Nancy Jean Byrd, 71, of Pioneer, died Wednesday night at home.  She was born on December 16, 1941 in Pittsford Michigan to Hubert L. and Isabelle M. (Bump) Flowers. Nancy retired from Pioneer Transformer in Pioneer in 2008.  She loved to spend time with her family and friends and lived her life …

Patrecea Deck, 78 years, of Bryan, Ohio passed away at 11:17 am on May 8, 2013 in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. Patrecea was born July 18, 1934 in Jackson, Michigan to Herman J. and Blanche L. (Byers) Mullen. She was a former crossing guard for the Montpelier …

Bryan Police arrested a man from Bryan on Tues­day. 22 year old Logan Smith of Beech Street was picked up on a shoplift­ing charge. Smith was released after pro­cess­ing. Also on Tue­day, Bryan PD nabbed 35 year old Jed Apger of Cherry Street in Bryan. Apger was arrested on an …

With baby ani­mals, fes­tive music, and many hands-on expe­ri­ences — Spring on the Farm con­tin­ues to be a favorite event for fam­i­lies to enjoy together! On Sat­ur­day, May 11 guests will be wash­ing win­dows, mak­ing rope, plant­ing beets and churn­ing but­ter to cel­e­brate Spring at Sauder Vil­lage!

For the past eight years, Pam Schroeder has been the office admin­is­tra­tor with United Way of Williams County. Now she’s step­ping into a new posi­tion as exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Williams County His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety. Schroeder’s appoint­ment was announced dur­ing Wednesday’s Bryan Kiwa­nis Club meet­ing. The Bryan Times reports that Schroeder …

Habi­tat for Human­ity of Williams County soon will have a new home under con­struc­tion. The group announces that they will be break­ing ground on their first home in Edger­ton. A cer­e­mony will take place at noon next Tues­day, May 14, at the build­ing site which is at 417 N. Oak …

Many can­di­dates locally met Monday’s fil­ing dead­line for Inde­pen­dents seek­ing office in the Novem­ber elec­tion. In Henry County, two incum­bent Repub­li­cans (Travis Sheaf­fer and Jim Her­sh­berger) have cho­sen to run as Inde­pen­dents for Napoleon City Coun­cil. Chal­lenger Heather Wil­son also filed as an Inde­pen­dent and Repub­li­can write-in John Tassler has …

It’s entirely con­sti­tu­tional… That’s how Defi­ance Law Direc­tor David Williams por­trayed Defiance’s side­walk ordi­nance at Tues­day night’s Defi­ance City Coun­cil Meet­ing. Williams told coun­cil that the city’s ordi­nance pro­hibit­ing “paint­ing” on side­walks is “entirely con­sti­tu­tional,” and indi­cated that the word “paint­ing” is a verb refer­ring to the act of inscrib­ing …

The bridge on Town­ship Road 17, approx­i­mately 6/10 mile north of US 6 near Bryan is sched­uled to be closed this morn­ing. This clo­sure is for repairs of the bridge which may take at least a week. Dri­vers should plan alter­nate routes.

Both of the issues appear­ing on Tuesday’s spe­cial elec­tion bal­lot in Williams County were approved by vot­ers. The Williams Soil and Water Con­ser­va­tion Dis­trict levy for 0.4 mills will col­lect $271,000 each year and was approved by more than a 57% mar­gin. A Millcreek-West Unity Local School Dis­trict emer­gency levy …