Crews from six area fire departments take on a blaze in Defiance County’s Highland Township on Mansfield Road. When they arrived at the scene the structure was fully involved. The Homeowners were not in the home at the time of the fire. A family pet escaped the blaze. The cause …

Two northwest Ohio residents are injured in a snowmobile accident in a field near County Road 18 in Freedom Township. Benjamin Zimmerman and his passenger, Guilia Lee were taken to the hospital. Lee was then taken by air to a Toledo hospital. Investigators told reporters the snowmobile was traveling across …

Vernon C. Merrifield, 78, of Bryan, passed away on Monday, February 5, 2018 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, IN. He was born on August 30, 1939 in Montpelier to Clair O. and Martha E. (Newcomber) Merrifield. In 1956 Vernon started working on the Wabash Railroad as an …

The deadline for project ideas is drawing near and those affiliated with Project 2020 are preparing for the next phase of the major local initiative. Project 2020 started eight years ago when a group of area residents came up with idea to build money over time in order to finance …

The subject of medical marijuana was brought up during this week’s meeting of the Hicksville Village Council. The Defiance County Drug-Free Coalition recently approached Mayor Diane Collins, asking for the village’s support in fighting the establishment of a medical marijuana facility in town. This sparked a lengthy conversation about the …

The repeal of part of the zoning ordnance dealing with open storage on properties was on the agenda at the Paulding Village Council meeting. Council had the first reading of an ordinance to roll back a section in the ordinance that prohibits open storage of boats, tractors, trucks, mobile homes, …

Jay Clark will serve life without parole for the 2017 shooting death of Jeremy Barron. Clark appeared for sentencing in a Michigan courtroom. Barron’s body was found near Camden. Clark has requested and has gotten permission to appeal the decision. A woman, charged with him in the case, faces her …

Carol Ann Deckrosh, 79 years, was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 4, 2018. She was born on June 21, 1938 in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of the late Paul Everett and Maxine Leffler. She graduated from Lima Central High School in 1956 and attended Wittenberg …

Keith L. Hull, age 68, of Wauseon, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018, at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to his retirement in 2000, he had owned and operated the former Lauber Vault Company in Wauseon since 1978. Keith was born in Napoleon on January 25, 1950, the …

A Williams County woman, with her two children in a car, careens off a bridge on Defiance-Williams County Line Road, east of Evansport. Elizabeth Fairchild of Bryan, and her passengers, ages 3 and 1, were taken to ProMedica Defiance Regional…then by air ambulance to Toledo Hospital. Fairchild is listed in …