Two house fires and a pick up truck crash kept first responders busy yesterday. One fire in the 300 block of S. Cherry St. brought Bryan Fire department out just after 1 PM. Moments later another fire in the 1000 block of Buffalo Road on the west side of town …

Richard E. “Shorty” Fritch, age 87, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:13 A.M on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was patient. Mr. Fritch was a 1947 graduate of Edgerton where he was class president. He had been employed by Day and Day …

Jackie Sue Day, 63, of Pioneer passed away Friday evening at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born on January 29, 1953 in Montpelier to Wendell Ray and Emma Mae (Mead) Berkebile. On March 5, 1971 she married Lawrence “Corky” O. Day and he survives. Jackie attended Hilltop High …

Shirley A. Crampton, 87, of Bryan passed away Friday afternoon. She was born on February 21, 1928 at home on the family farm in Stryker, Ohio, to Cletus I. and Elizabeth A. (Wyse) Aschliman. Shirley graduated from Stryker High School in 1946. On November 22, 1950 she married Richard L. …

Hannah E. “Hannah Banana” Fischer, 21, of Montpelier passed away on Tuesday, February 9th in Paulding, Ohio. She was born on November 13, 1994 in Fremont, Ohio to Shannon C. Fischer and Lori Ann Wheeler. Hannah graduated from Montpelier High School in 2013. She attended Northwest State Community College. Hannah …

Velma L. Moor, 91, of Montpelier passed away Friday morning at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. She was born on January 20, 1925 in Defiance to Vernon R. and Della V. (Bishop) Mahan. On December 25, 1945 she married Albert Moor and he preceded her in death in October …

Mary Anne Neilands, 79, of Montpelier passed away early Thursday morning at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton. She was born on February 14, 1936 in Montpelier to James R. and Laura M. (Barrett) Neilands. Mary graduated from Montpelier High School in 1954, she then attended Bowling Green State University …

Marilyn “Joanne” Adair, age 89, of Paulding, Ohio, and formerly of Sherwood, Ohio, died at 9:26 A.M. on Friday, February 12, 2016, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Adair was a homemaker. Marilyn was born on January 14, 1927, in Jackson, Michigan. She married Vaughn …

After a month in their new location, the new Napoleon Elementary School is running smoothly, according to Superintendent Dr. Stephen Fogo. He said they studied other elementary school consolidations and planned everything they could to eliminate potential problems. Fogo said from the new technology and layout of the school, there’s …

The man tapped to replace Michael Chandler as sheriff is Tim Meyer. The 59-year-old sheriff’s deputy was chosen by the Putnam County Republican Central Committee to fill the unexpired term of Chandler who died unexpectedly last month following surgery. Meyer will serve until January first of next year. Two Republicans …