For cus­tomers in the Pauld­ing Put­nam Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, there will be no gen­eral rate increase for next year. The man­age­ment team said all of the oper­at­ing expenses are actu­ally pro­jected to be slightly less than at the end of the year oper­at­ing expenses for this year. After care­fully review­ing the …

Defi­ance City employ­ees who are not in a union will be get­ting pay increases next year. The City Coun­cil approved the leg­is­la­tion at their last meet­ing this week. The 2.75% pay increases go to the cities non-union employ­ees. That’s the same as those given to the employ­ees of Defiance’s three …

Defiance’s 2016 bud­get is now in the books. The coun­cil approved it on Tues­day dur­ing its last meet­ing of this year. Next years bud­get is a lit­tle over $52 mil­lion. Next years bud­get pro­poses adding new employ­ees includ­ing an addi­tional engi­neer­ing technician.

The Mont­pe­lier Senior Cen­ter just received a $35,000 dona­tion from the estate of Jim Treer. He was a well-liked vis­i­tor to the cen­ter and a retired employee of Hutch’s Tow­ing and Recov­ery. He passed away on Octo­ber 29 at the age of 72. The dona­tion will go to the main­te­nance …

Bryan City Schools Board of Edu­ca­tion Pres­i­dent Glenn New­comer gave an update on the progress of the build­ing for grades six through 12. He said there’s a lot of con­struc­tion going on. He said work­ers are fin­ish­ing the out­side work and will pre­pare to move the focus inside the build­ing …

The Red Cross of Henry County is hold­ing a blood drive next Tues­day. It will be at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Napoleon from noon until 6 PM. There will be free T-shirts for donors, and walk-ins are wel­come. For your con­ve­nience you can make an appoint­ment by call­ing 800-RED …

Norma J. Kelb, age 90, of Maumee passed away late Monday December 21, 2015 at Swanton Valley Healthcare. Prior to her retirement she had been a lifelong Homemaker. Mrs. Kelb was born on July 31, 1925 in Camden, Indiana the daughter of the late Claude and the late Eva (Wise) …

Sam H. Dixon, age 87, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 22, 2015, in his home. Sam was an inspector at Aro Corporation for 27 years prior to his retirement. He had also worked at Electrolite, GM and Johns-Mansville. After he retired , he worked part time …

Betty Ann Champion, age 61, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away early on Monday, December 21, 2015, in her home. Mrs. Champion attended Bryan High School and had worked as a home health aide as well as an aide in the kitchen at DeKalb Memorial Hospital. A former member of Bryan …

An Edger­ton teacher is being inves­ti­gated for an alleged sex­ual rela­tion­ship with a 15 year old stu­dent while work­ing for Mont­pe­lier Exempted Vil­lage Schools. Offi­cials are not nam­ing the teacher yet and it’s unclear if the teacher has been sus­pended pend­ing the out­come of the inves­ti­ga­tion, or has been fired. …