A home in Defi­ance was dam­aged by flames Wednes­day evening. The blaze is under inves­ti­ga­tion by the state fire marshal’s office. Defi­ance fire­fight­ers were called to the Fred Con­nor res­i­dence on Jef­fer­son Ave. Fire­fight­ers were also back to the scene when the fire rekin­dled in the attic. There was exten­sive …

Scams are run­ning ram­pant across the coun­try, and this time of year, they seem to be espe­cially pre­vailent. The Henry County Red Cross now says a local busi­ness has had a run in with one. Two peo­ple entered the busi­ness and told their employ­ees that they were told by the …

The Ohio High­way Patrol is remind­ing dri­vers to buckle up. The warn­ing comes after records indi­cate that six of the 12 peo­ple killed this year on Van Wert and Pauld­ing county roads who were not wear­ing seat belts. The National High­way Traf­fic Safety Admin­is­tra­tion esti­mates that 340 lives were saved …

A man who police already wanted for fail­ure to appear now faces new charges. 32 year old David Zer­vos is now accused of mak­ing meth near Sil­ver Lake. Just before mid­night on Christ­mas night, Steuben County Sheriff’s deputies and offi­cers from the Angola Police Depart­ment went to a home in …

Timothy D. Hartsock, age 42, of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:03 P.M. on Tuesday, December 24, 2013, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Edgerton, Ohio. Mr. Hartsock was a 1989 graduate of Edon High School and Four County Joint Vocational School. He was a longtime employee of Plas-Tec …

Rafael O. Rolon, Sr., age 76 passed away early Tuesday December 24, 2013 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Martha J. Merritt, age 77 of Wauseon passed away late Sunday December 22, 2013 at the Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center. Prior to her retirement she had worked for the former Peoples State Bank and then the Huntington Bank for a total of 35 years. Mrs. Merritt was born on …

Michael F. Robinson, 62 years, of Bryan, and formerly of Swanton, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Mike was born November 23, 1951 in Toledo, Ohio, the son of the late Arthur L. and Gloria R. (Slayton) Robinson.  Mike was a factory worker until …

Flood waters in Ottawa.… The Blan­chard River in Ottawa crested at 28.85 feet at 3 p.m. Mon­day. Flood stage is 23 feet. That crest, 28.85 feet, marks the sixth high­est his­tor­i­cal crest for the river in Ottawa. The high­est crest was 33.3 feet on March 13, 1913. The high­est crest …

Some news from Defi­ance Com­mon Pleas Court… 38 year old Earl Miller pleaded guilty to con­tribut­ing to the unruli­ness or delin­quency of a child. He was placed on non-reporting pro­ba­tion for three years and ordered to have no con­tact with female juve­niles (with one excep­tion) with­out per­mis­sion of his super­vis­ing …