Alan W. Schad, 66 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday, January 3, 2014 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Alan was born March 1, 1947 in Bryan, Ohio the son of the late Gerald J. and Eva K. (Sprow) Schad.  He was a 1966 graduate of Bryan High School.  Alan was an …

Frances M. Startzman, 100, of Montpelier passed away Friday evening at the Genesis Health Care Center in Bryan.  She was born on January 29, 1913 in Mendon, Ohio to John and Lulubelle (Wagner) Selander.  Frances attended Mendon Schools.  She was the wife of LeRoy O. Startzman and he preceded her in death in …

Lester W. “Les” Banister, age 72, of Wauseon passed from this life on Friday January 3, 2014 at the University of Toledo Medical Center surrounded by his wife and family. He had suffered a major stroke. Mr. Banister was born on November 5, 1941 the son of the late Wayne …

Phyllis I. Forstie, 85, of Alma, Michigan and formerly of Montpelier, passed away Wednesday at Mid Michigan Medical Center in Alma.  She was born on October 4, 1928 in Montpelier to Jay L. and Della E. (Rohr) Tressler.  Phyllis graduated from Montpelier High School in 1945.  On December 26, 1979 she married …

Larry “Wayne” Schlosser, 71, a lifelong resident of Montpelier passed away Thursday afternoon at Genesis Healthcare Center in Bryan.  He was born on August 23, 1942 in Bryan to Carl Floyd and Wilma Carlene (Beck) Schlosser.  Wayne attended Montpelier High School.  He retired in 2002 from Powers and Sons. Wayne is survived by …

On Fri­day, Bryan Police reported the arrest of 46 year old Kelly J. Mitchell of Bryan on charges of Crim­i­nal Dam­ag­ing, Crim­i­nal Tres­pass and Dis­or­derly Con­duct. Mitchell was taken to CCNO where she was locked behind bars. On Sat­ur­day, Bryan Police say they arrested 57 year old Ronald Pat­ton of …

IT’s cold out there! Very Cold! As of 7:45 Sun­day evening, Williams County was placed under a Level 3 snow emer­gency. That means only essen­tial per­son­nel should be on the road­ways. State and local offi­cials on Sun­day warned that the severe win­ter weather and extreme cold could poten­tially be deadly …

Res­i­dents are being reminded not to for­get their four legged friends in this bit­ter cold. With the tem­per­a­tures out­side dip­ping well below freez­ing, peo­ple need to make sure their pets are warm and safe. Out­door pets should also be checked to ensure they have ade­quate shel­ter, food and water. If …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross will have a blood drive from 2–6 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Pauld­ing VFW Post, 214 N. Water St. The drive will be held in honor of Don Egnor. To donate, call 800–733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Two local county sheriff’s deputies grad­u­ated from K9 unit train­ing Fri­day. Defi­ance County Sheriff’s deputy Adam Shafer and Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s deputy Gary Deitrick each com­pleted the 14-week class in Fort Wayne. Shafer is the han­dler for Boomer, and Deitrick is the han­dler for Jano (pro­nounced Ya-no). Both are Ger­man …