A total of $170,000 was raised by The 8th annual ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal Pro-Am golf tour­na­ment Fri­day at the Eagle Rock Golf Club in Defi­ance. $55,000 of that money was raised on Thurs­day evening at the Pro-Am din­ner and auc­tion. All the money raised will go to Kaitlyn’s Cot­tage …

The Defi­ance County Health Depart­ment will give immu­niza­tions at the Hicksville Com­mu­nity Center,Main Street in Hicksville, on Tues­day from 10 a.m.-noon. and from 1:30–5 p.m. For more infor­ma­tion, call the health depart­ment at 419–784-3818 or go to its web­site at www.defiancecohealth.org.

The Bryan Parks and Recre­ation Depart­ment plans to offer a basic dog obe­di­ence class for dogs 5 months and older. The class will be lim­ited to eight peo­ple along with their dogs and will be held on four con­sec­u­tive Sat­ur­days, begin­ning on Sat­ur­day, July 13. Instruc­tor Amy Sny­der will hold …

Jane K. Gibbs, 82 years, formerly of Sherwood, passed away at 11:00 p.m., Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Hickory Creek at Hicksville, where she had been a resident.  Jane was born February 10, 1931 in Ortonville, Minnesota, the daughter of the late Fred and Emma (Schelbert) Isler.  She married Raymond W. Gibbs …

Cody Lee Douglass, 27 of Pioneer died Wednesday night from a car accident on highway 20. He was born February 19, 1986 in Toledo, Ohio to Robert A. Douglass and Onnaliesa M. (Clark) Douglass. He worked as a fabricator. Cody was a simple man who loved his family and spending …

Olen V. Genter, age 92, of Pettisville, passed away Saturday morning, June 22, 2013 at Whitehouse Country Manor. Prior to his retirement he had been a lifelong area farmer. An Army Air Corp Veteran of WWII, he had served in the Pacific Theater. Upon discharge from the service, he taught …

Cathy Jo Mattison, age 64, of Delta passed away June 19, 2013 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Prior to her retirement she had worked as Substitute Teacher in the Special Education field and had also worked for many years for the former Kolb Hardware in Wauseon. Mrs. Mattison …

Sharon L. Weisz, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Genesis Healthcare Center in Bryan. She was a homemaker and a former member of the Montpelier Moose Lodge #312. Sharon was born February 23, 1938 in Rochester, Indiana, the daughter of Howard F. & Charlotte …

Charles Raymond “Ray” Matthews, age 89, of Archbold, passed away Wednesday, June, 19, 2013 at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.

A Ful­ton County grand jury indicted nine peo­ple this week, includ­ing one per­son from Williams County. 19 year old Rus­sell L. Cain IV of Bryan was indicted on one count each of pos­ses­sion of heroin, and traf­fick­ing in heroin and attempted tam­per­ing with evi­dence. Pros­e­cu­tors allege that on June 6, …