Edon High School junior, Taylor Brown is named the Williams County Fair Queen. Brown, an 11-year 4-H club member, was crowned by the 2016 fair queen. The pageant included writing an essay, an interview with the judges and then the final question Saturday afternoon. Brown wants to go to Ohio …

The new Bryan Elementary School, formerly the Bryan Middle School, is now ready for classes to begin Tuesday, after more than a year of construction. School, city and state officials, along with area residents, gathered in the newly renovated gym Sunday afternoon for its dedication. Paolo DeMaria, state superintendent of …

Voters can meet and ask questions of candidates for elected office in Bryan at three Meet the Candidate forums in October. They are facing off in the Tuesday, Nov. 7 general election. The forums will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on three consecutive days…Oct. 10-12…in three different …

A Defiance man is sentenced to a decade in prison on charges involving a female juvenile. Matthew Miller was given the 10-year term by Judge, Joseph Schmenk, on a charge of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor. He is now classified as a tier 3 sexual offender. Miller will be …

A team of Bryan Municipal Utilities lineworkers, with a Montpelier village worker, are heading to Florida to help with Irma relief efforts. BMU joined with six other local utilities to send 21 lineworkers to Tallahassee, where the will work a 10-day assignment, 16 hours a day. BMU will post updates …

Forrest Lavon Suffel, age 99, of Port St. Lucie, Florida and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017, at Life Care Center in Port St. Lucie. Forrest was a field supervisor at Chicago Bridge & Iron when he retired in 1978 after 35 years of service. …

Ida Mae Geiger, age 87, of Wauseon, passed away September 6, 2017 in Defiance Area Hospice In-Patient Care Center. Prior to retirement she taught nursing at Medical College of Ohio and Buckeye School of Nursing, as well as practiced nursing at Fulton County Hospital. She was a graduate of The …

County commissioners pass a resolution subtracting $5,000 from an increase already approved for this year’s Sheriff’s budget. In a 2-1 split vote last month, they agreed to increase the sheriff’s budget by $160,000 to hire and pay the salaries of two new road deputies, cover the cost of pay raises …

Bridge maintenance is planned for I-69 beginning next week over County Road 200 West in Steuben County. From 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., drivers are cautioned to watch for shoulder work and lane restrictions, as well as stopped traffic and flaggers in the construction zone.

Larry Norton, the man in the middle of one of the largest drug distribution rings in Northern Indiana, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Norton was convicted in federal court in May on heroin and cocaine charges. He and four others intended to deal over a kilo …