A local woman is dead fol­low­ing a two-vehicle crash Wednes­day. 28 year old Julie Miler of Pauld­ing was north­bound on U.S. 127 when police say she pulled out to pass a car dri­ven by 28 year old Joshua Fin­frock of Pauld­ing. That’s when she nicked Finfrock’s car as she was …

A pub­lic meet­ing was held Tues­day con­cern­ing the pro­posed Hil­lan­dale Egg Farms. More than 50 showed up at the Huber Opera House and Civic Cen­ter at Hicksville to voice their con­cerns and get answers. Hil­lan­dale Farms is gath­er­ing the nec­es­sary per­mits from the state. The $85 Mil­lion oper­a­tion will be …

Defi­ance Police warn of a debit card scam. They have heard from Mid­west Com­mu­nity Fed­eral Credit Union of sev­eral cus­tomers who reported receiv­ing calls stat­ing their debit cards had been can­celed. The peo­ple were then asked to pro­vide the callers with their debit card num­ber. Police say it’s a scam …

A crum­bling util­ity build­ing in Auburn that’s been vacant for half a cen­tury find a new life… as a museum. A devel­oper wants to restore Auburn’s 80-year-old for­mer elec­tric util­ity build­ing and turn it into a museum dis­play­ing 200 motor­cy­cles. The devel­oper says he hopes to have the build­ing ren­o­vated …

Some rivers have been flood­ing for nearly a week, and emer­gency offi­cials say the recent rain will pro­long the period of high water. Nearly an inch of rain fell in many areas from Tues­day night through Wednes­day after­noon. Flood Warn­ings are in effect for Ful­ton, Henry, Defi­ance, and Pauld­ing Coun­ties …

Lyle E. Cram, age 70, of Edon, Ohio, died at 11:50 A.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Cram was employed as a machinist by Mohawk Tools, Montpelier, Ohio, retiring in 1990 with twenty-four years of service. …

Richard W. Dietrich, 79 years, of Ney, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Richard was born June 12, 1933 in Bryan, Ohio the son of Harold W. and Christian (Grine) Dietrich.  He was a 1951 graduate of Ney High School.  Richard was …

Claudette Snyder-Dion, age 78, of Archbold, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, April 27, …

Mem­bers of Quadco’s Admin­is­tra­tive and Non-Profit Boards, at their meet­ing on Tues­day, voted to renew the con­tract of the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor for 5 years, mak­ing it retroac­tive to Jan­u­ary 1 of this year. The con­tract does not, how­ever, call for an increase in salary. Board mem­bers heard from Chris Tom­lin­son …

Brown’s Bak­ery on Downs Street in Defi­ance is up for a sealed bid sale. Bids will be accepted until June 12th on the 46,639-square-foot build­ing, which housed the 140-year-old bak­ery. It still has its bak­ing lines in place as well as bak­ery machin­ery and equip­ment. It’s a ready to go …