Michael Conti, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Michael retired from ARO/Ingersoll Rand with 33 years of service. He was a Mechanical Engineer and Engineering Manager. He received a Bachelor Degree …

Irene Elizabeth Frank, age 101, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away at 11:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at Hickory Creek Nursing Center in Hicksville. Mrs. Frank was a devoted homemaker and farm wife who enjoyed cooking, baking and gardening. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in …

Bryan police arrests a Defiance man on a warrant. After the bust…officers add a few more charges of their own. Officials say James Hasch, of Defiance, faces a community control sanction violation…along with criminal damaging and resisting arrest. At first, it’s a call to pick Hasch up at his residence…for …

Officials tell reporters a mechanical malfunction led to a fire that destroyed a tractor in a field along County Road E, between County roads 17 and 18. The tractor was fully involved in flames when crews got to the scene. A tanker truck and more resources are then called in …

In Angola…a Steuben County Sheriff’s Deputy rear-ends a school bus on 200 North, west of SR 827, at the railroad tracks. There, a Steuben County school bus was stopped eastbound, at the railroad tracks, when the police truck hit it. No children were on the bus at the time of …

A small house, just north of Five Span, is damaged in a blaze on Ohio 111, across from the Auglaize Golf Course. One person in the home was taken to the hospital. No word on the victim’s condition. Oakwood and Defiance fire departments helped out in the firefighting operation. Crews …

In Oakwood…a months-long investigation ends with the seizure of large marijuana plants and the arrest of Gary Owens at an E. Harmon St. address. A search warrant was executed…26 plants…a substantial amount of cash and more are found in the search of the place. The residence is next to Oakwood …

Williams County hits the state’s threshold for high incidence rates of coronavirus. Health officials say that is defined as a rate of 100 cases or more per 100,000 people. Jim Watkins, County health commissioner, says the county is listed at 106.29 per 100,000, now.

A Swanton nursing home records a startling spike in the number of COVID-19 cases among residents and staff members during the past week. The Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center on Munson Road, has confirmed 48 new cases among residents, 26 alone within the recent week. Thirteen staff members contracted …

James E. Coleman, age 82, of Edon, Ohio, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2020, of natural causes, doing what he loved to do, cutting wood in his woods. Jim was a graduate of Perrysburg High School, a longtime hog farmer and member of the Williams County Pork Producers. He …