Garrey L. Siler, 83, of Montpelier passed away Thursday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. He was born on October 9, 1931 in Lansing, Michigan to Marcel Margaret Siler. On August 30, 1962 he married Dorothy Jane Ott in Montpelier and she preceded him in death on March …

Action was taken Wednesday afternoon by Defiance City Board of Education concerning another phase of the construction project. In addition, there was discussion about solar energy options at the site. The board approved the guaranteed maximum price of 1.8 million dollars for technology and communications for the grades 6-12 building …

County Auditors from around the state who were looking for illegal credit card machine skimmers over the Labor Day holiday say the effort was a success. Auditors from around Ohio checked out 1400 gas stations….a total of 12,000 gas pumps….throughout the Labor Day weekend, looking for illegal devices attached to …

The Williams Soil and Water Conservation District will be hosting a Pollinator Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. in the Williams SWCD meeting room at 1120 W. High St. in Bryan. Topics that will be discussed include grassland habitat, pollinators, planting guidelines, helpful native wildflowers and how these …

Lowell “Beanie” Ayers, age 81, of rural Wauseon, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in his home. Lowell was a lifelong area farmer. Lowell was born in Wauseon on August 23, 1935, the son of William “David” and Mildred (Drennen) Ayers. On March 2, 1963 he married Nancy Sebring Stinson, …

Michael C. Muchnok, 90 years, of Sherwood, Ohio, and formerly of Spring Hill, Florida and Cambria, Michigan, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio. Michael was born November 1, 1925 in Hostetter, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Charles and Anna (Bukovac) …

Ronald “Ron” J. Brown, 89, of Montpelier passed away Tuesday morning at the University of Toledo Medical Center. He was born on October 6, 1926 in Montpelier to Maynard J. and Edith D. (Brannan) Brown. Ron graduated from Montpelier High School in 1944 and was on the football, basketball and …

Williams County Commissioners unanimously approved three annexations from Pulaski Township into the city of Bryan during an annexation hearing Monday. The annexations, totaling 3.62 acres, were presented together by local attorney Ryan Thompson. There were no public comments or objections made to the annexation request. Two of the parcels are …

A Mason City mom accused of making her children sleep in a feces-covered room faces criminal charges. 25 year old Alexis Rae Martinez was arrested Monday morning on three counts of felony neglect of a dependent person. According to Mason City Police Investigator Seth McChesney, three criminal complaints that covered …

Five local companies submitted bids to Williams County commissioners for the Durham Estates sanitary sewer improvements project. The work includes removing the old treatment plant northwest of Belfast Lane abutting the Orchard Hills Golf Course and running lines from there along Country Club Drive to tie into an existing main …