One per­son was injured when the pickup truck they were dri­ving crashed into a tree along County Road C75 near Edger­ton Tues­day after­noon. The dri­ver, who was alone in the truck, had to be extri­cated by emer­gency per­son­ell and then was life flighted. The acci­dent report­edly hap­pened around 2pm yes­ter­day …

Ohio House Repub­li­cans on Tues­day ripped apart their own governor’s pro­posed bud­get, strip­ping away his plan to expand Med­ic­aid and much of his tax over­haul and revamp­ing how he wanted to fund schools. The revamped House plan spreads addi­tional school fund­ing over more dis­tricts. The new plan also adds fund­ing …

Ronald G “Smokey” Schweitzer, age 88, passed away Sunday April 7, 2013 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Care Center. Prior to his retirement he had worked for Strydel/Ohio Art in Stryker, Weatherhead in Angola, IN and the KOA campground in San Antonio, TX. Mr. Schweitzer was born on September 9, …

Harold W. Johnson, age 82 years, of Montpelier, passed away early Monday morning, April 8, 2013, at the CHP Defiance Area In-Patient Hospice Center. He was born June 23, 1930, at Stanford, KY, the son of James and Florence (Anness) Johnson. He married Dorothy Harris on August 31, 1957, and …

The inves­ti­ga­tion into stray cats in Stryker con­tin­ues. Mayor Dan Hughes read a pre­pared state­ment at Stryker Vil­lage Council’s reg­u­lar meet­ing Mon­day, ask­ing res­i­dents to allow time for the jus­tice sys­tem to sort out alle­ga­tions that stray cats were dis­posed of in an inhu­mane man­ner by mem­bers of the police …

The Henry County Com­mis­sion­ers have filed a civil claim against Ruralogic, Inc with offices also in Bryan, Napoleon and Arch­bold for non-payment of a loan. Accord­ing to the suit, the com­mis­sion­ers approved a $200,000 loan to the com­pany in March 2011. Ruralogic’s last pay­ment was made last Sep­tem­ber. The com­mis­sion­ers …

Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage Coun­cil on Mon­day voted to approve the pur­chase of a new police vehi­cle. A new Ford Inter­cep­tor SUV will be pur­chased through the Ohio Depart­ment of Admin­is­tra­tive Ser­vices. Coun­cil agreed, accord­ing to the Bryan Times, that the cost of the vehi­cle be capped at $31,000. Mont­pe­lier Coun­cil also …

A local road is closed, mean­ing a detour for some dri­vers. The Defi­ance County engineer’s office says that Beer­bower Road, between Won­derly and Ride­nour roads, will be closed until Fri­day, weather per­mit­ting, for a cul­vert replacement.

Some peo­ple in Henry County will be hit­ting the roads to clean up the county’s road­ways as part of the annual Henry County Lit­ter Roundup event, spon­sored by the Henry County Solid Waste Dis­trict. Each year, about 300 indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies and orga­ni­za­tions vol­un­teer to clean more than 800 miles of …

Karen L Roose, 57, died Saturday April 6, 2013 at Hickory Creek at Hicksville. Karen was born July 8, 1955 in Montpelier, Ohio the daughter of the late Robert and Kathryn (Zuver) Roose. She graduated from Hilltop High School in 1973. Karen began her working career as a cook at …