A free Jazz festival is being held next month in Defiance. The fourth annual event will feature four musical acts on June 18th in downtown Defiance.

Margaret H. Wieland, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:20 A.M. on Friday, May 20, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. Margaret was a homemaker. She had worked at Ohio Art prior to starting her family and at Airmate in Bryan after her children were grown. …

Here in Ohio, lawmakers are considering a measure that would create what they’re calling an Ohio Wind Corridor encompassing much of the northwestern part of the Buckeye State that could make investing in wind energy a good investment with a reasonable return. The regulations now make new large-scale wind farms …

The Bard Centennial Fountain was vandalized again over the weekend. Vandals carved words into three of the sandstone panels. A volunteer said he believed they used rocks from the landscaping to carve the message then threw them into the fountain. The vandalization is frustrating for residents, who wonder why. Last …

A new health series begins tomorrow called MD & Me: Walk-n-Learn with a doctor from Parkview Physicians Group. The first of five monthly opportunities to listen to a physician presentation on a health-related topic and then join the physician on a walk at Garver Park, located behind Bryan High School …

A member of U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s staff will be in Bryan on Thursday, taking residents thoughts and concerns back to the Senator. The open time is from 10-11 a.m. Thursday in the Bell Room on the second floor of the Williams County Public Library’s main branch, 107 E. High …

Two area residents were indicted this week by a Defiance County grand jury. 22-year-old Daymon Walker of Hicksville was indicted on one count of theft of drugs and one count of possession of drugs. Authorities say that Walker overdosed on April 15th and was found to have Xanax on him …

A new electric substation is in the works in Holiday City. The Village council approved multiple purchase orders for construction and financing of the new electric substation. Construction should begin in early June with site preparation, and will be completed by early November, with a testing phase to follow. The …

Thelma Marie (Heer) Bartley, age 78, left this earth and went to her home in heaven on Wednesday May 18, 2016. Thelma was a longtime resident of Stryker. She was employed by the Metal Forge Co. in Stryker until its closing in 1999. She then worked for the Sauder Heritage …

Bernadine T. “Bernie” Waldvogel, age 80, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Twin Rivers Center in Defiance. She had worked at Campbells’s Soup in Napoleon, the former Beatrice Foods in Archbold, Four County Career Center, and she retired from Northwest State Community College. Bernie was born …