A con­sent judg­ment has been approved in Henry County Com­mon Pleas Court involv­ing Ruralogic Inc. Henry County com­mis­sion­ers have been granted a judg­ment of $182,528 plus approx­i­mately $2,715 in inter­est to be paid by the Bryan-based Ruralogic. Ruralogic offi­cials agreed to make $5,000 monthly pay­ments on the judg­ment, which became …

Elizabeth “Betty” M. Martindale, age 76, of Defiance, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at the Laurels of Defiance, where she had been a resident. Betty was a homemaker. Born August 20, 1937, in Jackson, Michigan, she was the daughter of Hazel (Wheeler) and Harold Chambers. She married AJ Martindale …

Doris E. “Buzzy” Meyer, age 91, of Archbold, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had been a Registered Nurse for 25 years at the former Detwiler Hospital in Wauseon. She then worked as a Nurse Interpreter at Sauder Historic Village …

The National Head Start Asso­ci­a­tion is encour­ag­ing Head Start pro­grams across the entire coun­try to dis­play empty chairs to rep­re­sent the num­ber of slots cut due to the fed­eral bud­get sequester. The Bryan Times reports that Pulaski Head Start, serv­ing Defi­ance, Ful­ton, Henry, Pauld­ing and Williams coun­ties, had 34 empty …

The Williams County Board of Health met on Tues­day. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the board is con­sid­er­ing the pur­chase of a new com­puter sys­tem. Two bids were con­sid­ered, how­ever the dis­cus­sion was tabled until board mem­bers can get more infor­ma­tion. Board mem­bers were also brought up to date about …

Water cus­tomers in Sher­wood lis­ten up. A boil advi­sory is now in effect for all Sher­wood Vil­lage Water Depart­ment cus­tomers until fur­ther notice. The advi­sory comes fol­low­ing a bro­ken water main which occurred early Wednes­day morn­ing. Keep lis­ten­ing… We’ll let you know when that advi­sory is lifted.

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met on Tues­day night, and the forced annex­a­tion pro­gram, along with truck traf­fic on Power Dam Road took up much of the meet­ing. Other items were dis­cussed how­ever. Coun­cil received a pre­sen­ta­tion on a com­mu­nity health improve­ment plan and an update from a per­son pro­mot­ing the city’s …

The Amer­i­can Red Cross of Henry County will hold a blood drive on Sep­tem­ber 5th, from 1–6 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Napoleon Town­ship. Walk-ins are wel­come. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, call 800-RED-CROSS.

Brenda K. Rupert, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away early Tuesday morning, August 20, 2013 at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier. Brenda was a Dietary Clerk at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center for over 20 years and had previously worked as an Assignment Clerk at General Telephone. She was a …

Barbara Ann Weber, age 84, of Wauseon passed away late Monday August 19, 2013 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Prior to her retirement, she was a dental assistant and after that along with her husband Richard “Jim” Weber, owned and operated the former Weber Plumbing and Heating …