Nicole R. Forbes, age 32, of St. Joe, Indiana, passed away early Thursday morning, February 16, 2017 at St. Joe Hospital in Fort Wayne. Niki was a 2003 graduate of Garrett High School, where she played softball and volleyball and was a manager of the basketball team. She had worked …

Thelma A. Wilson, 98, of Alvordton passed away early Thursday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. She was born on October 6, 1918 in Napoleon Township to George G. and Martha (Gabers) Weirauch. In 1987 Thelma retired from Fayette Tubular after 22 years. Thelma loved sewing, traveling and …

Sharon Kay Brown, 70, of Montpelier passed away early Thursday morning at her home. She was born on October 17, 1946 in Logan, Ohio to Kermit D. and Dorothy L. (Covert) Hillard. Sharon attended Montpelier High School. She loved her dogs and spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived …

Wanted non-compliant registered sex offender Steven John Gollnick has been located and apprehended in Branch County, Michigan. He was taken into custody by the Branch County Sheriff’s Office without incident. Gollnick was located at a residence in the 700 block of Hammond Rd in rural Branch County. The Branch County …

Area police apprehended a man wanted on a Georgia warrant Tuesday in Henry County, following an encounter that began Monday in Williams County. West Unity Police Chief Keith Jones Jr. said that Monday at about 10:44 p.m., Blake Prather, 24, of West Unity, was on foot on North Main Street …

44 year old Daniel Zerbe of Indiana, was arraigned on a murder charge with a firearm specification in Paulding County Common Pleas Court. He entered a not guilty plea to the charge and waived his right to a speedy trial. Zerbe is accused of killing Wilma Schwartz on or about …

Thelma H. Young, age 88, died Tuesday evening in Fairlawn Haven Nursing Center, Archbold, Ohio. Thelma was born July 29, 1928 in Stryker, Ohio to the late Glen L. and Mary K. (Walt) Mock. She married Bard Young on November 03, 1956 and he preceded her in death on May …

Gregory Allen Abate, 64 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at his home. Greg was born on December 14, 1952 in St. Joseph, Michigan, the third child of Carl and Phyllis (Potts) Abate. He spent his youth playing baseball and basketball. In the summer of 1964, Greg …

Leota M. Partee, age 90, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 5:10 A.M. on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier, where she was a resident. Mrs. Partee had been employed at Universal Tool in Butler, Indiana, for twenty years and then by Bohn Aluminum in Butler, …

The Williams County Board of Election on Monday approved adding an emergency levy renewal for the Stryker Local School District. The levy is a renewal of a previous emergency levy, and is not a new levy or an increase, according to board member Jeff Erb. The five-year, 4.6 mill levy …