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 …

The courthouse renovations bill just went up by almost $15,000. Williams County Commissioners ok’d two more changes to the restoration plan. The first is to replace the entire decking in Level B of the clock tower and a quarter of Level C. That’s about $12,500. The second addition is to …

For those on public assistance, the Williams County Job and Family Services representative told the county council they are cracking down on fraud investigations and trafficking. Assistance is expensive in Ohio, last year $3.3 billion dollars were spent on food assistance, cash assistance and child care subsidies. The state is …

The Bryan Board of Education is calling a special meeting to meet in executive session to talk about a personnel matter. The notice we received says the meeting is Tuesday, May 24th at the Mose A. Issac Fiend House conference room at 7 a.m. The meeting is not open to …

A fiery crash injured one person and forced the eastbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike closed near Delta for about two hours yesterday. The crash involved a truck that caught on fire and was reported about 7:10 a.m. east of State Rt. 109. Traffic was back to normal by 9:30 …

A Fulton County grand jury returned indictments against eight individuals this week. From Archbold, Jon Ordway is facing one count of aggravated possession of drugs. On or about March 19, he allegedly possessed methamphetamine. In Liberty Center, 21-year old Jesse Brown is facing two counts of theft and one count …

In other news today, Cold Heading Company announced plans to double the size of its manufacturing facilities in Fremont, IN, creating up to 30 new jobs by 2019. The Warren, Michigan-based company broke ground last week on an expansion of its 22-acre campus at 900 Cassell Drive in Fremont. Cold …