Gladys M. Moog, 88 of Montpelier passed away Tuesday evening at Evergreen Health Center in Montpelier.  She was born on March 29, 1932 in Morenci, Michigan to Lloyd F. and Corretta (Turner) Wilcox.  At one time Gladys worked at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home, prior to that she worked at Rice’s …

Pauleen G. Biggs, of Defiance, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Defiance Hospice Center. Pauleen was born September 2, 1922, in McCutchenville, Ohio, to Elmer and Myrtle (Bare) Gibson. She married Robert Biggs on October 26, 1947. He preceded her in death in 1975. Pauleen graduated from Heidleberg …

Marilyn June Palmer French, 89, died April 11, 2020 at her home in Chandler, Arizona. She was born April 3, 1931 in Beadle county, South Dakota to Bertha Hurst Palmer and Otis Clyde Palmer. Marilyn lived and attended school both in Beadle County South Dakota and Renville County Minnesota. She …

Lifelong Bryan resident Art Spletzer died peacefully at the home he built and lived in for 69 years on Monday, April 13, 2020, surrounded by family.  Art was born January 20, 1922, in Bryan, Ohio, on Center Street, in a house that is still standing to the late Arthur and …

A Williams County sheriff’s lieutenant is on administrative leave, pending a criminal and internal investigation. Lt. Jeff Romes is a sheriff’s office employee who is also assigned as the county’s weight enforcement motor carrier officer through the Williams County Engineer’s Office, which pays part of his salary. Officials are mum …

With two weeks until votes are tabulated officially, the total ballots already cast in Williams County total over 41 hundred. Counting both in-person and mail-in voting in the initial run-up to the March 17 primary, and mail-in-only ballots…cast after the primary was rescheduled to April 28…more than 3,000 have been …

Three weeks into Ohio’s stay-at-home order, Gov., DeWine is facing increased pressure to restart some nonessential work around the state, especially in areas with few confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Republicans from rural Ohio, worried about an economic collapse, and owners of small businesses who fear losing their life investments…are …

The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a state panel’s decision that a proposal to change Ohio voting laws should be split into four separate ballot issues. Splitting them would have increased the effort, expense and time it would take to get the proposals before voters. In a virtually unanimous decision, the …

Marian Irene Taylor, 92, of West Unity, departed from this world on April 13, 2020 at Evergreen Healthcare Center in Montpelier. She entered this world on May 8, 1927 in Fresno, CA to Walter Marion and Maude (McCall) Lewis. Marian worked as an office clerk and driver for the Williams …

Clair Eugene Slattery, 83 years, of Hicksville, passed away on Good Friday, April 10, 2020, in his residence with his family at his side.  Clair was born August 11, 1936, in Mark Township, Defiance County, Ohio, the son of the late John Edward and Bernadine (Kennedy) Slattery.  He was a …