The Bryan Board of Public Affairs approves spending more on tree replacement efforts, following an aggressive line clearing and tree removal project this year. Bryan Municipal Utilities has donated money for the city Parks and Recreation Department’s tree replacement program for more than 25 years. The parks department requested $4,000.

A panel of state senators is hitting the road, to gather input on how the broad reach of Facebook and Google impacts average Ohioans. It comes as scrutiny of big tech companies deepens and widens across the federal government and abroad.

Edwin L. “Eddie” Wehrle, age 63, of rural Edon, Ohio, passed away late Tuesday afternoon, September 17, 2019, following an accident at his home. Mr. Wehrle was a 1975 graduate of Edon High School and was a self-employed trucker, working many years for Edon Co-op. He was a member of …

Abraham E. Miller, age 69, of Edon, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at his home following a brief illness. Mr. Miller was a farmer who raised goats and cattle. Abraham was born on October 22, 1949 in Holmes County, Ohio, the son of Eli and Lydiann (Hershberger) Miller. …

Edward J. Froelich, Jr., 83 years, of Defiance passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in his home with his family by his side. Ed was born January 14, 1936, the son of the late Edward J. and Agnes T. (Berryman) Froelich, Sr. He was a 1954 graduate of Defiance High …

Thomas R. Niswander, age 68, of Metamora, Ohio passed away September 15, 2019 in the Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio.  Thomas was born December 02, 1950 in Bluffton, Ohio to the late Lysle E. and Leona E. (Schroer) Niswander.  He was an IT System Analyst for Toledo Hospital for many years. …

A Montpelier man is sentenced to12 years in prison in a Williams County courtroom. Harold Carlson pled guilty to rape charges and was given credit for 297 days served in jail while his case was pending. The incidents happened between 2010 and 2018.

Three people are recovering from injuries after a crash in DeKalb County, on County Road 68. When a van enters the intersection at County Road 427…it hits a car, heading north on 427. The collision launches the car into a bean field in the northwest corner of the intersection. The …

The authorities want the man who robbed the State Bank on E. Morenci St. in Lyons. Investigators say a white male enters the branch, produces a note, demanding money from the teller…and then takes an undisclosed amount of cash…leaving the scene in a burgundy Chevrolet pickup truck. No injuries were …

The Williams County Board of Elections tosses out a voter registration challenge against Pioneer resident, Jim Fee, filed by Pioneer Mayor, Ed Kidston…who claimed Fee lives outside Pioneer in Bridgewater Township at a single-family residence on County Road R.