Timothy J. “Tiny” Mielke, age 66, of Wauseon passed away unexpectedly Wednesday November 18, 2015. Prior to his retirement he had been a Security Supervisor for Sun Oil. Mr. Mielke was born in Toledo on October 23, 1949 the son of the late LeRoy and Florence (Wypyhoski) Mielke. On January …

Arlene May Onweller, age 89, of Wauseon passed away late Thursday November 19, 2015 at Fulton Manor. She was a lifelong area Homemaker and had also worked as a nurses aide prior to retirement. Mrs. Onweller was born on January 20, 1929 in Fulton County, Ohio the daughter of the …

It’s the time of year for tra­di­tions, and at Defi­ance Col­lege, the annual Thanks­giv­ing cel­e­bra­tion was held last week for over 400 stu­dents. Because most of the stu­dent body goes home for the hol­i­day, the col­lege fixes the meal for the entire stu­dent body the week before Thanks­giv­ing. This is …

Thanks­giv­ing week is here, and the hol­i­days are just around the cor­ner. Napoleon will have the Christ­mas parade tonight from 6–7 pm down­town. Thurs­day, the 18th annual Turkey Trot will be held begin­ning at 8:30 a.m. at Inde­pen­dence Dam State Park. It’s a four-mile run or fun walk. You can …

A woman miss­ing from Hicksville for sev­eral hours was even­tu­ally located more than 10 miles away in Har­lan, Indi­ana. The 66-year-old woman left home on foot. The Defi­ance County Sheriff’s Office said police depart­ment has not released any more information.

In news that affects your wal­let, the local econ­omy is improv­ing. The Ohio Treasurer’s Office reports that sales tax dis­tri­b­u­tions are up more than a half mil­lion dol­lars from March to August this year. July was the biggest sales month, March was the slow­est. Accord­ing to the Depart­ment of Labor, …

The E. coli out­break at Chipo­tle restau­rants has now hit Ohio. The CDC says new cases have been reported in Cal­i­for­nia, New York and Ohio. The affected Ohio loca­tion is report­edly in Akron. TheCDC is try­ing to deter­mine the spe­cific food that is linked to the ill­ness. So far, the …

New info this morn­ing about Bradly Gilbert. He’s charged with the mur­der of Jonathon Hofner of Wauseon. Last week, Gilbert entered a “not guilty by rea­son of insan­ity” plea in Williams County Court of Com­mon Pleas. After Hofner’s body was found on a hik­ing trail in Mont­pe­lier on Octo­ber 26th, …

Edgar P. “Paul” Daugherty, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Inns at Fountain Park where he had been a resident. Mr. Daugherty was a member of First Baptist Church in Bryan. He was a graduate of Farmer High School and was a World …

Rosemary “Rose” Wongroski, age 64, of Delta passed away early Wednesday November 18, 2015 at the Defiance Area Inpatient Care Center near Defiance. Prior to her retirement she had been a Teacher’s Aide specializing in mentally and physically handicapped children. Rose was born on September 25, 1951 the daughter of …