.M. on Sunday, November 24, 2013, in her home after an extended illness. She was a Certified Public Accountant and owner of Patricia A. Pool CPA, Inc for 25 years. Prior to …

Thomas Michael Potts, age 71, of Defiance, passed away Monday morning, November 25, 2013 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. A Realtor and Auctioneer, Tom had been a co-owner of Century 21 Strait Realty, Inc. in Defiance, and also Potts & Company Auctioneers of Defiance. Tom was born in Defiance …

Doris Lohse Reinking, age 85, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home, Archbold, Ohio. Doris was born August 03, 1928 in Archbold, Ohio to the late Alva Dennis and Bertha Mary (Rueger) Johnson. She married Robert “Jake” Lohse on November 11, 1946 and …

Montpelier’s 2014 bud­get is now a done deal. Mem­bers of the Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage coun­cil sus­pended the sec­ond read­ing and passed the 2014 appro­pri­a­tion bud­get at Monday’s meet­ing. Total appro­pri­a­tions for 2014 amounts to $17,307,863 (from $14,994,668 in 2013). Garbage pickup the week of Thanks­giv­ing is as fol­lows… Those who nor­mally …

One vote really can make a dif­fer­ence… Accord­ing to a release by school offi­cials, a recount Mon­day morn­ing showed that the Millcreek-West Unity Local Schools safety and secu­rity levy failed by a sin­gle vote. The final vote count came in at 355 for and 356 against the levy. The school …