Guests of all ages will be invited to explore their cre­ativ­ity dur­ing the annual “Explore the Crafts” event at Sauder Vil­lage. OnSat­ur­day, July 20 guests will be encour­aged to try their hand at wood­work­ing, black­smithing, draw­ing, broom mak­ing, weav­ing and much more! Sauder’s Kim Krieger explains…KIM KRIEGER – 2013 EXPLORE …

Bean Days is tak­ing place in Mont­pe­lier. The annual event will include a garage sale today from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, a fish fry, and of course free beans, along with live enter­tain­ment. The Mont­pe­lier Rotary pan­cake and sausage …

Ohio High­way Patrol troop­ers seized 907 pounds of mar­i­juana, worth over Four Mil­lion Dol­lars along with $13,908 in cash they believe was pro­ceeds from drug sales dur­ing two traf­fic stops Wednes­day in Wood County. A trooper on the Ohio Turn­pike saw a Sub­aru Out­back fol­low­ing too closely behind a motorhome, …

Pur­chas­ing dog tags in Defi­ance will no longer be an annual require­ment for dog own­ers. The Defi­ance County dog war­den informed Defi­ance County Com­mis­sion­ers Thurs­day that a bill recently passed in the Ohio House will allow the pur­chase of three-year or per­ma­nent dog tags. County res­i­dents will be required to …

Jase Michael Cocke, age 5 ½ months passed away unexpectedly July 15, 2013. Jase is the son of Jacob Cocke and Desiree Allen of Wauseon. “Dearest Baby Jase, Please know that our greatest blessing was having you and you gave us a lifetime of love during your time on earth.” …

Charles L. “Chuck” Wagoner, 55 of Montpelier passed away early Tuesday morning at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born May 12, 1958 in Coldwater, Michigan to Jerry L. and Judy (Flint) Wagoner. Chuck graduated from Coldwater High School. On June 24, 1994, he married Sheri …

Bryan Police report the arrest of 32 year old Phillip Towne of Bryan. Towne was picked up on a bench war­rant issued out of Bryan Munic­i­pal Court. He was taken to court and then released.

North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s cam­pus is air con­di­tioned and open to the pub­lic through­out the sum­mer as a cool­ing sta­tion. High tem­per­a­tures and humid­ity can make for long days, local res­i­dents in need of a place to get out of the heat are invited to use North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s …

A 4-H chicken bar­beque will offi­cially mark the start of Bean Days in Mont­pe­lier this evening in the Vet­er­ans Memo­r­ial Build­ing on the fair­grounds. The annual event will include a garage sale on Fri­day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. , model train exhibits, food such as hot apple dumplings, ice cream, …

Two men charged with steal­ing vehi­cles and lead­ing police on a dan­ger­ous chase, and a man accused of rob­bing a Sub­way restau­rant at knife­point were indicted Wednes­day by a Williams County grand jury. 24 year old Tim­o­thy Dull of Hamil­ton, Indi­ana and 22 year old Christo­pher Ervin of But­ler, Indi­ana …