Con­ti­nen­tal Ele­men­tary School offi­cials say they are in need of men­tors to read with stu­dents in K-3. If you are inter­ested in vol­un­teer­ing your ser­vices as a men­tor, you can con­tact Terri Hoff­man at 419–596-3860, by email­ing at cnthoffman@cn.noasc.org, or by stop­ping at the ele­men­tary school and fill­ing out a …

A Steuben County man, and accused sex offender, has been arrested. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office says 55 year old Jerry Hai­fley of Angola was arrested Wednes­day for fail­ure to reg­is­ter as a sex offender. That’s a class D felony. Hai­fley was con­victed of sex­ual bat­tery in 2003 and is …

A judge in Ful­ton County East­ern Dis­trict Court has granted a con­tin­u­ance in the case of a man charged with fail­ing to reg­is­ter a dog which had pre­vi­ously been deter­mined to be vicious because it is con­sid­ered a “pit bull” mix. A pre­trial con­fer­ence was set for 9 a.m., Oct. …

William “Bill” P. Vogelsong, age 82, of Defiance, Ohio, went to be with the Lord at 1:05 P.M. on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at Community Health Partners Inpatient Hospice in Defiance. Mr. Vogelsong was an Elevator Mechanic with the Otis Elevator Company in Chicago for 31 years. He served our …

Sue Ann Harvey, 83 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in her residence with her family at her side.  Sue was born February 15, 1930 in Temperance, Michigan, the daughter of Merle and LaMoile (Brittain) Gordon.  She was a 1950 graduate of Bryan High School.  Sue married Zale A. Harvey …

Accord­ing to a press release issued by the Ohio Devel­op­ment Ser­vices Agency, Williams County will soon be receiv­ing $78,000 as a Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment Block Grant to improve waste­water col­lec­tion north of Bryan. The money will be used at the Oak­wood mobile home park in Pulaski Town­ship. Offi­cials there plan to …

Accord­ing to tes­ti­mony Tues­day in Put­nam County Court, the teenager who is charged with the May 9th deaths of two Ottawa broth­ers, 17 year old Blake and 14 year old Blaine Romes, lied to author­i­ties. 18 year old Michael Fay faces charges of aggra­vated mur­der, abuse of a corpse and …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil, at their meet­ing on Tues­day night, approved an addi­tional con­tract for an east­side project which will also make drainage improve­ments related to the city’s long-term sewer con­trol plan. Accord­ing to the ordi­nance approved Tues­day, the city will con­tract with the engi­neer­ing firm Burgess and Niple, Inc. at …

The Williams County Fair board recently drew crit­i­cism from a national orga­ni­za­tion. PETA (Peo­ple for the Eth­i­cal Treat­ment of Ani­mals) sent out let­ters as well as started a Face­book cam­paign ask­ing the fair board to can­cel ele­phant rides at the fair, claim­ing that Nosey the ele­phant has been mis­treated. Accord­ing …

There could be some money com­ing to one area vil­lage… lit­er­ally! Con­ti­nen­tal Vil­lage Coun­cil on Tues­day night learned of the pos­si­bil­ity of a new bank open­ing up shop in town. An offi­cial at the Fort Jen­nings State Bank says the bank is seri­ously con­sid­er­ing open­ing up a new branch bank …