The City of Bryan is again taking residents’ recyclable trash to the recycling center on Buffalo Road. We reported in late March, the city announced recycling operations were being suspended…coronavirus. During the program’s hiatus, city workers continued to collect trash from the red bins provided to residents. However, that was …

Two area men are hoping to increase the production of medical personal protection equipment and will be using a long-vacant Napoleon building in the effort. The Axis LED Group of Defiance will be moving into the former Walmart on Oakwood Avenue, empty for the last 18 years. Officials hope to …

DeKalb County deputies are investigating a crash on County Road 14. A man and child are hurt in the wreck. Officials say Nicholas Martz was eastbound on 14…then, his Jeep leaves the roadway…up a ditch bank, hitting a tree. The SUV flips, upside down. The eight year old boy inside …

You saw this coming. Question…Just how reliable is COVID-19 testing? After Governor DeWine’s positive, then negative, tests results for the illness last week…we reported on that…the issue has now become fuel for the thousands of skeptics out there…who think of government pandemic mandates as no more than over-aggressive policies. All …

Rex E. Manges, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:49 A.M. on Sunday, August 9, 2020, in his home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness.  Mr. Manges was a 1955 graduate of Edon High School and was a lifelong farmer and mechanic, who worked at several automotive …

Wilma J. Krouse, 95 years, of Hicksville passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville. Wilma was born April 25, 1925, the daughter of the late Charles and Debbie (Mounsey) McCleery. She was a 1943 graduate of Jackson Center High School and continued her education at Methodist …

Fredrick L. Phillips, age 69, passed away August 8, 2020 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold. Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Suzanne M. Casey (née Stuckey) passed away peacefully Friday morning, August 7 in Benton, Illinois. Sue was born near Archbold, Ohio on April 1, 1936 to Marlin K. Stuckey and Consolo G. Stuckey (née Allison). Sue was a very faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Benton. She enjoyed …

Madonna Anna Brenner, age 95, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away August 7, 2020, at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a chiropractic assistant at the Williams Clinic. Madonna was born on March 8, 1925 in Defiance County, born to the late Edward and …

Daphne Lyric Hannaford, 9, of Edon, passed away peacefully at her home on August 6, 2020. She was born on July 27, 2011 in Bryan to Eric J. Hannaford and Cherish L. Brown. Daphne attended Edon Elementary School and was a proud Bomber on the 8U softball team that won …