The State High­way Patrol and ODOT both say that dri­vers did a pretty good job obey­ing the requests to stay off the roads after the recent win­ter storm dumped any­where from nine to 14 inches in our region and emer­gency per­son­nel issued level 3 advi­sories to keep indi­vid­u­als off the …

Flames caused a lot of dam­age to a home in Ham­ler on Mon­day evening. The Ham­ler Fire Depart­ment was called to the home of Polly Fack­ler on Henry County Road Y just before mid­night on Mon­day. Other area fire crews were also called in for assis­tance, and the fire was …

Numer­ous Defi­ance County fire depart­ments responded to a house fire west of Defi­ance on Tues­day evening. At first, the Noble Fire Depart­ment was called to the Harry But­ter­more res­i­dence on Ash­pacher Road, just before 6pm. Other area fire crews were then called in to assist. The home was reported to …

Some area busi­nesses say the Level Three snow emer­gency that was declared for Mon­day and Tues­day in most of our area did more than clear the roads, they say it cleared out their stores, and also their cash reg­is­ters. Many area busi­nesses say they that they will feel the eco­nomic …

This reminder… The Ayersville Local Board of Education’s orga­ni­za­tional and spe­cial board meet­ing that had orig­i­nally been sched­uled for Tues­day, has been resched­uled for 5 this after­noon in the high school library. The reg­u­lar meet­ing for Jan. 20 is still on as orig­i­nally scheduled.

Mildred E. Daugherty, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare in Bryan, where she had been a resident. Mrs. Daugherty was a member of First Baptist Church in Bryan, where she had been a Sunday School teacher and member of the Ladies …

Herbert J. Grime, age 88, of Archbold, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014, in his home. Prior to his retirement he had been a lifelong area farmer. Mr. Grime was born in Archbold on February 13, 1925, the son of Clarence and Ethel (Harsch) Grime. On September 2, 1950 he …

Virginia M. McFeters, age 90, of Wauseon went home to meet her family and friends in Heaven on Monday January 6, 2014. She was born on September 24, 1923 in Perrysburg, Ohio the daughter of the late Roy and the late Helen (Schneider) Bullis. Virginia was very active in the …

Over 100 ODOT crews through­out our area con­tinue to plow state and fed­eral roads. As winds con­tinue to gust, crews are report­ing drift­ing on some routes, espe­cially in rural areas. ODOT says Dri­vers should take cau­tion and be aware of chang­ing con­di­tions on the road­ways. Due to the extreme cold …

A scrap metal recy­cling com­pany announced plans Tues­day to open a new facil­ity in Auburn. Met­alX LLC says the new plant will cre­ate as many as 80 new jobs by 2017. The com­pany, which is based in Water­loo, says it will spend $12.4 mil­lion to buy, ren­o­vate and equip a …