Williams County utility officials, workers and first responders are setting up a massive test scenario, to be ready if a chemical related emergency arises. Bryan Municipal Utilities will host an emergency preparedness drill, involving the simulated release of an industrial chemical at the Bryan Water Treatment Plant on Tuesday. Utility …

The Ohio, Michigan, Indiana Council of Governments meet in Williams County, in its first public meeting as a body since forming earlier this year. The council is the result of local efforts to band together governmental bodies from the nine counties in three states that draw water from the aquifer. …

A Canadian steel distributor buys land in Fulton County. Nova Tube and Steel LLC paid $767,900 for property on County Road H, in rural Delta, near a short line railroad. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, the steel processor has nine locations in Canada, the United States, and Mexico…and services the automotive, …

M. Edythe Webster, age 81, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 9:10 A.M. on Friday, October 25, 2019, at Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Angola, Indiana, where she was a resident. Mrs. Webster was a graduate of Edgerton High School and worked at Dolly’s Restaurant, where she met …

In case a chemical-based emergency arises, Williams County utility officials, workers and first responders are setting up a massive test scenario to ensure they are ready if something like that happens. Bryan Municipal Utilities will host an emergency preparedness drill involving the simulated release of an industrial chemical at the …

CCNO’s governing board OK’s a 2020 operating budget that is a little higher than this year’s. It includes some good news for Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas and Williams counties…next year’s per diem amount charged to them for housing inmates at the facility will be $71.75, a 93-cent decrease from the …

Two Michigan residents are brought in on drug charges following a lengthy investigation. Tyler Abston and Vicki Witmer are accused of trafficking in heroin and methamphetamine. Area officers seized more than 20 ounces of meth and over four ounces of a heroin, mixed with fentanyl. Bond was set for both …

A Michigan man, picked up on a warrant in Texas, is facing a list felony counts in Defiance County. Adrian Reyes was indicted on 12 counts of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor and more. Reyes is held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, pending an arraignment in Defiance …

Robert Alan Hoffman, 64 years, of Lakeland, Florida, died Saturday, September 28, 2019. Robert was born November 17, 1954, in Bryan, Ohio, the eldest son of Robert C. and Evelyn M. (Warner) Hoffman.  He was a 1973 graduate of Bryan High School.  He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from …

Joe J. Roth, age 85, of Wauseon, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2019, at Indian Meadows in Wauseon, after a courageous battle with cancer. He had retired from the Ohio Gas Company after 44 years of service. Joe was born in Van Wert, Ohio, on September 17, 1934, the son …