David J. Dryfka, age 64, of Liberty Center, Ohio, passed away Sunday afternoon, October 22, 2017 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. He was born July 4, 1953 in Mosinee, Wisconsin to the late Helen (Zawislan) and Jerome D. Dryfka. He graduated from Mosinee High School and married Judith Grime. …

Jeffrey “Jeff” A. Nofziger, age 56, of rural Wauseon, Ohio passed away early Monday, October 23, 2017 in Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania, Ohio. He was born July 29, 1961 in Wauseon, Ohio to Robert F. and the late Clarice E. (Kollarick) Nofziger. He married Tami J. McCance on August 22, …

John F. “Ted” Danner, age 56 of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:45 A.M. on Saturday, October 21, 2017, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, in Bryan after an extended illness. Mr. Danner was a graduate of Defiance High School and had attended Defiance College. He was a creative individual known as “Tie …

Laura A. See, age 62, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton. Laura had been a professor at Western Michigan University. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education and Counseling Psychology from SUNY and the University of Rochester. Born on …

Ohio lawmakers, looking at creating a statewide database of violent offenders, now are considering making all of that information only available to law enforcement. A revised proposal calls for allowing the public to get a list of offenders only within their home county if they stop by their local sheriff’s …

A woman is indicted on involuntary manslaughter and child-endangering charges in the death of a 12-year-old boy who died from a fentanyl overdose during a sleepover at her Ohio apartment. The Franklin County prosecutor says the boy, Kanye Champelle, got the drug from atop a refrigerator and ingested it while …

Michigan’s jobless rate saw an increase in the month of September. The state Department of Technology, Management and Budget says unemployment in September rose by four-tenths of a percent from August to 4.3 percent. The number of unemployed increased in September by 19,000 while total employment was essentially flat.

Montpelier joins other Ohio towns to join a legal battle against the state, challenging the constitutionality of a change in the way income tax is collected. The coalition opposes a provision of Gov. Kasich’s two-year budget that would allow business owners to file net-profit income-tax returns with the Ohio Department …

A man is struck by an arrow in Fostoria. It happened on Walnut Street. Police found a 24-year-old man wounded through his lower extremities. The man was taken to Fostoria Community Hospital, then flown to a trauma center. A juvenile was practicing with a target behind his house when he …

Mary Lou Short, age 82, of Archbold, passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at Brookdale Bay Pines in St. Petersburg, Florida. Mary Lou was born in Stryker, Ohio on May 18, 1935, the daughter of Ralph and Ester (Lipp) Parker. She married Charles Short, and he preceded her in …