A grass fire on County Road 18.75, south of U.S. 6 threatens farms in the area for a time. Crews from Bryan and Stryker took on the flames. The fire was reported when cinders from a burn pit landed on corn stubble. No structures were damaged and no injuries were …

Two men, accused of having more than 40,000 grams of marijuana in Williams County last September, are heading to jail. Danny Brewer gets two years…LaDonna Deloney…18 months behind bars. Both Brewer and Deloney are from Beachwood. 40 thousand grams of high-quality marijuana is worth around $400,000 on the street.

A police officer is hurt in a crash on State Road 8 in Auburn, near I-69. DeKalb County investigators say a cargo van, driven by King Oberlin of Angola, was eastbound on 8, waiting to turn onto northbound 69. At the same time, a westbound Auburn police officer entered the …

A Fulton County jury of four men and eight women begin deliberations in the James Worley murder trial. It’s now in its third week, as closing arguments by the prosecution came to a close. They told the jury Worley lay in wait for Sierah Joughin in a cornfield, hitting her …

Ruthanna M. Holthues, age 80, of Edon, Ohio, died at 1:40 P.M. on Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio after a brief illness. A graduate of Stryker High School where she was on the National Honor Society, Mrs. Holthues had been a resident …

Donna M. Nafziger, age 87, of Archbold, passed away at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice on Saturday evening, March 24, 2018. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold.

Mary Elaine Knight age 81, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 10:30 P.M. on Thursday, March 22, 2018, in her home surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. Mrs. Knight was a graduate of Montpelier High School and received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from IPFW in Fort Wayne, Indiana. …

Mrs. Loyce Marie Dean age 84 of Montpelier, OH passed away Wednesday March 21, 2018 at Home after a sudden illness. She was a native of Lauderdale Co, AL. Retired Store Merchant and of the Church of Christ Faith. She is survived by two sons, Bobby (Nancy) Dean and Ronnie …

Lisa Gayle (McKarns) Weisz, 61, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed in her home surrounded by her family Thursday, March 22, 2018 following her battle with cancer. She was born January 10, 1957 in Montpelier, the daughter of Harold D. and Wanda L. (Faber) McKarns. Lisa was a life-long member of the …

Adella Garcia, age 76, of Stryker, passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to her retirement, Adella had worked at the Archbold Ladder Company, been a school cook, and a bus driver. Adella was born in Brady, Texas on April 28, 1941, …