Trine University gets a $1 million pledge towards the expansion of its engineering facilities. It comes from an engineering alumnus and his wife, who asked to remain anonymous. So far, the university has now raised $4.5 million toward the estimated $10 million total cost of the project. The planned 39,800-square-foot …

Soon-to-retire Montpelier Fire Chief, Dail Fritsch is honored by state officials for decades of service, during the Village Council meeting. State Rep. Jim Hoops and State Sen. Rob McColley were in attendance…with an official resolution signed by the speaker of the house. His eventual retirement will round out a career …

Thomas Willard Brinegar, age 84, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Fulton Manor Nursing & Rehab in Wauseon, Ohio. Mr. Brinegar was a service technician with Ohio Gas Company, retiring with over forty years of service. Thomas was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving …

Walter R. “Butch” Coy, Sr., age 76, of Stryker, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020, at SKLD in Bryan. Prior to his retirement he had been a lifelong area farmer. Butch was born in Bryan, Ohio, on August 11, 1943, the son of John and Pauline (Impton) Coy. On April …

A Montpelier man is badly hurt in a crash north of Montpelier, along Ohio 20 and Ohio 576 in Bridgewater Township. Nicholas Fee was driving north on 576 while a semi, driven by Emery Scharbarth was going east on 20. Officials say Fee failed to stop for the stop sign …

Thomas Smith, of Toledo, accused of stabbing and killing a Montpelier woman, is indicted on for murder and more. Investigators say Smith attacked Danialle Swan…stabbing her several times in the chest and abdomen. This all happened at a Toledo gas station. We have now learned Smith had been held on …

The Ohio Attorney General certifies four separate ballot issues, aimed at updating the state’s voting laws, even as a lawsuit over dividing that update four ways continues. The issues were previously certified as a single issue by Attorney General, David Yost. Then, last week, the state Ballot Board severed the …

James A. Deck, age 91, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 2:13 A.M. on Friday, March 6, 2020, at Bethlehem Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient.  Mr. Deck was a veteran of the United States Army and served in the Korean Conflict.  …

A 14 year old boy is dead and two other teenagers are hurt after a crash on County Road 59, near Butler in DeKalb County. Investigators say the vehicle was northbound on 59 when it started to run off the road. The driver over corrects and loses control, running off …

Eugene Robert Wayne Smith, age 80, of Wauseon, Ohio, peacefully passed on into his eternal home on March 6, 2020 after fighting with all he had to recover from a stroke that occurred a month and a half prior. He was born on April 15, 1939 to Paul and Wauneta (Wyse) …