Applications for the Bryan Area Foundation 2017-18 Grants Program are now available to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in the Bryan area. The organization has nearly $300,000 available for community grants. The grants program draws from over 100 community funds managed by the foundation to support local charitable programs. BAF prefers projects …

A Henry County man was arrested on a rape charge following an alleged report on Thursday in Napoleon. 36 year old Anthony Jones of Napoleon, was charged with rape of a minor under age 13. The Napoleon Police Department received the complaint at 4:39 p.m. Thursday of an alleged incident …

The 12th annual Lilac Festival will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 13 in downtown Defiance. To symbolize the designated city flower, free lilac seedlings will be prepared by the Defiance County Master Gardeners and distributed while supplies last. In addition, there will be 50 lilac bushes available for …

A settlement has been reached in a Defiance County land acquisition controversy near the county airport. Defiance County’s airport board had filed an eminent domain court action last summer to appropriate property for the facility’s runway safety zone. Attorney Bruce McGary of Mason, representing the Defiance County Regional Airport Authority, …

Ohio farmers are paying much higher real estate taxes even as the prices for the agricultural commodities they produce are far below those of recent years. But many farmers are banking that the state will address the issue in the next two-year budget that passed the House and is now …

Rosalie F. Kahle, age 89, of Swanton passed away early Sunday May 7, 2017 at Otterbien of Monclova. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier-Weigel Funeral Home in Delta.

Mildred Anna Lambert, affectionately known as Millie, age 84, of Delta, Ohio, passed away early Saturday morning, May 6, 2017 at the Fulton Manor in Wauseon. She was born May 14, 1932 in Monclova, Ohio to the late John and Inez (Shufelt) Suleski. Millie graduated from Monclova High School and …

Garold L. “Buck” Sager, age 82, of Wauseon passed away Friday May 5, 2017 in his home following a lengthy illness. Prior to his retirement he had worked for Wauseon Parks and Recreation for several years. Prior to that he had also worked for Electra, German Village and the McCord …

Donald Dean Burkholder, age 82, of Archbold, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017, in his home. Prior to his retirement in 1996, he had worked at ITT Higbie in Archbold, for 32 years. Donald was born in Fulton County on January 28, 1935, the son of Adam and Beulah (Hooley) …

An auto parts maker in Ohio is being fined nearly $600,000 after a worker in Oregon lost his right hand and part of his arm in an industrial accident. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the accident should have been prevented and cited the plant in suburban Toledo …