Friedhelm Woelke, age 81, of Novi Michigan, passed away at 6:41 P.M. on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at Glenn Park of Defiance where he was a resident. Mr. Woelke had immigrated to the United States from Germany where he was born and raised and for many years worked as was …

Doris Maureen Gibson, 95, of Montpelier, Ohio and formerly of Foristell, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. She was born on April 9, 1923 in Pevely, Missouri to Charles J. and Ollie M. (Adams) Lammert. Doris …

Congressman, Bob Latta announces one Williams County community could be getting significant funding from the federal government to be put towards a long awaited project. Kunkle is selected to receive $1,025,000 in Ohio Environmental Infrastructure Program funds to build a sanitary sewer system. In 2017, wastewater issues in Kunkle and …

An Indiana legislative staffer becomes the third woman, and the first Republican, to publicly accuse state Attorney General, Curtis Hill of groping her at a March party. Hill, who was elected to a four-year term in 2016, has repeatedly denied the allegations and has refused calls for him to resign. …

President, Trump nominates a northern Indiana agribusinessman to be the nation’s next ambassador of agriculture to the United Nations. If the U.S. Senate confirms Kip Tom for the post, he would be based in Rome, Italy and oversee three U.N. agencies based there. Tom is chief executive officer of Tom …

The State Board of Education approves policy guidance for new graduation guidelines mandating that Indiana high school students do more to graduate and are ready for college, the workplace or enlisting in the military. It passed on a 10-0 vote. Beginning in 2023, students will have to complete additional coursework, …

Marshall C. Leslie, age 93, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in his home. Mr. Leslie was a 1942 graduate of Bryan High School, was a lifelong farmer and for twenty-five years was manager of the Federal Land Bank Association of Bryan. Marshall came to know …

Donna Luebker, age 94, of Wauseon, was welcomed into the loving arms of her Savior Jesus Christ on July 10, 2018. She was born in Wauseon, Ohio on August 5, 1923, to Ralph and Mabel (Mohler) Biddle. At the start of the depression they moved to the family farm outside …

A Ney man pleads guilty to drugs and stolen guns charges. James Thomas was in a Williams County courtroom. Prosecutors say on Feb. 2, he possessed methamphetamine and a stolen police service revolver when he was arrested. They added he had several other handguns on him at the time. His …

A Bryan man, arrested back in January for his seventh DUI gets 14 months in jail. Gabriel Nichols was sentenced in Williams County. Nichols was clocked at 128 miles per hour before he was pulled over on Ohio 15, between Holiday City and Bryan, last winter. Nichols was also ordered …