Claude W. Kidd, age 77, of Wauseon, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Holgate, Ohio. Prior to his retirement he had worked at Blissfield Truck Lines and also as a foreman for S & W Mills in Archbold. Claude was born in Morgan County, Kentucky on September 7, 1936, …

Kay A. Reiniche, age 73, of Stryker, died early Sunday morning in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Survivors include her husband, Earl N. Reiniche, Stryker, and children, Steve Reiniche and Anita L. Piety, both of Stryker. Funeral Mass 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 27, 2013 in St. Peter Catholic …

Elizabeth J. (Betty) Gulyás, age 75, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died at 8:54 A.M. on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Bethlehem Woods Care Center in Fort Wayne, where she was a resident. Mrs. Gulyás was a 1955 graduate of Edgerton High School and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from …

Frederick D. Connolly, 74 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Genesis HealthCare – Bryan Center, Bryan where he was a resident.  Freddy was born February, 15, 1939, in Bryan, the son of the late Walter Levi and Ruth Naomi (Wonser) Connolly.  He was a 1957 graduate of Bryan …

Joanne Luderman, 67 years, of Sherwood, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Jo was born August 26, 1946 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late V. Dewey and Glendora (Aumick) Schlosser.  She married Ronald W. Luderman on June 29, 1968 at St. John …

Bryan Police report the arrest of a man from Bryan for shoplift­ing. 18 year old Nicholas Layne was arrested and charged on Fri­day. On Sat­ur­day, Bryan Police picked up 24 year old Sarah Suarez of Arch­bold. Suarez was charged with OVI and fail­ing to drive in marked lanes. Also on …

Offi­cials with The Napoleon, Defi­ance & West­ern Rail­way announced on Fri­day, that the rail­road has received nearly $1.5 mil­lion from the Ohio Rail com­mis­sion to put in new ties that will allow the CSX line in Defi­ance to con­nect to the Nor­folk & South­ern line in Wood­burn, Indi­ana. The goal …

If you like ribs, then lis­ten up closely… Ten rib ven­dors will be at Defiance’s annual Fall Rib Fest, set for this Sat­ur­day from 2–11 in down­town Defi­ance. There will be other food too, such as corn­dogs and fries, pies, apple dumplings, and ice cream. The enter­tain­ment lineup includes two …

More cracks have been uncov­ered at a regional power plant build­ing. FirstEn­ergy Nuclear Oper­at­ing Cor­po­ra­tion, the oper­a­tor of the nuclear plant along the shores of Lake Erie near Toledo, says it has found more cracks in the con­crete build­ing hous­ing the reac­tor. Cracks were first detected in the shield build­ing …

A tractor-trailer car­ry­ing mail crashed in Steuben County Sun­day after­noon. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office reports that it hap­pened on US High­way 20 under the I-80/90 bridge when the trac­tor trailer hit the Indi­ana Toll Road bridge sup­port. The rig was a total loss, but all the mail inside the …