Edon could be the next local com­mu­nity, fol­low­ing the lead of Bryan and Mont­pe­lier, to place a pro­hi­bi­tion on the sale and dis­tri­b­u­tion of syn­thetic mar­i­juana and other drugs. Vil­lage coun­cil mem­bers voted at their meet­ing Mon­day evening to have the Vil­lage Solic­i­tor draw up an ordi­nance which they will …

The Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day night, moved toward par­tic­i­pat­ing in a village-wide energy effi­ciency pro­gram. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, Coun­cil Pres­i­dent Trevor Weaver met with a rep­re­sen­ta­tive from Effi­ciency Smart (ES), the non­profit pro­gram pre­sented to coun­cil at its last meet­ing. That’s a ser­vice of Amer­i­can Munic­i­pal Power …

The Henry County Humane Soci­ety is expe­ri­enc­ing a severe finan­cial cri­sis, and peo­ple there say they could be on the verge of clos­ing their doors for­ever. The shel­ter is seek­ing mon­e­tary assis­tance by send­ing requests to more than 600 area busi­nesses. Oper­a­tions man­ager Diana Riefers says the humane soci­ety in …

A sol­dier charged with stran­gling a man and stab­bing another is fac­ing a key hear­ing in a south­east­ern Michi­gan court. A judge must decide whether there’s enough evi­dence to send 31-year-old Brian Gogue to trial on charges of mur­der and attempted mur­der. Joel Krutsch of Adrian was killed Oct. 5 …

The city of Napoleon reminds res­i­dents that fire hydrant flush­ing is under­way. Flush­ing in the down­town area will be Fri­day, Octo­ber 25th from mid­night till 8am, and will include areas of North Scott, Beck­lee Drive and Bona­parte Drive. Fire hydrant flush­ing is nec­es­sary to ensure the hydrants are work­ing prop­erly, …

Larry V. Gearhart, age 77, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 10:55 P.M. on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana after a brief illness. Mr. Gearhart was a 1954 graduate of Edon High School and was employed by the Aro corporation in Bryan …

Marie A. Franz, age 103, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:00 A.M. on Monday, October 21, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. A longtime resident of Hamilton, Indiana, she was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton, where she taught Sunday …

Kathryn “Kate” H. Fiser, 97, of Montpelier passed away Monday afternoon at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan.  She was born on December 22, 1915 in Pulaski Township, Williams County Ohio, to John A. and Dorothy Louella (Rausch) Osburn.  Kate attended Montpelier High School.  She married Carmen E. Fiser, and he …

Phyllis J. Henry, 93, of Montpelier passed away Sunday afternoon at Genesis Healthcare Center in Bryan.  She was born on September 4, 1920 in Edon, Ohio to John G. and Ethel May (Zimmerman) Boisher.  Phyllis graduated from Montpelier High School in 1938.  On December 31, 1946 she married Oscar K. Henry in Montpelier, …

Kathleen B. Robarge, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she had been a resident. Mrs. Robarge was a farmer’s wife, gardener and homemaker, living her entire adult life in Bryan, Ohio. She was an …