Carolyn L. Metzler, age 75, of Wauseon passed away late Sunday February 2, 2014 at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had worked for the former LaChoy Foods in Archbold. Ms. Metzler was born on January 20, 1939 in Napoleon, Ohio the daughter of the late John …

Helen Louise Ryan, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Dream Haven in Edgerton, where she was a resident, after a sudden illness. Mrs. Ryan was born and raised in the Edgerton area and was a 1952 graduate of Edgerton High School. …

Merlin D. Buyer, 93 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday evening, February 2, 2014 in his residence with family at his side.  Merlin was born December 19, 1920 in Winameg, Ohio the son of the late Vern and Mabel (Derby) Buyer.  He was a 1939 graduate of Delta High School.  Merlin was a …

Bryan Police on Mon­day arrested 18 year old Jor­don Boerger of Swan­ton. Boerger was charged with OVI, Open Con­tainer and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­pher­na­lia. He was released by police. Also yes­ter­day, Bryan Police say they arrested 18 year old Harley Palenske of Bryan, who they charged with under­age con­sump­tion. Palenske …

Flames Sun­day morn­ing destroyed a rural Defi­ance home. Fire­fight­ers were called out Sun­day morn­ing around 7:20 to the home of Tim and Angie Mor­ris on Defi­ance County Road 424. Fire crews remained on the scene until 1 p.m. Inves­ti­ga­tors say the fam­ily dog alerted every­one to the smell of smoke. …

Williams County Com­mis­sioner Brian Davis, accord­ing to a con­ver­sa­tion with the Bryan Times, was in Colum­bus on Jan. 23rd to attend a Trans­porta­tion Review Advi­sory Coun­cil meet­ing. That’s when Com­mis­sioner Davis found out the Ohio Turn­pike and Infra­struc­ture Com­mis­sion set up a $5 mil­lion, 5-year mit­i­ga­tion pro­gram to help enti­ties …

There were some changes made Mon­day by the Williams County Board of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties. Board mem­bers Leroy Feather and Mar­lene Oxen­der were hon­ored for their years of ser­vice, and new mem­bers Neil Ober­lin and Ned Garver were sworn in. New offi­cers were also elected for the year with Mark Tip­ton …

The Williams County Fam­ily YMCA is seek­ing out ways it can bet­ter serve the com­mu­nity, and ask­ing for local feed­back. The Y has been doing a sur­vey and is now look­ing for a wider sam­ple to get ideas for future improve­ments. The Bryan Times reports that YMCA offi­cials are wait­ing …

Kenny Ray Krieger, age 45, of Wauseon passed away unexpectedly Thursday January 30, 2014 in his home. Kenny had been a construction worker most of his life. Kenny was born on May 20, 1968 in Wauseon the son of the late Donald and the late Emma (Norden) Krieger. He was …

Katie Marie Carper, age 53, of Montgomery, Michigan, died unexpectedly Wednesday, January 29, 2014, in her home. She was a 1980 graduate of Angola, Indiana High School and for many years tended bar at Skip’s in Angola. She last was employed as a truck driver for several area trucking firms …