The Williams County Board of Elec­tions has cer­ti­fied the gen­eral elec­tion results from early Novem­ber. No races were changed, and none will be sub­ject to an auto­matic recount. The results became final after tab­u­lat­ing the pro­vi­sional and absen­tee bal­lots, about 175 total. The Board says 32 bal­lots were dis­qual­i­fied for …

In a year of unusual weather, here comes more. The National Weather Ser­vice says we could get accu­mu­lat­ing snow this weeked, mainly Fri­day night and Sat­ur­day. The spe­cial weather state­ment is for Williams, Defi­ance, Ful­ton, Henry, Pauld­ing and Put­nam coun­ties. The National Weather Ser­vice says they’ll know more on Thurs­day. …

Trash rates are going up next year, and the year after. The Bryan City Coun­cil approved the hikes. The monthly rates will go up to $23.50 begin­ning Jan­u­ary first, then up another two dol­lars in Jan­u­ary 2017. Seniors will pay $19 next year, and $21 in 2017. The rate hike …

An Ohio man is fac­ing charges after 198 mar­i­juana plants were seized from his res­i­dence in Antwerp. Tim­o­thy B. Edwards, 56, was arrested at the house he rents on Mon­day. He is being charged with know­ingly cul­ti­vat­ing mar­i­juana, a third-degree felony. Police also seized chem­i­cals, lights, soil, fans, firearms and …

A local Mom is upset at the Bryan school dis­trict, for how they’ve han­dled a sit­u­a­tion with her daugh­ter, her mid­dle school teacher and a friend three years ago. The woman, Kim Snavely said her girls were at the teacher’s home after school and found pri­vate sex­ual items. Snavely said …

Larry R. Martin, 79, of Montpelier, passed away Sunday night at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  He was born on January 6, 1936 in Montpelier to Carl and Margaret (Herb) Martin.  Larry graduated from Montpelier High School in 1954.  On August 19, 1956 he married Marcia J. Zulch in Montpelier and she …

Richard “Dick” Brandeberry, 84, of Montpelier passed away on Monday November 16th at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Montpelier.  He was born on January 3, 1931 in Bridgewater Township to Royal Cleo and Mary (Fisher) Brandeberry. Richard attended Montpelier High School. He honorably served his country in the United States …

There were two win­ners at the Miss North­west­ern Ohio Schol­ar­ship Pageant. The win­ner of the schol­ar­ship pageant is Hay­ley Hes­selschwardt of Hicksville. She’s joined in the winner’s cir­cle by Marcy Miller of Defi­ance, who was named Miss Out­stand­ing Teen. Hes­selschwardt won a $1,000 schol­ar­ship and the right to com­pete in the …

Here’s the lat­est on the crash Sun­day after­noon involv­ing a Michi­gan man. 41 year-old Anthony Reynolds of Flint is charged with flee­ing and elud­ing police and served with a war­rant for fail­ure to com­ply. A chase involv­ing the man led to a two-vehicle crash in Napoleon. Reynolds hit a truck …

Check­ing gas prices in the area… Accord­ing to AAA, gas prices in the Buck­eye state are down about one dol­lar from a year ago, and down again from last week. Today it’s about $1.84 in Defi­ance. That’s a far cry from the $4.19 we paid four and a half years …