An evening with Jim Rosenhaus, one of the voices of the Cleveland Indians.   The public is invited to come meet and greet with Jim Rosenhaus . Monday January 20th Time: 7:00 pm. – ?   Jim will do a formal talk at 7:30 Location:  Charlies Sports Bar Cost:   A hygiene item to be donated …

A manure dry­ing plant at 5C’s Farms in Hicksville was destroyed by flames Sat­ur­day morn­ing, but the manure wasn’t what burned. Instead, Edger­ton fire­fight­ers say it was toma­toes. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, fire­fight­ers say they had to wade through tomato peel­ings and seeds, which were as much as 6 …

United Way of Williams County orga­niz­ers now say that time to con­tribute to this year’s goal is grow­ing short. As of Fri­day, the cam­paign stood at 83.1, hav­ing raised $262,448.52 toward the $316,000 goal. Orga­niz­ers say they are in the final phase of the 2013 cam­paign and if you have …

The local chap­ter of the NAACP will hold a cel­e­bra­tion of Dr. Mar­tin Luther King Day next Mon­day, Jan. 20, at noon at the North­towne Mall, Defi­ance. There will be per­form­ing choirs, an MLK cake-cutting cer­e­mony, book dis­plays, video dis­plays and more. The event is open to the pub­lic. For …

The Lib­erty Cen­ter vil­lage coun­cil elected Terry Bow­ers as pres­i­dent for the new year. Com­mit­tee assign­ments were also made at last week’s orga­ni­za­tional meet­ing, with Bow­ers chair­ing the ceme­tery com­mit­tee. Brian Rogers will be the chair for the finance and zon­ing com­mit­tee. Roger Fisher is head of safety, and Den­nis …

Bryan police report the arrest of 26 year old Adam Cham­ber­lain of Bryan on a Bench War­rant out of Bryan Munic­i­pal court for fail­ure to appear for OVI and anti-noise peel­ing. He was taken to CCNO.

It’s that time of year again… The cook­ies are back! Girl Scouts through­out the region will be sell­ing cook­ies the next few weeks. As of Fri­day, Six kinds of cook­ies are avail­able this year: thin mints, samoas, taga­longs, do-si-dos, short­bread, and Savan­nah Smiles. Boxes this year will cost $5 each. …

Herbert J. and Helen R. (Eisel) Grime, of Archbold, passed away five days apart. Herb passed on Jan. 7, in their home, and Helen passed away on Jan. 12, 2014 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home. Herb was a lifelong area farmer. Herb was born in Archbold on Feb. 13, 1925, …

Virginia M. Schatzer, age 89, of Bryan, passed away at 9:08 P.M. on Friday, January 10, 2014, at her home. She was a member of the Bryan Church of the Nazarene and retired from Bryan Custom Plastics in 1982. Virginia was born January 25, 1924 in Williams County, the daughter …

Carol L. Hooser, age 63, of West Unity, Ohio, died on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at Community Health and Wellness Center in Bryan, where she had been a patient. Carol was a foreman at the former Fayette Tubular until production relocated and later was a truck driver. Carol Louise Hooser …