A local insur­ance company’s pro­posal to take over the Williams County’s unem­ploy­ment insur­ance admin­is­tra­tive duties was declined at the Com­mis­sion­ers meet­ing last night. The com­mis­sion­ers said they felt the pro­posal to han­dle back office admin­is­tra­tive duties and help save the county money would dupli­cate what the county already does.

From the court files, in Napoleon, 58 year old Vickie Baker of Bel­more was fined $500 for OVI and got 30 days in jail sus­pended. Her license sus­pended for six months. One traf­fic charge for going left of cen­ter was dismissed.

They’ve set the date for steer tag­ging in Defi­ance County for Jan­u­ary 9th at the fair­grounds. If a steer doesn’t have an EID tag in its ear, the owner must take the ani­mal to the fair­grounds for tag­ging. The event is Jan­u­ary 9th, 10 am to noon. Con­tact the Exten­sion …

Time to make plans now for a blood drive for the Amer­i­can Red Cross. The date is Jan­u­ary 5th, at the Con­ti­nen­tal Amer­i­can Legion at 109 E. Fifth St. The blood drive will begin at noon and run through six p.m. You can make an appoint­ment by going to their …

Antwerp Police have been giv­ing out $50 gift cards since Black Fri­day. The Crescent-News reports that the depart­ment got the idea after see­ing a national news story about a com­mu­nity that did the same thing last year. Wal­mart was con­tacted and approved the cards. Offi­cers some­times give out the card …

Two men, one from Water­loo and one from Angola, were arrested after a home in Auburn was bro­ken into and robbed while the home own­ers were held at gunpoint. Indi­ana State Police say the break in hap­pened between 5:00am and 5:30am Sat­ur­day in the 800 block of Hazel Street. 21 …

A large drug round-up in Henry County sent 20 peo­ple to jail yesterday. Accord­ing to Henry County Sher­iff Michael Boden­ben­der, a six-month inves­ti­ga­tion led the the Multi-Area Nar­cotics Task Force to the sus­pects. Last week, the cases were pre­sented to a Henry County grand jury last week. Those arrested were …

Kenneth P. Pettit, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 peacefully surrounded by family who loved and cherished him. He was born May 14, 1935 and his wife, Nancy (Stark) Pettit, survives him. Kenneth requested no funeral and will be cremated. Graveside services will be held …

Justin E. Bowerman, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:00 A.M. on Friday, December 18, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he was a resident. Mr. Bowerman was an accountant for The Aro Corporation and Aro/Ingersol-Rand for 25 years. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean …

Laurbell M. Bowers, age 103, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:10 P.M. on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident. Mrs. Bowers was a lifelong resident of West Unity, Ohio ,and was a member of Clays Church in West Unity until it closed. She …