Enhanced county-wide par­tic­i­pa­tion dur­ing emer­gency exer­cises was the main topic of dis­cus­sion dur­ing the orga­ni­za­tional meet­ing of the new Pauld­ing County Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency (EMA) advi­sory coun­cil. The meet­ing was held Mon­day at the OSU Exten­sion build­ing, with the pur­pose of orga­niz­ing the advi­sory coun­cil. The coun­cil is to advise …

Accord­ing to state offi­cials, the Clin­ton Street Bridge in Defi­ance is ten­ta­tively sched­uled for replace­ment within the next six years, though Ohio offi­cials say it remains safe for travel in the mean­time. The state has been keep­ing an eye on the bridge’s box beams for sev­eral years, accord­ing to the …

Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter (QRC) is ready to offer res­i­den­tial ser­vices for peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties in the area. At the monthly meet­ing of the Quadco joint Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit boards, board mem­bers were told that adding res­i­den­tial ser­vices is one way that QRC can offer an enhanced list of ser­vices to …

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 …