Defiance Education officials are terminating the services of an Ohio architect. They opted to end its agreement with Garman Miller Architects of Minster, for the Arabella street campus project and its buildings. Concerns with Garman Miller’s method of billing was brought forward. Officials also cited substandard performance and a lack …

A contract with the Christmas Cruise Thru and a possible date change for the Defiance County Fair were on the agenda during the Defiance County Agricultural Society meeting. The committee brought back a proposed contract with the CCT to vote on by the whole board. The contract was for three …

Those injured in a deadly accident last summer at the Ohio State Fair have reached a settlement with the state. It was announced during an Ohio Expositions Commission meeting on Thursday. According to the motion, the settlement’s terms include no money coming out of the state treasury. The Fire Ball …

Dorothy L. Williams, age 94 of Wauseon and formerly of Dayton, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Heartland of Wauseon. She was a lifelong homemaker. Dorothy was born in Everett, Kentucky on August 8, 1923 to the late Henry Beaver and the late Delia K. (Darling) Beaver. In 1940, …

James “Jim” H. Tyson, age 79, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee, Ohio. He was born in Toledo, Ohio to the late Orrin Tyson, Sr. and Pauline (Terrill) Tyson. Jim married Betty M. Dulaney on February 3, 1968 at North Dover Church …

Brittany Lynn Mull, age 23, of Wauseon, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Napoleon. Brittany was born in Toledo, Ohio on February 13, 1994, the daughter of Troy Antoszewski and April Mull. Surviving are her father, Troy of Wauseon; mother and step-father April (Ron) Shoemaker of Wauseon; …

Frederic W. Strobel II, age, 81 a native of Montpelier, Ohio and resident of Lake Diane near Camden, Michigan, passed away February 15, 2018. Born in Montpelier on June 12, 1936, to Frederic Strobel and Ileen (McDowell) Strobel, Fred was married to Carolyn J. Shannon on October 8, 1955. He …

The Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force make an arrest at an E. High St. address in Hicksville. Logan Moss is charged with first-degree felony drug possession and taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. Officers searched the residence and found five ounces of methamphetamine and multiple firearms.

A Montpelier man, accused of abusing a 17-month-old girl, is scheduled to stand trial in May. Alan Laney appeared in a Williams County courtroom for a pretrial conference. He pled not guilty after he was indicted in September 2017 on a list of felonies, including assault and child endangerment. Laney …

The Bryan Board of Public Affairs picks its fifth board member. After much deliberation, the board offered the seat to Bob Eyre. He is the vice president of gas supply and industrial supply at the Ohio Gas Company, where he has worked since 1994. Eyre was selected from among eight …