They sure got the lead out! On Sun­day, The Williams County Con­ser­va­tion League fin­ished a lead recla­ma­tion project. In all, they removed over 200,000 pounds of accu­mu­lated lead from the prop­erty. The lead came from the leagues rifle, pis­tol, skeet and trap shoot­ing ranges and had been build­ing up for …

At a spe­cial meet­ing held Mon­day, Cen­tral Local Schools hired the district’s next super­in­ten­dent. Vicki Brunn will take over the posi­tion, effec­tive Aug. 1. Brunn accepted to posi­tion in a con­fer­ence call, accord­ing to pub­lished reports in the Bryan Times. Brunn will take over for pre­vi­ous Super­in­ten­dent David Bagley who …

Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil hired a new fis­cal offi­cer and made changes per­tain­ing to trash pick-up at Monday’s meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that Coun­cil approved the hire of William Blakely as fis­cal offi­cer for the vil­lage. Blakely grad­u­ated from Edger­ton High School in 2000, received his degree from DeVry Uni­ver­sity, …

Dr. Mar­cia Sloan Latta will be the fea­tured speaker dur­ing North­west State Com­mu­nity College’s forty-third com­mence­ment cer­e­mony on Sat­ur­day, May 11. A native of Williams County, Latta began her career as a con­gres­sional aide and then did vol­un­teer work in Costa Rica before begin­ning her career in the field of …

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office now has a K-9 unit. Andy, a 1-year old Ger­man shep­herd, recently com­pleted his six weeks of train­ing and joined the office on a full-time basis. The Sher­iff says the office was able to acquire Andy and his train­ing thtrough an anony­mous dona­tion. IAMS will …

June E. Schultz, age 75, of Evansport, passed away Friday evening, May 3, 2013 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Paul’s Harness Shop, the former Red Rooster Restaurant, and the former Hub Market, all in Stryker. June was born in Tiffin …

Joseph R. Click, Sr., age 60, of Delta, Ohio died late Friday night May 03, 2013 in Ebeid Hosice Center, Sylvania, Ohio. He was born June 26, 1952 in Martin, Kentucky to the late Namon and Ethel (Reedy) Click, Sr. He married Pamela Abrell and she preceded him in death. …

Nancy J. Borton, age 78, of Wauseon, passed away at the Fulton County Health Center on Sunday morning, May 5, 2013, while surrounded by her loving family. Prior to her retirement she had worked in the Deli at Chief Supermarket in Wauseon for nine years. Nancy was born in Fulton …

Barry L. Yarger, age 71, of Lake Seneca, near Montpelier, Ohio, died at 10:45 P.M. on Friday May 3, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Yarger was a 1961 graduate of Edgerton High School and served two tours in …

On Tues­day, Napoleon Area School Dis­trict vot­ers will have the chance to decide on a 0.5 per­cent earned income tax levy which, if enacted, would gen­er­ate just over $1.15 mil­lion in new funds annu­ally for oper­a­tions begin­ning in 2014. Excluded from the tax would be inter­est, div­i­dends, cap­i­tal gains, unem­ploy­ment, …