A school con­struc­tion update this morn­ing. The district’s new 6th to 12th grade school build­ing is on sched­ule and should be done in July next sum­mer. Accord­ing to Super­in­ten­dent Diana Sav­age. Right now, work­ers are in the process of get­ting ready to work through the win­ter. Con­crete work­ers will be …

A woman who vol­un­teered count­less hours to the Humane Soci­ety and was on the board of direc­tors has bequeathed $1.3 mil­lion dol­lars to the Bryan Area Foun­da­tion. The money will go to the Williams County Humane Scoei­thy, the Pub­lic Library’s geneal­ogy depart­ment, and finally cre­ate a music schol­ar­ship for a …

A local man con­victed of child sex­ual abuse was sen­tenced to a long prison term in Defi­ance County Com­mon Pleas Court. Tony Camp­bell, 45, Hicksville, was given a 14-year term by Judge Joseph Schmenk on charges of rape, a first-degree felony; and attempted rape, a second-degree felony. He faced life …

An Angola man on pro­ba­tion after a felony con­vic­tion over four years ago is now fac­ing gun charges after a home visit found weapons. 24-year-old Mark Scot John­son is fac­ing a charge of Unlaw­ful Pos­ses­sion of a Firearm. His pro­ba­tion report­edly found a .22 long rifle, six air rifles, bows …

Erin Callahan-Burdine, age 47, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 1:16 P.M. on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Erin had been a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Soldotna, Alaska, prior to moving to West Unity. She loved helping–it didn’t matter if it …

Jerry Lee Lauber, age 80, of Wauseon passed away November 11, 2015 at St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He owned Lauber Studio for many years and later became owner of Lauber Construction. He enjoyed drawing, painting, carving and woodworking, his lake life …

Sauder Man­u­fac­tur­ing is hold­ing a job fair on Sat­ur­day. The 70 year old com­pany will cel­e­brate that anniver­sary and is hop­ing to hire more for the offices and man­u­fac­tur­ing. It’s Sat­ur­day, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take your resume.

The Ney Vil­lage Coun­cil is work­ing with the Wash­ing­ton Town­ship Trustees to deter­mine where to put a new vil­lage fire­house. Coun­cil­man Adam Coy will work on a com­mit­tee to make that deci­sion, and deter­mine how to do it. The Coun­cil is look­ing for a vil­lage res­i­dent to help out, serve …

Look­ing at the cal­en­dar this Fri­day morn­ing, the Fes­ti­val of Trees is com­ing up begin­ning Tues­day Novem­ber 17th through the 21st at Defi­ance Eagles Aerie 372. They’re hop­ing to raise $50,ooo. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. Tues­day for the annual tree-lighting. Res­i­dents can enjoy the many activ­i­ties, includ­ing a …

Three local ladies will com­pete Sat­ur­day night for the Miss North­west­ern Ohio Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram. This year, Hay­ley Hes­selschwardt from Hicksville, Emily Leg­enza from Wauseon and Tayla Davis from Edger­ton are among eight con­tes­tants. The win­ner receives a $1,000 schol­ar­ship. The first run­ner up wins a $250 dol­lar schol­ar­ship and the …