The Board of Edu­ca­tion at Millcreek-West Unity Local Schools unan­i­mously elected at last night’s meet­ing, to bring back its school resource offi­cer for the com­ing school year. The posi­tion was cre­ated in Jan­u­ary of the 2012–13 school year, and the offi­cer is pro­vided by the vil­lage of West Unity Police. …

The Ohio Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency says it has dis­cov­ered E. coli in an area water­way. The Agency says the bug was found in Mill Creek, and the county has 30 days to cre­ate a plan to address it. The EPA reports that it col­lected three sam­ples, one on June 25, another on …

Offi­cials report that over­all atten­dance was up at the gates, but not at the events dur­ing the recent 136th Annual Defi­ance County Fair. Truck pulls and har­ness rac­ing had good turnouts, even despite the rain on Thurs­day. Unfor­tu­nately, two other events fell short. Come­dian Gallagher’s “Last Smash Tour” before his …

Fam­ily and friends now have a new process to visit those incar­cer­ated at the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. Video vis­i­ta­tion was recently imple­mented, allow­ing the vis­i­tor to sched­ule vis­its on line as well as sched­ule an off-site visit via web cam­era. Under the new pro­ce­dure, the vis­i­tor will now …

Bryan Police say they arrested a 20 year old Fort Wayne man Sun­day for under­age drink­ing. Travis Oxley also was wanted on a war­rant out of Defi­ance Munic­i­pal Court. He was locked up at CCNO. Also arrested on Sun­day was 19 year old Sean Crocker of Bryan. Crocker was charged …

Defi­ance vot­ers will be asked to approve a bal­lot issue on Nov. 5 that would increase the munic­i­pal income tax from 1.5 per­cent to 1.8 per­cent. The 0.3 per­cent increase would be used to sup­port police and fire ser­vices only, whose bud­gets (total­ing $4.4 mil­lion) appear in the city’s $9.2 …

The Defi­ance City Schools Board of Edu­ca­tion will hold its reg­u­lar meet­ing on Mon­day at 7 p.m. at the city of Defi­ance com­mu­nity room to dis­cuss busi­ness and to enter into exec­u­tive ses­sion if needed.

Phillip E. Crass, age 82, of Stryker, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 23, 2013 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan. He was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin on May 20, 1931, the son of Edgar J. and Edna (McNeil) Crass. On September 1, 1950 he married Emma Joyce …

Barbara M. (Monroe) Rains, 70, of Wauseon, died early Thursday morning, August 22, 2013 in her home. She was born September 18, 1942 in Monroe County, Michigan to the late Walter L. and Margia A. (Sattler) Monroe. Barbara married Thomas E. Rains, Sr. on September 08, 1962 and he preceded …

W. DeWayne Dick, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:07 A.M. at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Dick was employed as a machinist at Mohawk Tools in Montpelier, Ohio, retiring in 2000 with thirty-seven years of service. He was a model …